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Boolarong Press is going to Melabourne to do a "How to Publish your Book" seminar.
Come and learn how to publish your book. We will be covering:
The Australian book market.
The Publishing market.
Update on ebook and update on ereaders.
How to sell and market your book.
Some tips on Microsoft Word.
Location: Ross House 247 Flinders lane Melbourne.
Date: 1st April 2012
Time: 9am - 11am
Cost: General admission $55 and Victorian Writers Group members $50
Bookings essential. Bookings will close on the 28/03/12. So if you would like a site call Karen on 07 3373 7855 or register on our website.
ebooks in Australia for the large publishers have reached 10% but it is not across the board. It seems the printed version stilumates the sales of the best sellers. Those printed books that sell smaller quanties don't achieve the 10% for ebooks.
So the same principle applies. The author has to be well known or received significant publicity to achieve the sales.
Amazon is by far the largest share of approximately 70-75% with Kobo next.
Boolarong is now keeping Marie Mahood's books in stock. "Icing on the Damper" is back in stock now and the others will follow. This book is one of the best I've read on outback life.
Well now we have Dymocks taking feeds from google along with Booktopia. Kobo will feed Collins book stores rather than just linking to Kobo. It is going to take some time in Australia for the ebook to take hold like in the US. I rarely see people with ebook readers and every time I get a seminar or group together maybe one has an ebook reader.
Amazon continues to dominate in this market and their new Kindle Fire which I have in my hot little hands is very good. It's the power of the brand again and first in the market that...
The famous bushie and outback tour guide, Rex Ellis, has signed to Boolarong. Rex has been integral to the growth of outback tourism in South Australia. See his web site www.safarico.com.au for bush tours. Lake Eyre is booming this year again.
Rex's books that will be back in print are:
Ten Thousand Campfires
Boats in the Desert
Outback author, Jack Drake has joined Boolarong Press. "It's great to see another Queensland publisher support country authors," Jack said from his home in Stanthorpe. Jack's books include The Cattle Dog's Revenge which is full of bush poetry, The Wild West in Australia and America and The Outback vs The Wild West.
"It's important to keep these books in print as they are part of our Queensland heritage," commented Boolarong General Manager, Dan Kelly.
At last we have our outback picture book by Norah Kersh as an app. It is available on the Apple App store and the Android market. It's only $10 or so. Every child will love singing along with great Australian songs while looking at the beautifully illustrated paintings by Norah Kersh.
THIS SEMINAR HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
Boolarong Press is going to Toowoomba with its Books vs eBook Seminar. We will be at Cathedral Centre on Febuary 11th.
So if you want to learn the following:
1. The Publishing market
2. The book market - bricks vs clicks
3. eReaders and epub files
4. Marketing
5. Distribuition - Australia and overseas
Come up and see us.
Price is $55
Bookings can be made through our website or you can call Karen 07 3373 7855 to book a seat.
Yesterday, Boolarong Press launched the book, 'Mawson's Last Survivor: The story of Dr Alf Howard AM'. The launch was a great success, with over 90 attendees, including such people as Tim Bowden AM, Tom Larsen (CSIRO), Dr Ian Jobling (Uni of Qld) and Patrick Pickett (CEO of Qld Symphony Orchestra).
Boolarong Press is happy to announce that two of it's authors will be giving a talk and signing their books at the Logan Central Library on 11/11/11 from 10:30 am. The two authors:
Laurie Wood author of "Flying into the Mouth of Hell" and "Halfway to Hell"
Audrey Davidson author of "Porton a Deadly Trap"
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