Did Darwin not say that it was neither the strongest nor the most intelligent that survives, but the one most adaptable to change? He may not have been talking about small press publishers, but still. There have been some changes here at Nightjar Press. Gone is the cover quote. They don’t use cover quotes in French publishing and we are big admirers of French publishing, alors, au revoir to the cover quote. It was a time-consuming stage in the process that did not add a great deal, we realised, and so we have tweaked the cover design so subtly that, had we not mentioned it here, you would not know we had cut it out. Thank you, as ever, to John Oakey of John Oakey Design for that and all the rest of his hard work.
We are publishing three pairs of new titles. The first pair – ‘Let’s Hang Out’ by Charlotte Turnbull and ‘Hole’ by Robert Stone – are out now, squeezing into the dying days of November, with covers by Leah Leaf. It’s Robert’s third story for Nightjar, but Charlotte’s first. Welcome, Charlotte. The other two pairs – ‘Signals’ by Amanda Huggins and ‘The Judgment’ by Tim Cooke, and ‘The Little Ghost’ by Giselle Leeb and ‘Snowdrops’ by Cliff McNish – are officially published in December, but what the hell. They are also available now. It’s Cliff’s second appearance, but the first time we have published Amanda, Tim or Giselle, who are not likely to be strangers to Nightjar readers.
Another change: in the light of the climate crisis, it has become impossible to justify the amount of travel required to secure author signatures. The few times we used courier services to transport Nightjars, boxes were mishandled and contents damaged, so there was a certain amount of moving boxes around the country by private car, where the option of rail travel was either too challenging or unavailable. We considered inserts, book plates, changing the way we print etc, but we were not excited by any of these alternatives. We are therefore phasing out the author signatures. Two pairs out of the three new pairs of titles are signed – as is a pair of titles due to be published in January – but one pair of titles is unsigned, as all of our new titles will be after January 2024. What we are excited about is the possibility of becoming more international, by publishing more writers based overseas.
Having said that, Royal Mail continue to make life interesting by increasing charges, for both inland and international post, with bewildering frequency and to eye-watering levels. We are keeping our p&p charges the same, for now, while becoming increasingly innovative with packaging and using our bespoke personal service – Royle Mail – wherever possible, eg Manchester and London and occasionally elsewhere.
Thanks to our excellent printers, H&H Reeds Printers Ltd of Penrith.
We are still on Twitter, in spite of the best efforts of Elon Musk & the Sexbots to make us go away. Look out for occasional offers and competitions there and on Instagram. Please get in touch to enquire about subscriptions.
We are publishing three pairs of new titles. The first pair – ‘Let’s Hang Out’ by Charlotte Turnbull and ‘Hole’ by Robert Stone – are out now, squeezing into the dying days of November, with covers by Leah Leaf. It’s Robert’s third story for Nightjar, but Charlotte’s first. Welcome, Charlotte. The other two pairs – ‘Signals’ by Amanda Huggins and ‘The Judgment’ by Tim Cooke, and ‘The Little Ghost’ by Giselle Leeb and ‘Snowdrops’ by Cliff McNish – are officially published in December, but what the hell. They are also available now. It’s Cliff’s second appearance, but the first time we have published Amanda, Tim or Giselle, who are not likely to be strangers to Nightjar readers.
Another change: in the light of the climate crisis, it has become impossible to justify the amount of travel required to secure author signatures. The few times we used courier services to transport Nightjars, boxes were mishandled and contents damaged, so there was a certain amount of moving boxes around the country by private car, where the option of rail travel was either too challenging or unavailable. We considered inserts, book plates, changing the way we print etc, but we were not excited by any of these alternatives. We are therefore phasing out the author signatures. Two pairs out of the three new pairs of titles are signed – as is a pair of titles due to be published in January – but one pair of titles is unsigned, as all of our new titles will be after January 2024. What we are excited about is the possibility of becoming more international, by publishing more writers based overseas.
Having said that, Royal Mail continue to make life interesting by increasing charges, for both inland and international post, with bewildering frequency and to eye-watering levels. We are keeping our p&p charges the same, for now, while becoming increasingly innovative with packaging and using our bespoke personal service – Royle Mail – wherever possible, eg Manchester and London and occasionally elsewhere.
Thanks to our excellent printers, H&H Reeds Printers Ltd of Penrith.
We are still on Twitter, in spite of the best efforts of Elon Musk & the Sexbots to make us go away. Look out for occasional offers and competitions there and on Instagram. Please get in touch to enquire about subscriptions.