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In 2006 the Federation of Old Cornwall Societies established its own website (www.oldcornwall.org) which is proving very popular and has attracted thousands of ‘hits’ from across the world.     A new addition is its online shop to assist in selling the Federation’s publications, the income from which enables the publication of other books which deserve to be made available in line with our charitable objectives.

In order to increase the range of titles we can offer and to make the shop more attractive, we are making available to local authors who are Old Cornwall members and who have financed their own publications the opportunity to have their books obtainable in this way via the Federation’s shop.   Self-published authors frequently find that, although initial sales of their books go satisfyingly quickly, it can be harder to sell the entire quantity.

A common arrangement locally for selling through the trade is that the trader takes 40% and the distributor 22.5%, 62.5% in all.   I.e. from the cost of a book selling at £10.00, the shopkeeper will receive £4.00, the distributor £2.50, and the publisher the remaining £3.50.     

From Old Cornwall members taking up this opportunity, the Federation would expect to receive just 20% of the cover cost and would place an image of the book on its website, and undertake its sale and dispatch.  No sales, no fee.   The shop has a PayPal or credit card online payments facility. A statement (with any payment due from sales) would be provided to you on a quarterly cycle.  

The same fees would apply to any books placed on the Federation’s stalls at events (such as its Summer Festivals or the Cornish Gorseth).

If you are interested, please contact the Hon. Publications Officer, Mrs Anne Knight at Wingfield, 5 British Road, St Agnes, TR5 0TX;  telephone 01872-552921;  email knight(at)wingfield5.fsnet.co.uk. Please replace (at) with @ in e-mail address.


Please ensure that any arrangement made with the Federation of Old Cornwall Societies does not conflict with any existing agreements you may have for distribution or retail.

The Federation of Old Cornwall Societies is a  Registered Charity  No. 247283 

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