Bookouture author lisa regan has signed a new eight book deal with the publisher to continue her detective josie quinn series at a rate of threeperyear until summer 2024. Self published authors should expect to spend only 10% of their time. The first book from bookouture will publish in may 2019, with book two following in september 2019 and book three in january 2020. Bookouture is a digital imprint offering big publisher expertise, small publisher flexibility and high royalties. Borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and videos from thousands of public libraries worldwide. When a girls body is discovered in a park in the sleepy massachusetts town of oakhurst, local detective jo is shocked to the core. Nothing ever happens in the small american town of black rock falls, so jenna believes the victim must be one of two recent missing persons, and she fears for the life of.
The company offers editing, page cover design, marketing, and digital book publishing services. Bookouture publisher claire bord talking about the kim stone series. Bookouture founder oliver rhodes quitting to set up new publishing. Bookouture, a wonderful british digitalonly publisher, works on a book everythreemonths model. It made its first big success with angela marsonss silent scream, a crime thriller featuring kim stone in february 2015 and another in 2016 was robert bryndzas the girl in the ice. We focus on a small number of books because attention to detail is essential. Bookouture is a digitalfirst publisher which has seen rapid yearonyear growth since its inception in 2012. About the book when a body is found stuffed into a barrel at a garbage dump, covered in long red cuts, detective jenna alton and her new deputy, david kane, rush to the scene.
Bookouture submission manager authors, submit your novel. Bookouture signs self published duo vargus and mcbain. I will be posting updates as the process progresses. Harry bingham is the author of the fiona griffiths series of crime novels.
He has also written two top20 thrillers in the united states. Mar 07, 2017 bookouture reacted by publishing three further novels featuring detective erika foster book 4 is coming out in april, which is an unimaginable publishing pace for a giant operation like hachette. What starts as an emotional unraveling of a marriage quickly turns into a living nightmare for all involved in this new novel by browne. Many thanks to noelle holten and publisher bookouture for my spot on this blog tour. Bookouture has 3 entries in their overdrive catalogue. One of the best things about them is their titles are available as ebooks. Bookouture will be recruiting a publishing director to replace geras and has plans for further expansion in 2020. Bookouture oliver rhodes founded bookouture, the digital publishing company, in september 2012 with a vision to establish the best of a new generation of digital publishers. The series is set in cardiff and features a heroine described by the sunday times as the most startling protagonist in modern crime fiction brutal, freakish and totally original. His book, ten birthdays, won the rna award for young adult novel of the year in 2018. When rachel meets bella, she is sure it is the daughter who was abducted years ago. We have a partner membership for services which align with our code of standards and go through a vetting process.
The only content we will consider removing is spam, slanderous attacks on other members, or extremely offensive content eg. But before i say more, lets talk about the plot of this book. We create smart, effective marketing plans for every single title. Bookouture is a fast growing uk based digital publishing imprint open for unsolicited submissions of all fiction genres.
Oliver rhodes founded bookouture, the digital publishing company, in september 2012 with a vision to establish the best of a new generation of digital publishers. In july, three titles on amazons top 20 kindle ebooks listwhich reflects the bestselling ebooks in. Bookouture was founded in 2012 and selffunded by oliver rhodes, who had a successful career in marketing at traditional publisher. Many thanks to publisher bookouture for my spot on this blog tour. How to promote your book on bookbub jericho writers. I dont read many historical fiction as i do not know much about history. Publishing director kathryn taussig acquired e book, audio and paperback rights for the new book from lizzy kremer at david higham associates, which bookouture will publish in the us and canada in. We will not remove any content for bad language alone, or for being critical of a book. Bookouture founder oliver rhodes quitting to set up new. Rhodes set up bookouture as an ebook publisher in 2012 and his marketing expertise pushed the uk firm to the forefront of digital publishing. Specialising in entertaining womens fiction, bookouture will publish ebooks and printondemand globally. Bookouture is britains hottest digital publisher publishers weekly. The fastgrowing digital publisher of commercial fiction offers big publisher expertise, small publisher flexibility and great royalties. About us britains hottest digital publisher publishers weekly bookouture is a fastgrowing digital publisher of commercial fiction.
As a general rule we do not censor any content on the site. Oliver rhodes, founded bookouture with a vision to establish the best of a new generation of digital publishers. After 12 years working in publishing, with commercial fiction authors like diane chamberlain, alex kava, debbie macomber and victoria fox, his aim is to take the best of traditional publishing. Headed up by publisher claire bord who joined bookouture when it was a small startup with a team of three, thread is the publishing home of thoughtprovoking, inspiring and smartthinking ideas. This includes paperback sales in partnership with little, brown book groups sphere imprint in the uk and grand central publishing in the us.
Dec 12, 2019 bookouture is a ukbased firm which started out as an independent and became a publishing phenomenon with its digital book marketing expertise and was bought out by publishing giant hachette in 2017. Digital imprint bookouture is publishing the first three books in a new crime series by a. We accept both unagented and agented submissions, and are open to fiction of any. They started out in the uk but they have outposts in a number of countries now. Bookouture is a british digital publishing company. At bookouture, they deliver bespoke publishing and marketing for each of their authors in a way not always possible in larger publishers. Amazon preorders are limited to 90 days, hence the threemonth model. As someone who has been in the book biz for 25 years, im impressed.
If you want to get your books ordered by traditional bookshops and libraries, then you need an alternative solution to publishing via amazons. A list of amazon books by the publisher bookouture tracked with novelrank and sorted alphabetically. Bookouture reacted by publishing three further novels featuring detective erika foster book 4 is coming out in april, which is an unimaginable publishing pace for a giant operation like hachette. If you self publish your book, you are not going to be writing for a living. Eight book deal for bookoutures lisa regan the bookseller. What a book i loved it from start to finish this is one of my favourite books of 2019. Alli watchdog ratings are based on careful appraisals of multiple criteria. At bookouture, she set up a new fiction publishing. After 12 years working in publishing, with commercial fiction authors like diane chamberlain, alex kava, debbie macomber and victoria fox, his aim is to take the best of traditional publishing and combine it with smart digital. Incorrect book the list contains an incorrect book please specify the title of the book. The companys standard digital royalty rate for authors is 45% of net receipts, which is a much higher level than the 25% generally on offer for.
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Because the girl is the second innocent victim to turn up dead in three days. Oliver rhodes has grand ambitions for bookouture, the digital publishing company he founded in 2012 and hopes to build into the best digital publisher in the world. It made its first big success with angela marsonss silent scream, a crime thriller featuring kim stone in february 2015 and another in 2016 was robert bryndzas the girl in the ice bookouture is notable for growing its e book. A dark, twisted, emotional journey telling the story of a single affair and the lies that led to the destruction of trust among those who she loved most.
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Bookouture is a digital publisher that was purchased in 2017 by hachette you can learn more here. Before that she was editorial director at pan macmillan where she concentrated on publishing womens fiction and book club fiction. I couldnt believe what was happening to ella, and i couldnt wait to find out if shed ever get herself out of this situation. Bookouture is notable for growing its ebook sales dramatically in the few years since it began and for having several of its publications sell. Bookouture home bookouture smarter digital publishing. Bookouture is a ukbased firm which started out as an independent and became a publishing phenomenon with its digital book marketing expertise and was bought out by publishing. This was one brilliant truly psychological thriller where the author s.
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