Setting up for international distribution
I am loving the process of both writing and publishing Tropical Cuisine: Cooking in Clare’s Kitchen, but I have to say it keeps me extremely busy, hence the tardy rate of posts. I have been immersed in the process of setting up for international distribution. Online sales within Australia will be available via this website. For international customers, online sales will be available via Amazon, as that is the most cost effective avenue for customers due to the high international postage rates from Australia.
Being both author and publisher uses every diverse capacity of my brain: from the creative processes of recipe development, writing, book and web design; to the more exacting processes of recipe testing, editing, evaluating contracts, assessing supply chain and international freight options and costs, developing business structures, and doing the maths of all of these to work out the most effective options.
As well as the above mentioned business tasks I am in the process of sending recipes and text through to my editor, Ilsa Konrads. Fortunately I am still completing some recipe testing, which provides some creative respite from the desk work I’m mostly engaged with at this stage. When we have the final electronic copy of Tropical Cuisine: Cooking in Clare’s Kitchen ready to go to the printer, we will be loading some sample pages here on the website, including the index so that you can get a good sense of the scope of recipes and information included.
Pre-launch sales of Tropical Cuisine: Cooking in Clare’s Kitchen are now live on this website on the pre-release purchase page.
I like the clean design of the cover and Im looking forward to seeing a preview of your cookbook. Best of luck!
Hi Alisa
Thanks for you feedback. Tropical Cuisine: Cooking in Clare’s Kitchen is likely to be available for pre-order on Amazon late July to early August for delivery in September. Early July there will be a PDF or Flash sample of the book posted here on the website with the final index, table of contents and a sample of the recipes, title pages, etcetera, so keep in touch!