| Our medium term goal is to become the UK’s most
influential independent publisher of commercial and
literary adult fiction outside the capital. Our strategy
is essentially simple.
We invest in our authors:
Myrmidon Books are written to an exceptionally high
standard: crisp and engaging prose; captivating and
imaginative story-telling. We value our authors highly
and treat them accordingly. Our contracts reflect broadly
the Minimum Terms Agreement and we pay competitive royalties
quarterly.
We invest in our books:
We use only the best printers, binders and materials
for our books to make them pleasurable to handle and
easy to read. We do not take a miserly approach to the
quantity of pages or to font sizes. We engage the best
illustrators and graphic designers in the business,
both for our jackets and for in-store marketing materials
for booksellers who want to use them.
We invest in our customers:
We make every effort to help booksellers and distributors
sell our products profitably, offering highly competitive
discounts and responding swiftly and flexibly to their
delivery imperatives.
We question everything else:
We achieve these things by ensuring that our resources
are not consumed by excessive overheads and operating
costs but directed principally to our products and to
achieving high standards of service.
Myrmidon is a lean and agile publishing house. We proceed
from submitted manuscript to bound copies very quickly
and give a swift response to all our partners and associates
at every stage of the process from literary agents to
book buyers. We deploy simple and effective production
and distribution systems and disciplines. All our directors
and staff exist only to add value to products and services:
our customer service people serve customers; our editors
edit. We concentrate on the things that matter and that
make a difference.
We take pleasure in our business and look forward to
mutually profitable and stimulating transactions with
all our collaborative partners.
Myrmidon Books Ltd is registered
in England and Wales No. 5498285
Registered Office: Rotterdam House, 116 Quayside, Newcastle
upon Tyne NE1 3DY
VAT Registration No. 870 9537 90
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