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The Conrad Press
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2015 |
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James Essinger |
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History
The Conrad Press was founded at the end of 2015 by writer and literary agent James Essinger. The Conrad Press is named in honour of the great Anglo-Polish writer Joseph Conrad (1857-1924), who spent the last few years of his life in the village of Bishopsbourne near Canterbury and is buried in Canterbury.
The Conrad Press is interested in publishing all kinds of fiction (including contemporary novels, historical novels, fantasy novels, Young Adult novels and stories for children), and general non-fiction of all kinds including, but not limited to, memoirs and biographies. We also publish poetry collections, playscripts and screenplays. Please note that we do not publish books that have large numbers of illustrations and/or photographs (in practice about 20 per book is our maximum) and we do not usually publish books shorter than 15,000 words in length.
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. Why? Because the publishers were, understandably perhaps, financially cautious and were aware that in order for a book published by them to be a success, it usually needs to sell thousands of copies in the short-term in order to be profitable.'
James adds: 'The Conrad Press also aims to sell the maximum number of copies of all its books, but because of its business model, The Conrad Press is not under such immediate pressure to sell a large number of copies in the short-term. Also, unlike many books published by large publishers, which only get promoted for a relatively short period of time and then, if they are not highly successful, receive less promotion, The Conrad Press will continue to publicise and promote its books indefinitely.'
The Conrad Press makes use of a business model which allows authors to earn considerably more from their book's success than the traditional publishing model.
Works in the WWEnd Database
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Authors Published
• Elaine Graham-Leigh
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