Broombank Publishing

Broombank Publishing Its a small self publishing company specialising in Alcohol. It has several books to its name the latest of which is about village brandy distilleries

02/02/2024

The home made cheese book Mould to Mould has been available now since October both on the website but also in a number of places in and around Aberdeen. It costs £12.50

My new book ‘Mould to Mould - Home Cheesemaking made Simple’ has undergone graphic design and proof reading and is now i...
12/04/2023

My new book ‘Mould to Mould - Home Cheesemaking made Simple’ has undergone graphic design and proof reading and is now in my hands as a final proof copy. It has gone out to cheesemaker friends and cheese shop owners for feedback and final tweaks and corrections. I anticipate a first print run in May.

Thankyou to Studio 1
16/04/2022

Thankyou to Studio 1

Very nice advertising from Viv - thankyou !
15/12/2021

Very nice advertising from Viv - thankyou !

After six weeks Catching Light is distributed throughout Aberdeenshire. It is selling well enough in some outlets for th...
29/11/2021

After six weeks Catching Light is distributed throughout Aberdeenshire. It is selling well enough in some outlets for them to ask me to restock. I am shocked by the increased centralisation and bureaucracy since the last time I did this in 2018. Noone can take any decision without approval from head office.. Natioanl Trust for Scotland refused even to look at the book leave alone stock it. Life is hard enough for self publishers without that. Personal and online sales are steady so far which is encouraging and the feedback from readers is really heart warming. I have done what I can so it is now up to you - the public !!

09/01/2021

The new website is launched today . Check it out. It has full paypal functionality!

08/01/2019

Reflections on the publication of 'Under my very nose'

Well what have I learnt from this exercise? The big thing is 'think local'. Know your potential purchasers. Choose a time of year when they are receptive ( ie before Christmas). Price the book just below the point where purchase will require deliberation - below £20. Find a printer who will print short print runs at a competitive price. Kopa in Kaunas Lithuania was perfect. Printing in the UK is so expensive that it forces a cover price well over £30 which in this market results in no sales. Know your limitations and don't be too proud to ask for help from those who possess skills which you don't. A book needs a graphic designer if it is not to look amateurish. (thankyou Andrew Nadolski) Get it proof read - typos are very off putting to some people and shout 'vanity publishing'! Pay great attention to your cover design and strap lines - mistakes or miscalculations will come back to haunt you. Try to calculate the weight to be inside 1Kg if you want to send to Australia or the US. ( mistake there UMVN is 1.05 Kg !!) Choose your outlets carefully - cafes and hairdressers have a static audience who are receptive. Get publicity from local media. I have had three articles in the Press and Journal covering the whole of Northern Scotland, in one month. Get it into Waterstones under their local authors scheme- not because it will sell many but because its good PR. Amazon only works if you have LOTS of publicity.

I am virtually sold out in 2 months. This has never happened to me before. OK I printed 400 not 3000 like 'Bottled History' but I am still trying to sell them after 10 years. Realism is everything. Self publishing is a narcissistic exercise ( the clue is in the word 'self' !) Its very easy to be blind to the obvious.

For anyone contemplating a self published book I'm very happy to provide advice ( this after all is number 7)

Have a go - few things are more satisfying.

the sales of the book have exceeded all my expectations. It seems to have become the default Christmas present in Peterc...
21/12/2018

the sales of the book have exceeded all my expectations. It seems to have become the default Christmas present in Peterculter and surrounding villages. Its a funny thought that on the 25 th all over the district hundreds of men will be unwrapping the same present - my book ! At the moment I only have 50 left out of 350 and twenty of those are promised to the Scottish National Trust . It is of course possible that some of my outlets will return unsold books to me but this seems quite unlikely at this juncture.

09/11/2018

These are the agents from which my book can now be bought
Neil Selbie Kilt hire Peterculter
Drum garden centre
Anguston VSA farm cafe
Yeadons Bookshop Banchory
Woodend barn Banchory
Kippie Lodge Peterculter
Camphill Bookshop Newton Dee Community
Curated stories Claremont St Aberdeen
Findlays Hair dressers Holbun Street Aberdeen
Waterstones Bon accord centre Aberdeen ( by 16th November)
or on line at

03/11/2018

The new book UNDER MY VERY NOSE is on sale at the following outlets in Aberdeen
Waterstones ( within one week)
Drum garden centre
Neil Selbie kilt hire Peterculter
Kippie Lodge Peterculter
Curated stories 54 Claremont street

And from its own dedicated website

09/10/2018

After my trip to Kaunas to see the book being printed, all I need to do now is wait for delivery which is scheduled for the week of 19th October. The book website has been updated. I have arranged to sell it in the Belmont street Christmas market at the beginning of December.I'm also addressing the 050 Club in Cults at lunchtime on the 20th November.
The price will be £20 for personal sales and £25 in commercial outlets.

Getting very near to publication date - the end of October
31/08/2018

Getting very near to publication date - the end of October

Address

Malcolm Road Peterculter
Aberdeen
AB140XB

Telephone

07983570575

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