insideKENT Magazine Issue 98 - May 2020 | Page 8

HAVE YOU WRITTEN A BOOK THAT DESERVES PUBLICATION? The publishing industry is changing. The old-style business model increasing- ly no longer works, with the result that most mainstream publishers routinely reject all submissions, whether of fiction or non-fiction, from writers who are starting out and are yet to make a name for themselves. Canterbury-based writer and literary agent James Essinger, founded The Conrad Press in December 2015 to bring a new kind of business model to the world of publishing. The Conrad Press publishes fiction, poetry collections, and non-fiction including memoirs and biographies. As James explains: ‘I founded The Conrad Press because it had become clear to me that in the current publishing climate, many perfectly worthwhile, and indeed often excellent, novels and other books were not being accepted by large publishers no matter how good the book is. Because publishers are being so reluctant to publish books by new writers, literary agents are understandably equally reluctant to take such books on for representation.’ So far more than 120 writers have seen their dream of publication come true with The Conrad Press. THE CONRAD PRESS The Conrad Press makes use of a busi- ness model which allows authors to earn considerably more from their book’s success than the traditional publishing model. The Conrad Press is named in honour of the great Anglo-Polish writer Joseph Conrad (1857-1924), who spent the last years of his life in the village of Bishops- bourne near Canterbury and is buried in Canterbury. The Conrad Press is fortunate to work with one of the most talented book designers in the UK. Her name is Charlotte Mouncey and you can find out more details about Charlotte at her website www.bookstyle.co.uk. The front cover images in this advert are from some of our books. So if you’ve written a book that deserves publication, in the first instance please contact James Essinger at: ja m e s e s s i n g e r @ g m a i l . co m All our books are available from Amazon and can be ordered from bookshops. They are also all available worldwide as e-books and from our website: www.theconradpress.com THE CONRAD PRESS www.theconradpress.com