Welcome to UKUnpublished

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Anyway, back to business:

UKUnpublished was launched on 8th October 2008, and since then, it has been an incredible ride, that I could never have imagined when the website launched.

Beverley Raw took the chance in early 2009, and published her book, Telling Tales, in April.
Michael Yarwood and Robin John Morgan followed very quickly after.

By the end of 2009, there were 13 published Authors, and 16 books on a variety of subjects.
With several Authors and their books on the way for early 2010.

When UKUnpublished was originally designed, the basic principle was to provide the best possible service to Authors, at excellent value for money.

The Basics

UKUnpublished is a publishing service which is designed around Authors to give them the opportunity to publish their work, without the stress and disappointment of traditional publishing, and without the cost and additional hard work of self publishing.

That means you can get your book published, including all the future additions (see below), for just £200!

"Something shocking is happening in the world of publishing that means we could end up with very few books at all except the ghost-written memoirs of airhead footballers and models" Quoted from Cole Moreton's article, 15th March 2007 in The Independent on Sunday. Click here to read the full article. You can also find out more about Cole Moreton on his website here.

UKUnpublished will publish, advertise and offer your books for sale worldwide, including on sites alongside major authors in one of the largest ebook sites on the internet. The eBooks will also be compatible with Sony's new Reader, which is an excellent step forward for eBooks. We are also able to have your books printed, either for sale by yourself, or sale by us and bookshops/wholesalers on your behalf worldwide.
No minimum quantities are required, but reasonable prices are maintained to compete with traditional self publishing.

An ISBN number is the identity of your book, and this is a key part of what we include in our service, to ensure that we have the basic tools required to expand the distribution of your book wherever possible.

So just write your manuscript, read through the website, and ask any questions may have, and then let's work together to get your book into print.

Waterstones

Waterstones is the holy grail of bookshops for so many, if not all, Authors, and it is my hope that UKUnpublished can help get your book stocked in their (and other) bookshops.

One Self Publisher offers a package for several hundred pounds that gives your book guaranteed stocking in one Waterstones store, but this is only for a limited period of time.

UKUnpublished can not offer this guarantee, but a NEW addition to the service (free of charge) is that your book will be submitted to Waterstones, and considered for listing in their Core Stock Catalogue. If successful, this Core Stock Catalogue is automatically stocked in several stores, and likely to be stocked in many others.

I must reiterate that this is not a guarantee that your book will be stocked, but it certainly puts your book in the hands of the right people.

To find out more, go to 'Publishing Your Book'.

What's Coming in 2010?
UKUnpublished is always learning, improving, and developing to provide an excellent value service.

With that in mind, 2010 should be a fantastic year!
This is what's planned so far for 2010, but I'm sure many more will come along.

• Enhanced Bookshop Information
  • It is possible to provide enhanced information to bookshops, which costs UKUnpublished an additional amount, but encourages bookshops and customers generally to purchase, as they are provided with full information about the book. During the early part of 2010 current books will be loaded on to the system, and new books will be loaded at the time of publishing.
• Amazon search inside the book
  • During 2010 all books will begin being available on the Amazon Search Inside the Book Service, allowing potential readers to sample your book, hopefully encouraging them to take a chance on a new Author.
• UKBookland Sample It
  • In a similar way to Amazon's Search Inside the Book service, potential customers will be able to download a small sample of your book, before buying on UKBookland.
• UKBookland will also expand into eBay
  • producing an eBay shop, giving yet another outlet for your books!
• Amazon Kindle eBooks
  • Amazon will be allowing UK Publishers to use their Kindle format in the near future (probably during 2010), and as soon as they do, UKUnpublished will join, and begin producing every book, both current and future, in the Kindle format.

All of these additions to the service are done at no additional charge!