Mardibooks

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There’s a book inside you.

So let’s get it out.

  • ✓ We consider all genres
  • ✓ We are expert editors
  • ✓ We publish to a professional standard
  • ✓ Our writer community will give you marketing clout

Mardibooks has an established team, whose experience as writers and editors has helped us prepare an exciting list of new titles each year. We now have a stable of over 250 writers for whom we have published works, across varied genres and formats. Many of our writers return with follow-up material, whether it be poetry, drama, non-­fiction or prose.

If you have an idea for a book, a manuscript or synopsis for our editing team to peruse, and are interested in getting e­published, please use the link below or e-mail us with an attachment.

Mardibooks reads every manuscript that is submitted after approval of an initial synopsis, and works with writers to nurture their talents until their work is ready.

With Mardibooks legal responsibility for and ownership of the books and their contents will always remain with the writer.

How we help

As a writer, your specialist area is writing. You are very close to your work and this may colour your judgment regarding stylistics and structure as well as your syntax and voice. An objective third party can bring a fresh look and support you in the editing process as well as in the proof-reading.

When it comes to publishing: the formatting, technical specifications, purchasing, copyright, ISBN sourcing as well as the admin supporting all of these tasks can be daunting – whether you are e-booking or traditional publishing…

As for the marketing: promotion, social networking, press releases, relationships with reviewers, promotional sites, web links, blogs, access to libraries, retailers, wholesalers, setting up readings and the whole gamut of business and commercial activities requires endless time and resource. We are there to help you with this, setting you up and advising you on how to develop your networks and marketplace, as well as your message and voice. Our reach is your reach and the idea is that all our mardiwriters can help each other.

The whole premise of Mardibooks is unique – we are set up to support at lowest cost, to share and reach out utilising all the latest technology, to grow together a powerful independent group voice. We give our time to enable mardiwriters to provide a shared experience that is dynamic, synergystic and mutually supportive.

Come, grow with us…

In our writers’ words

Published author Candy Korman

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I first encountered Mardibooks on LinkedIn. I immediately liked the idea of a writers’ collective. It’s a major switch from the traditional writer/publisher dynamic and it’s not as “lonely” as sending an electronic book out into the universe by yourself. A few emails back and forth and we were off and running. I contributed seven stories to “Unexpected Tales from the Ends of the Earth.” As this is a true international collection, I was glad the editors decided not to convert my U.S. style grammar and spelling to U.K. rules.

I’m particularly pleased with the book’s cover art, as people do judge books by their covers. Since the release of “Unexpected” all the writers involved have been tweeting, posting and blogging to promote book sales. I’m certain that the collective efforts of the individual writers will add up to much more than I could manage on my own and that we’ll have a success with this short fiction collection.

–Candy Korman, author: ‘Unexpected Tales From The Ends Of The Earth’

Published author Martin Craig-Downer

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Belinda worked tirelessly editing the material and we had a lengthy editorial meeting on the Diamond Jubilee Holiday to agree the necessary changes with a view to publication before the end of the month. I was initially disappointed that chunks of my original masterpiece wound up on the cutting room floor but it tightened up the narrative, gave the story pace and greatly improved it.

After publication of The Tank Room, to favourable reviews, I contributed three pieces to the anthology ‘Unexpected Tales from the Ends of the Earth’ and edited the submissions of co-author Alexandur Tomov. My second novel, ‘Over There’, is available via Amazon Kindle as a 2012 Christmas stocking filler. I greatly enjoy working with the Mardibooks team.

—Martin Craig-Downer, author: ‘The Tank Room’, ‘Unexpected Tales from the Ends of the Earth’ and ‘Over There’

Taking you into print – seven easy steps

  1. 1. You send us your ideas or manuscript.
  2. 2. We reply and make suggestions for your next step. (We will reply to all emails within 14 working days.)
  3. 3. You send us the first draft of your work.
  4. 4. We reply and offer you an editor and a contract to publish or suggest further revisions to submit until the material merits publication.
  5. 5. You return the signed contract and payment of invoice and send a first draft of your work to your editor.
  6. 6. Your editor will respond with feedback until you are both happy that the work is completed.
  7. 7. We publish your work as an e-book. You will receive your royalties annually.

Costs for 2016 are set as follows

Ebook package – £700

Hard copy print is priced separately, but typically a 200 page novel traditionally printed as a quality paperback would cost:
£1800 – 250 copies
£2500 – 500 copies
£3000 – 1000 copies

We sell on our website and via Amazon.

As a hard copy publisher our books are available to order from Waterstones, John Lewis, Foyles, WHSmiths and a variety of independent booksellers.
Our website attracts 1000s of visitors and our blog, Twitter, facebook, LinkedIn and Goodreads reach is growing… our writers have reviewers from across the world helping to promote mardiwriters and their books.

Frequently asked questions

Q. Should I send my whole manuscript right away if it is finished?
A.  Please just send us a synopsis of your work, tell us when you wrote and finished it and your previous writing history.
Q. Do I have to enter into a contract with Mardibooks to have my work read?
A. All work prior to an offer of publication is done in negotiation with the writer, and is free.
Q. Can I work with Mardibooks if other companies are interested in my work?
A. We are happy to work with writers irrespective of other links they may have with agents or publishers, prior to an offer of publication.
Q. If I want to publish my book in hard copy as well as in eBook format, can mardibooks do this?
A. If we are convinced of the strength and commercial potential of your work, Mardibooks will look to publish it in hard copy, too. We have released four of our writers’ works in hard copy since we were formed.
Q. Isn’t this whole operation just another form of vanity publishing?
A. Mardibooks works with writers and professional distributors including Amazon, Waterstone’s, Gardners, to get your book out onto the international stage and give it the kind of exposure that only a professional publisher can, whilst retaining our local feel and close relationship with our writers.

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