Fiction4All was established in February 2005. It seems a long
time ago now, but the reason for setting up Fiction4All
is as fresh in my mind today as it was back then. At the turn of the century
I decided to do what a lot of wannabee writers do – they write a story. That
took a year or more of my life and then I started the daunting process of
looking for an agent – without success. Undeterred I then decided to send my
precious script off to a number of well-established publishers here in the
UK, where I am based, and you guessed it – before long the rejection letters
from some started to arrive. Then of course there were the organisations that
never bothered sending any form of reply. By chance, and an ill-wind I
spotted an advert in a newspaper for a pubisher
seeking authors and I jumped at the opportunity. At the time I had never
heard of vanity press so it was inevitable I would fall for it. They wanted
just over £2000 to get my book published in print (the internet was not a
major player in those days) and they promised the earth – book signings,
advertisements and so on. So I paid them the £2000 and waited. And waited. To
cut a long story short, my book, which was a private investigator story, that
the publisher’s review panel had lauded (yes I know it was a con now, but at
the time it felt great to get a positive response), sold exactly 4 copies in
the first year and then they decided to kill it off! That was the final straw
for me – they took £2000 for effectively nothing. So, some head scratching later, and a chance contact
with another author who had been similarly treated, and I decided to do
something about it. The big publishers were apparently seldom interested in
new, aspiring authors, and the only alternative option seemed to be the trap
I, and countless others, had fallen into. Fiction4All was established with a view to making it relatively
easy for authors to see their work on sale without it costing them a fortune
to do so. Actually, the ethos of Fiction4All was to
make it free for an author to get their book published – the advent of the
digital age made this easier than some might believe possible. So, going the
route of selling online, the model I started with was if a book sold online
then it was worth creating a print edition, even though at the time things
were not as straightforward as they are today. For several years now, Fiction4All
has been busy acquiring other UK publishers and their imprints, and for the
sheer need to make money by selling what people were buying online, this
involved a foray into the world of adult fiction. Over a few years Fiction4All acquired three well-established publishers
from the world of adult fiction, namely The Olympia Press, Silver Moon Books
and BDSM Books. Together with their authors and contact lists, this made it
possible for us to grow into a wider market, exploring the growing number of
websites selling this kind of material, while at the same time reminding ourselves
of our roots in General and Young Adult fiction. So, to 2020. We are currently opening up our
business to create affiliate programs. The affiliate program for Fiction4All is now active as of February 2020. We will be
launching our adult affiliate program on our sister site at https://fiction4adults.com later in
February. Fiction4All sells both digital books (eBooks) and paperbacks.
As an affiliate you can earn money from both types of products using either
simple text links or banner links. Please see our Affiliates Guide for more
details. Having been in the publishing business for well over
a decade, expanding our business to allow others to earn money from what we
publish is an exciting venture for 2020 and one we hope you will want to be a
part of. Regards Stuart CEO Fiction4All |
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