The Post Box Topper Chronicles by Dawn Knox

 

How we came to publish this one

This started life as a CaféLit serial. This joins the three other ‘chronicle’ books by Dawn. The BasilwadeChronicles, The Macaroon Chronicles and The Crispin Chronicles        

The title

Indeed it is a collection of stories about a group of people who knit post box toppers. ‘Chronicle’ in the title ties it to the series.   

Some notes about the process

Texts are given a short copy-edit before they are loaded up to CaféLit. We pulled all of the stories together and the book was then designed. Thereafter come four proof reads:

1.      A technical proof-read of the camera ready text

2.      A proof read by the author

3.      A proof read by one of our editors

4.      A final technical proof read

The cover

Dawn herself commissioned all of the covers for this series. The artist Neill C Woods really understands the texts and captures the essence of them.   

Some notes about style

All of these books are quite quirky. The characters are slightly larger than life yet still rounded and believable.   

Who we think the reader is

These are entertaining to read. You will laugh quite possibly out loud. This is for people who like stories about villages and small towns but who also have a quirky sense of humour.   

What else

Dawn is a prolific writer and has produced much varied work. Do take a look at some of her other books as well. See her author page:

Review copies

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Is my book available through Gardner’s?

 

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So, yes, our books are available through Gardner’s.

There are a few caveats here however:

Retailers can only get a 10% discount form Gardner’s, so though they will accept orders from a customer they tend not to stock books unless they have a relationship with the author and are arranging an event.

We do not accept returns. ‘Return’ actually means ’destroy’ and we consider that criminal. So, bookshops and Gardner’s themselves may be a little wary about stocking too many books.  We get round this for author events by getting the author to pick up any ‘returns’.

We use print on demand (POD) and proudly so.  More about that in an answer to another FAQ? So, a customer orders a book, the retailer raises the order with Gardner’s, Gardner’s informs our distribute Ingram’s who asks the printer to print it. Yes, this can all be done within three to five working days.  Do not let a retailer tell you any different.  

Our printer does huge print runs every few days for Gardner’s. Sometimes Gardner’s and some retailers – e.g.  Amazon take a punt on our books and keep a few in stock.