Dot books
| dotbooks | |
|---|---|
| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | 2012 |
| Seat | Munich |
| management | Beate Kuckertz |
| Number of employees | 6th |
| Branch | Publishing |
| Website | http://www.dotbooks.de |
The publisher dotbooks is a 2012 founded German publisher for E-Books , based in Munich, published the popular entertainment of all genres. According to its own description, the dotbooks publishing concept aims to combine many years of publishing experience with the challenges of modern digital publishing.
History and program
The publisher dotbooks was founded in February 2012 and went online in July 2012 with 37 titles. dotbooks is one of the first German e-book publishers. In addition to Beate Kuckertz (publishing manager) and Timothy Sonderhüsken (program manager), the publishing house has six other employees in editing, marketing and sales.
dotbooks includes programmatic spectrum of a large audience Publisher : be laid genres general fiction , including Contemporary, Historical and fantasy , thrillers and regional tension, short stories, fun books, erotic, children's books and non-fiction books with general and spiritual issues. In May 2013 the dotbooks program comprised over 300 titles. The publisher publishes around 20 additional titles every month.
Besides the classic author acquisition to literary agencies there are at dotbooks also possible to contact the author with a presentation on the publisher website directly to the publisher. Authors are increasingly using social media as a communication channel . The publishing house also actively acquires authors through these channels.
The authors of dotbooks include Gabriella Engelmann , Sandra Henke , Tanja Kinkel , Hera Lind , Harry Luck and Jochen Till .
Technology and sales
dotbooks supports all important formats of e-publishing , such as EPUB , Kindle AZW and Mobipocket . Thus, the books from dotbooks can be read on all common reading devices, tablet computers and smartphones ( Android , iOS ).
The e-books from dotbooks are sold online directly via the publisher's website or via distribution partners such as the iTunes media exchange , via the Amazon Kindleshop , as well as via around 100 other connected online bookshops.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Old school publishing with digital competence in the Börsenblatt online.
- ↑ E-Book-Verlag breaks with conventions , article in Wirtschaftswoche from July 14, 2012; Article in Börsenblatt.net, accessed on June 3, 2013.
- ^ Website of the publisher , accessed on June 3, 2013.
- ↑ dotbooks: Germany's Digital Vanguard Meets Old-School Editing , article on Publishing Perspectives from November 27, 2012.
- ↑ Completely new pages. Article in the ZEIT of March 14, 2013, p. 79.