There are a couple of well-respected authors who have won literary awards, a bestselling fantasy writer and a children’s author who has just been announced as the new laureate. We can’t afford the production costs of cookery books but in the past we’ve done well with travel guides, self-help and biographies. But the simple truth is that Alan Conway was by far our biggest name and our entire business plan depended on the success of Magpie Murders.
Does a 15-person publishing house really cover travel, self-help, children's and mysteries? I don't know nearly enough about the publishing industry/markrt
