2013
The Brand • New series of practical 'how to' and inspirational pocket guides for Doers • 8-10 books a year in print and digital formats • Max. 30,000 words • Approx.100 pages • Print books: £6.99 / $9.95 • Ebooks: £3.99 / $6.95 • Enhanced ebooks will be more • Covers by artist and designer, James Victore • Printed on 130 gsm recycled paper • Colour photos and/or line drawings throughout
Original cover designs by James Victore James Victore is a self-taught, independent artist and designer. Clients include Moët & Chandon, Aveda, Esquire and TIME magazine, Yohji Yamamoto, Bobbi Brown cosmetics, and The New York Times. Awards include an Emmy for television animation, and Gold and Silver medals for the NY Art Director's Club. Victore's posters have been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and are in the permanent collections of the Palais du Louvre, Paris, and the Library of Congress, Washington DC, the Design Museum in Zurich and the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam. Victore lectures and teaches regularly around the globe and he is a professor at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. His book 'Victore or, Who Died and Made You Boss?' was released by Abrams in 2010. He lives, loves and works in Brooklyn.
Do Grow Start with 10 simple vegetables Alice Holden • A concise guide for busy people who want to grow their own veg • Get started with a manageable list of 10 of the easiest and tastiest • Learn how to make a raised bed and your own compost • Stunning colour photographs and illustrations throughout • Alice Holden is one of Britain's most pioneering female growers. This is her first book. 2 May 2013 | 160pp | 4/4 | £6.99
Do Story How to tell your story so the world listens Bobette Buster • Today's world wants to know you and the story behind why you (or your company) do what you do • Practical advice on how to shape your story and why an emotional connection is key • Bobette Buster is a story consultant for Pixar (Toy Story), lecturer and film producer. This is her first book. • 2 May 2013 | 160pp | £6.99 |
Do Improvise Less Push. More Pause. Better Results A New Approach to Work (and Life) Robert Poynton How using basic improv skills in business will radically improve your performance • Acclaimed improv method used by global brands (Nike, Orange, Disney) • Simple quick-to-learn method: notice more, let go, use everything • 6 Killer Games help put the theory into practice 2 May 2013 | 152pp | £6.99
Do Birth A gentle guide to labour and childbirth Caroline Flint RN RM ADM • Brand new guide to childbirth by the UK's most pioneering midwife • Caroline Flint has been a midwife for 37 years, ran the London Birth Centre and was President of the Royal College of Midwives • Stresses the importance of your surroundings and gives advice on how to make a hospital birth more like a home birth • Includes b&w illustrations 2 May 2013 | 96pp | £6.99
Do Disrupt Change the status quo or become it Mark Shayler • Helps entrepreneurs and startups develop their idea and take it from concept to customer • Presented in workbook format with space to respond to questions, make notes • Mark Shayler is a branding guru and Eco designer whose clients include Dorset cereals • 2 May 2013 | 112pp | £6.99
Our Story The Do Book Company is a new independent publishing house based in Shoreditch, London. Our branded series of pocket guides are written by speakers from the Do Lectures and will be available in print and digital formats from May 2013. The Do Lectures is an annual event held in West Wales and California that has been described as 'TED meets Burning Man and Where the Wild Things Are '. Over four days, 80 attendees sit under canvas and listen to 30 speakers share their stories, passions and ideas. Previous speakers have included Tim Berners Lee and Kickstarter CEO, Perry Chen. 'The idea is a simple one: that people who Do things can inspire the rest of us to go and Do things too.' - David Hieatt, founder Talks are filmed and watched online for free. Over 1 million people did this last year, and 15,000 people follow on Twitter. The book company began when former Random House editorial director, Miranda West realised that the Do speakers were the kind of people who should be publishing books. They are the game changers. Together with founders David and Clare Hieatt, they thought about whether they could recreate that same positive change in book form: a simple mind shift, the mastery of a new skill or craft, a shot of inspiration. So they set out to build a book company. In May 2013, the company will launch with its first five books. Each will be fairly short, about 100 pages, because Do books focus on the doing -- not the theory behind it. Concise practical guides about how to do stuff. Super useful.
Our Values • We publish books that inspire, motivate and make it easier to Do stuff • Our authors are experts who write with passion and humour • We value simplicity in the design, language and message • We like new technology. Our books can be read in print and downloaded to your e-reader • We are an ethical publisher so we think long term and work in a way that is sustainable. Our author royalties are higher than the norm and paid on a quarterly basis • We are constantly innovating and looking at new ways of reading. Our ebooks and reading platforms will demonstrate this.
Contact Us Miranda West Publisher miranda@thedobook.co +44 (0)7957 597540 Twitter: @DoBookCo Facebook: www.facebook.com/DoBookCo Website: www.thedobook.co
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