New publisher aims to capture digital market

UK online distributor M-Y Books has now launched the first UK-based E-book publishing service.

The site allows smaller publishers and self-publishing authors to produce digital editions of their work without embroiling them in technical issues. M-Y also links its users with a comprehensive E-Book distribution network, covering the UK, continental Europe, the USA and even Australasia. Its complete catalogue is available in e-book format through the likes of WH Smith, Amazon, Fictionwise, Barnes and Noble, Sony, O2, Vodafone, 3 Network, Books On Board and hundreds of others

"Although e-books are going to come into their own this year as a business-to-business promotional device and as a consumer format, setting up your own digital division's a costly and time-consuming business. That makes it a daunting prospect for small publishers and self-publishing authors - so we're making the whole thing easy, transparent and profitable from the word go! Basically, we'll become your digital division and give you all the advantages of e-publishing without the cost or the hassle", said M-Y Books' Jonathan Miller.

The service takes care of every aspect of e-book publishing, from professional formatting to metadata management and accounting - as well as optional editorial services from proof-reading and editing to cover design.

It also offers a sales and supplier contract acquisitions policy, which aims to ensure every title distributed through the system has the widest possible global availability across major online retailers, mobile phone networks and the E book library system throughout the USA, UK , Europe, South East Asia and Australasia.