Well said missus….We are celebrating our 10th year as publishers and we keep a low profile to be honest and just work quietly away. We have worked with writers who are publishing for all the reasons that you mention and every single one of them has been thrilled to hold their first book in their hands. Some have sold very well and others have gone onto publish 3 or 4 books. We have learned from experience that if the author is not to be disappointed that we need to encourage them to edit or have someone edit their books before we start formatting – really for their own end satisfaction. It is they who are disappointed when the book does not live up to their expectations. Today you are right, E-books are relatively quick, however their formatting can be more complex especially with photos and graphs.
The beauty is that there is a freedom and instead of a 20 something publishing assistant making a decision to publish or not – we can for ourselves. I see it from two sides – I am glad I made the decision to self-publish 14 years ago and will keep turning them out, and on the other front it has been a privilage to work with such committed and enthusiastic writers who want to share their words.
Blogging is essentially giving away writing for free for the majority of us and so why not give away your first book – you can learn a great deal from that experience that you can put to good use in the future.
Thank you very much for the reblog Jo – by the way after getting some work books out the way have begun to read African Me and Satelitte TV – have the three on speed dial for this week. Looking forward to them. Speak soon – will need to do an official bio page for the SA correspondent!
Jo Robinson 
April 10, 2014 at 11:00 am
That’s a beautiful city.
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April 10, 2014 at 12:50 pm
EXCELLENT !! 😀
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April 10, 2014 at 3:00 pm
I was forming what I think may have been a halfway educated comment when I was distracted by your book cover. Beautiful job on that!
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April 10, 2014 at 6:27 pm
Well said missus….We are celebrating our 10th year as publishers and we keep a low profile to be honest and just work quietly away. We have worked with writers who are publishing for all the reasons that you mention and every single one of them has been thrilled to hold their first book in their hands. Some have sold very well and others have gone onto publish 3 or 4 books. We have learned from experience that if the author is not to be disappointed that we need to encourage them to edit or have someone edit their books before we start formatting – really for their own end satisfaction. It is they who are disappointed when the book does not live up to their expectations. Today you are right, E-books are relatively quick, however their formatting can be more complex especially with photos and graphs.
The beauty is that there is a freedom and instead of a 20 something publishing assistant making a decision to publish or not – we can for ourselves. I see it from two sides – I am glad I made the decision to self-publish 14 years ago and will keep turning them out, and on the other front it has been a privilage to work with such committed and enthusiastic writers who want to share their words.
Blogging is essentially giving away writing for free for the majority of us and so why not give away your first book – you can learn a great deal from that experience that you can put to good use in the future.
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April 13, 2014 at 12:54 pm
Now I have to have your story in my guest blogger hut – pretty please! Going to send begging email! 🙂
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April 13, 2014 at 1:25 pm
Be happy to – XX
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April 13, 2014 at 1:49 pm
Thank you Sally! email on the way! 🙂 XXXXX
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April 14, 2014 at 6:09 am
Thank you very much for the reblog Jo – by the way after getting some work books out the way have begun to read African Me and Satelitte TV – have the three on speed dial for this week. Looking forward to them. Speak soon – will need to do an official bio page for the SA correspondent!
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April 10, 2014 at 6:29 pm
Reblogged this on Forget the Viagra, Pass Me a Carrot and commented:
Some interesting and thought provoking observations from Jo Robinson
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April 13, 2014 at 12:52 pm
Thank you for spreading the Happy Sally! 😀
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April 11, 2014 at 2:09 am
Cool!
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April 13, 2014 at 12:43 pm
Love it! 😀
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