The CompletelyNovel Team
CompletelyNovel.com, book publishing and web start-up, has reached the London final of The Pitch 2009, a competition to identify the most promising UK small business. The company hopes to highlight the great potential for innovation within the publishing industry and also compete for the prize of £50,000 worth of business related goods and services, including mentoring from former Dragon’s Den panellist, Doug Richards.
Oliver Brooks, founder of CompletelyNovel.com hopes that his vision to create a MySpace for the book publishing world, enabling future hit authors to be discovered by the power of the social web, will prove a winner:
“The new technology available through the web holds so much potential for the publishing industry – we want to help authors and publishers take advantage of this.”
On Tuesday 16th July, Oliver will be pitching in a Dragon’s Den style against five other finalists from the South East region to demonstrate that CompletelyNovel offers the best in innovation, market knowledge, customer engagement and financial viability. A number of business experts and experienced entrepreneurs will select one company for a place in the national final, judged by ex-Dragon himself, Doug Richards, and due to take place in November.
CompletelyNovel’
"CompletelyNovel was a great help in helping us decide to publish Gary Hurlstone's book. It provided us with the rare chance to gauge a real audience's reaction prior to release, giving us a headstart in the processes of marketing and preparing the book for publication."
Derek Sandhaus, Earnshaw Books
With plans to expand into the US in the next couple of months, CompletelyNovel are hoping that there will be many similar stories to come.
For additional information on CompletelyNovel’
About CompletelyNovel.com -
CompletelyNovel.com was founded in 2008 by Oliver Brooks and Anna Lewis. The website was launched to the public in February 2009. CompletelyNovel aims to be the MySpace of the book publishing world, enabling new writing talent to access an avid user base, and authors to prove their book’s potential to publishers.
More about the CompletelyNovel team: http://www.completelynovel.com/
More about Gary Hurlstone: http://www.completelynovel.com/
About The Pitch 09 - http://www.thepitch2009.com
Established in 2008, The Pitch is a showcase event for entrepreneurs running UK businesses less than three years old, and employing up to 20 members of staff. It is organised by Sift Media, a leading B2B publisher specialising in online communities. Over sixty businesses entered the London heat.
"The Pitch 2009 offers an excellent opportunity for innovative businesses to access the advice and support available from fellow business leaders and other support organisations."
Lord Peter Mandelson, Secretary of State for Business
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