Advance Information

Charges for Additional Services

Distributors charge for certain services, such as sending a ‘free’ copy to an author or reviewer. Charges for costs and time spent on such unremuerated services may be payable by the publisher.

Sales Planning

Whenever we take on a new book we consider how best we can sell, try to anticipate opportunities and foresee and prevent problems that get in the way of selling. Our standard advice is [1] Plan marketing eight months ahead. [2] Prepare and send us PowerPoint files for each book – with colour illustrations if these are the USP of a book, and make sure that reps have, from the start, every point or information that will help them sell. Please send information to Arlene Hanlon, arlene@globalbookmarketing.onmicrosoft.com and Nik Gorecki Nik@globalbookmarketing.co.uk

We are pleased to meet with publishers at book fairs to discuss new books and to report back on sales. We do not charge for this. We also meet with new publishers for an hour or so to discuss how best to start selling – this also without charge.

If you want us to spend more time helping you to plan a project, please consider paying us a retainer of £100 a year (which will pay for 2 hours of our time and an hour free).

Other Help for Small Publishers

[1] Global Book Marketing Ltd is offering to register new titles on Nielsen Book Data if a publisher sends Arlene Hanlon, arlene@globalbookmarketing.onmicrosoft.com complete information. (For details of what information is needed please have a look at the GBM website –> Publishers –> Information).

Once a title was registered, Global Book Marketing Ltd will then send Information sheets on to the distributor and start the marketing process.

[2] The Publisher would need to advise Nielsen Book Data that Global Book Marketing Ltd has this permission. That permission might be rescinded by the publisher.

This service would be provided FREE, if all details are correctly supplied, to Arlene Hanson arlene@globalbookmarketing.onmicrosoft.com