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20 - When Passion Meets Business, with Daphne Tonge

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In 2015, Daphne Tonge started a small "book crate" subscription service out of her London living room, with a tiny pool of subscribers. Today, Illumicrate is a well-known specialist retailer, with a thriving fanbase and strong industry presence, which has laid the groundwork for Daphne's next co-current venture: Daphne Press, an independent publishing imprint run on the same values and with the same marketing savvy. In this detailed, question-loaded interview, Daphne kindly joins us to talk the nitty-gritty of building not just one, but two industry-shaping small businesses, and how it might impact genre fiction in future.
  • The founding of Illumicrate, and Daphne’s story
  • A bit about book production, what they can or can’t do
  • How does IC choose and acquire books for its crates?
  • What IS a crate book – is there such a thing?
  • Buliding a book community
  • “Social media doesn’t help” but it does?
  • Crate market in the usa – why so small?
  • UK versus USA book culture
  • Setting up an independent press, makign the leap from Illumicrate to Daphne Press
  • The importance of editors, and why Daphne wanted to get that exactly right
  • What exactly do trad editors DO? Scott breaks it down.
  • Editors jobs are complex and very poorly paid
  • Why Daphne doesn’t acquire world rights atm (it’s a good and noble reason!)
  • What Daphne looks for in author submissions
  • Daphne’s surprising tip for how you best catch her attention with your submission!
  • Why Daphne Press doesn’t currently accept indie submissions (but hopes to in future!)
  • Daphne’s love for indie books and authors generally
  continue reading

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In 2015, Daphne Tonge started a small "book crate" subscription service out of her London living room, with a tiny pool of subscribers. Today, Illumicrate is a well-known specialist retailer, with a thriving fanbase and strong industry presence, which has laid the groundwork for Daphne's next co-current venture: Daphne Press, an independent publishing imprint run on the same values and with the same marketing savvy. In this detailed, question-loaded interview, Daphne kindly joins us to talk the nitty-gritty of building not just one, but two industry-shaping small businesses, and how it might impact genre fiction in future.
  • The founding of Illumicrate, and Daphne’s story
  • A bit about book production, what they can or can’t do
  • How does IC choose and acquire books for its crates?
  • What IS a crate book – is there such a thing?
  • Buliding a book community
  • “Social media doesn’t help” but it does?
  • Crate market in the usa – why so small?
  • UK versus USA book culture
  • Setting up an independent press, makign the leap from Illumicrate to Daphne Press
  • The importance of editors, and why Daphne wanted to get that exactly right
  • What exactly do trad editors DO? Scott breaks it down.
  • Editors jobs are complex and very poorly paid
  • Why Daphne doesn’t acquire world rights atm (it’s a good and noble reason!)
  • What Daphne looks for in author submissions
  • Daphne’s surprising tip for how you best catch her attention with your submission!
  • Why Daphne Press doesn’t currently accept indie submissions (but hopes to in future!)
  • Daphne’s love for indie books and authors generally
  continue reading

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