How we came to publish
this one
We publish a “Best of” CafeLit book every year. For this
book I chose all of the stories. I tried to keep a balance across the months. I
also tried to keep a balance of long and short, darker and lighter stories and
of new authors and old favourites. The aim was to publish about 3000 words for each
month. It took quite a while to choose but I got there in the end.
The title
The title is generic.
Some notes about the process
Every CaféLit story is given a short copy edit before it
goes on to the site. I then put all of the stories into a camera ready PDF and
asked the writers to check their own stories. We made alterations according to the
feed-back form writers and also gave it a technical proof read. A second PDF
was produced and this was also proof read by an in-house editor.
The cover
The cover is the same each year. However, a new colour is
carefully selected each time. Our designer has a set of suitable colours he’s
working through. There are about five left. I wonder what will happen then?
Some notes about style
There are surely as many different styles as there are
different authors in the book. Isn’t that part of the beauty of such a collection
as this.
Who we think the reader
is
Certainly these stories are for readers who like to be
intrigued. The stories are very mixed so there should be something there for
everyone. And a typical reader should be consuming the story at the same time
as they consume their favourite beverage.
What else
We are using Amazon KDP for this book. It makes distribution
to other countries a lot easier. It’s also slightly cheaper to produce unit
copies. It is a little harder to get these books into book shops but possibly they’re
not the sort of book that would go into bookshop. It would be lovely to see
more cafes using them.
Review copies
It’s always great if you can buy the book and give us a
review. Just click on the link to be taken to our bookshop. If you would like
to review and you are strapped for cash, just get in touch for a free PDF or Kindle
file.
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