About Us
Burnet Media is an independent publishing house based in Cape Town, established in 2010. We specialise in working closely with authors to help them create the best possible books for their needs and direct markets, and for sale into the trade.
We publish into the South African trade through three imprints – Mercury, Two Dogs and Two Pups – and we present titles with international potential at the London Book Fair annually in March/April. We also produce customised publishing projects, and provide publishing consulting and production services.
Burnet Media books are sold and distributed into the Southern Africa trade through Jacana Media and Booksite Afrika.
Platform Publishing
At Burnet Media, our emphasis is on providing authors and clients the knowledge and support they need to understand the publishing trade and the full potential of their books. This is our starting point for anyone considering a book, from which we can understand the best way for them to publish, whether it’s on their own, through us, or through another publisher.
Our preferred publishing model is then Platform Publishing, a niche that is ideal for authors with their own following or audience (their own “platform”), and thus access to a direct market. We work closely with our platform authors to produce books that are tailor-made to their needs and positioned perfectly for their audiences.
Consulting
Burnet Media offers consultancy services to anyone interested in publishing a book, even if we don’t finance it or publish the finished product. This is particularly useful for authors or companies preferring to retain complete editorial and financial control over their projects or those looking to self-publish as professionally as possible. In some instances, there may be the opportunity for the author to use the Burnet Media infrastructure for sales and distribution.
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