Archive for April, 2009
DRAGONCUB’S UNIQUE OFFER
DragonCub, a brilliant new online marketing outlet, currently offers authors, publishers and booksellers an unbeatable opportunity to reach a wider audience at very low cost.
DragonCub was officially launched in January 2009, to meet increasing demand for economical, easy to gain, publicity. DragonCub welcomes books from fresh and unknown authors in particular. For the next month only, DragonCub offer a year’s free advertising on their website.
Furthermore, the first 5 authors to place a book on DragonCub’s website will receive free PPC publicity for three months. As an optional extra, authors can get a discount Google Adwords campaign as part of the deal.
“We only charge 20% commission on an author’s fixed retail price, for this terrific service,” says Miriam Taylor, DragonCub’s sales manager.
The system is dead easy to use. Here’s how it works. To enter a book, authors only need to visit DragonCub’s website, click on ‘enter my book’ button, and then click ‘enter my book as DragonCub for sale’. Finally, click the FAQs button.
“In order to provide a high quality service, we are using the same Internet marketing company as our sister firm, Net Lawman, the leading online supplier of legal documents and templates,” adds Miriam.
DragonCub provides for all non-technical book markets, sells titles in hard or soft copy and even sells potted versions of an author’s or a publisher’s work in small volumes dubbed DragonShort.
DragonCub publicise an author’s own ‘blog style’ web page in addition to sales blurb and synopsis. DragonCub works closely with authors and publishers, issue customer invoices and special delivery labels for each order. DragonCub also ensure swift payment to authors every month, minus the 20% commission.
In short, all the author or publisher has to do is ensure prompt delivery of orders, respond to customer complaints and amend financial shortfalls, should a customer retract his order. That’s all there is too it.
“For authors branching into self-publishing, DragonCub’s special offer is a terrific boost to reach wider readership,” says Steve Poole, author of The Allotment Chronicles.
As part of the publicity campaign and to provide inspiration to authors, DragonCub plans to run a series of highly informative articles and features about writing and publishing. Topics will cover key aspects of self-publishing, how to sell that book, finding target markets, gaining an ISBN and useful tips for successful writing. Other subjects will include impressing editors, getting agents and marketing strategies.
DragonCub make no pretence about the number of books an author might sell and stress it could be much greater or far less than estimated. Authors are entitled to remove a title from the website, for instance, when merchandise levels are depleted.
DragonCub clearly emphasise non-liability for the editorial content of a book. All authors that submit works to DragonCub are responsible for the legal and technical aspects regarding the story or subject matter in their book, including copyright, accuracy, seeking rights, permission to quote and avoiding plagiarism and other editorial details.
Further information about DragonCub’s unique offer can be found at:
