Sharing the love for new authors

Well, it’s Friday and the Easter school holidays are upon us! It’s been a very busy term and the kids are ready for the break and looking forward to Easter. The chocolate eggs here are huge and seem to be everywhere from the beginning of March. Let’s just hope for some warm weather. If it rains the whole two weeks, it will be beyond depressing but not entirely surprising. We will have fun no matter rain or shine.

Over the past few months I’ve been working on a very big project that has recently been opened up to the public. It’s a brand new idea for aspiring authors, founded by my publisher, client and friend Murielle Maupoint of Live It Publishing. Murielle is a pioneer in the publishing world and this is just one of her many genius ideas.

Britain’s Next Bestseller is a new publishing imprint with a simple mission – to shake up the way the publishing industry works.

We want to give authors a new, fairer way to get published without relying on literary agents, traditional publishers or self-publishing houses.  We want to give authors a more profitable way to publish their manuscript. We want to give them a faster way to see their dream go from manuscript to printed book. We want to empower readers so they can decide the books that get published. The books they want to read! Continue reading this press release >>

This project has been thrilling because I love to support and champion other authors and help to generate interest in new books and writers. It’s been great to be a part of this innovative team and see the launch of many new authors. This is how it works:

It’s simple. Our authors have access to a vibrant online platform and powerful social media tools. They must demonstrate demand for their book by securing a pre-agreed number of pre-orders. Hit their target and a guaranteed publishing contract, with industry beating royalties, will see their book go from manuscript to printed masterpiece in just 12 weeks. The more popular a manuscript is, the more resources we throw at it to make it a Bestseller. If the public want to read it we want to publish it!

Readers get a great deal too… browse exciting manuscripts, search out and support that next bestselling author, their name printed in every edition of the book, along with getting a copy of the book around 2 weeks before public release.

So, over the next few weeks when you have a bit more time because you don’t have to do the school run, please take a look at this revolution in publshing, pre-order a few books that really interest you and help support new authors and the writing community. There are competitions that you can enter and make sure you LIKE their FB page because they do Facebook competitions each Friday as well! And, if you want to submit your own manuscript, then get to it! They’ve had a deluge of submissions and more come in daily so don’t miss out on this great opportunity to get published and be in with the chance to be Britain’s Next Bestseller.

And, lastly, I’m the designer behind the scenes and created the logo, branding, all graphics and web page layouts so I’m very pleased that it is open for business for all to see. (please note it is at the Beta stage).

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Meghan Peterson Fenn is the author of Bringing Up Brits and co-author of Inspiring Global Entrepreneurs with Heidi Mulligan Walker. Meghan is also the Director and Chief Designer at her own design company, White Ochre Design Ltd.  And, she is an award winning expat blogger.