Hi everyone,
My name is Kate Foster and I'm the editorial director at Lakewater Press. I appreciate your concerns about Lakewater, there are so many terrible stories of authors who've been stung by small presses claiming this that and the other, but not following through. Lakewater Press, however, is not one of these.
We are a brand new boutique traditional publisher accepting both agented and non-agented submissions. We do not charge fees, we pay good royalties, we're small and personal, honest and transparent, and we're prepared to learn and grow with every new day and author we sign. We're author first, so our aim is to nurture every writer we sign, and work hard on growing both their writing and their platforms. Each of us here is an author with good connections, so we can bring personal experience and knowledge to the table and put ourselves in our authors' shoes. I am a professional freelance editor, and although I can't boast of ten years at Harper Collins and fifteen years at Bloomsbury, I have solid experience, a successful record, good close working relationships with my authors and am confident, constructive and professional in my approach.
Lakewater Press is an e-book and POD publisher, but with a healthy marketing budget for each author. With a PR specialist as part of the team, every author's marketing plan will be bespoke and targeted for the category and genre of their books. But again, we're ready to evolve and change direction if necessary.
I won't babble on too much more here, but please please, if you have any questions about who we are and what we do, our lines of communication are always open. We're on Twitter, FB and our email address is
[email protected]
So, please get in touch. Thank you.
Kate