by SRA-Admin | Jun 7, 2017 | Book printing and production |
Can you judge a book by its cover? The answer is… Yes. You’ve spent months, even possibly years, writing your book, every word crafted with precision to entice your reader and draw them in. Your book is written, the manuscript edited, but how are you going to grab the...
by SRA-Admin | May 24, 2017 | Uncategorised |
Typesetting is the process of taking the text from a copy-edited manuscript and putting it into the internal designs of the book. Once the cover design is decided, a designer (not always the same one) will then create the internal design of the book, using many of the...
by SRA-Admin | Apr 2, 2017 | Uncategorised |
Interested in writing an Authority Guide or have already achieved that hard-earned contract? Here are a few tips to keep in mind when writing a Guide (or any book for that matter): Deliver on time. Slipping a month or two doesn’t really matter, does it? Yes, it does....
by SRA-Admin | Mar 25, 2017 | Writing your book |
Have you ever found yourself dreaming of becoming famous? Have you imagined yourself on that breakfast TV couch being interviewed about your book – the phone ringing off the hook with calls from journalists wanting to speak to you? And hundreds of copies of your book...
by SRA-Admin | Mar 17, 2017 | Uncategorised |
As many other publishers, we entered London Book Fair in the hopes of making new connections with other publishers – other people. That is exactly what we achieved! In the three days we attended the fair, we were able to not only meet up with people and...
by SRA-Admin | Mar 6, 2017 | Publishing your book |
Following on from Ian’s blog post last week, The cost of publishing, I wanted to explore a little further what it is that creates the value of a book that he talked about. It may be useful to think of your book as a new product – which of course it is. To bring the...
by SRA-Admin | Mar 1, 2017 | Book printing and production |
£10,000? £9.99? Incalculable? What is the formula? Like most endeavours that involve the investment of money and time and result in mixed returns, there will always be talk of cost. Publishing is no exception. In a cash-strapped, post-truth, housing slump coupled with...
by SRA-Admin | Dec 22, 2016 | Uncategorised |
We have gone through an amazing 2016. Besides the external situations of the world, SRA has grown with the arrival of fantastic new team members: Bella, Chris and Melissa, who bring with them outstanding expertise and experience. As well as many great new titles, this...
by Kelly Mundt | Nov 3, 2016 | Publishing your book |
For those of you who are familiar with the publishing process, you will know that copy editing is the first step in production. It has also been called ‘line editing’ because of the detailed nature of this stage. Much like the editor, the copy editor must know what...
by SRA-Admin | Oct 26, 2016 | Book publishing news |
It’s been quite a challenge for the team to get seven books out this year for our new series, The Authority Guides, and I have to say it was quite a proud moment when I got to Frankfurt to present them. Frankfurt was everything I had been led to expect...
