Once you’ve read through the previous information post and you are certain that your book passes the exclusion criteria on the About page, then send us an email with the following information and documentation attached.
- Your full name, surname, ID number, address, cell phone number.
- The ISBN and Title of your book, plus the format – size (length in mm x breadth in mm x thickness in mm), soft or hardcover, number of pages, retail price (what you would advertise it for, excluding postage, including VAT) and any other information you would like to share regarding the look and feel of your book.
- A short description or synopsis of your book, both for fiction or non-fiction books.
- The back-cover text and any endorsements in digital format inside the email, for us to copy and paste when necessary.
- Category of your book, such as
- Fiction and genre, e.g. romance, action, historical, faith-based, children’s fiction, etc.
- Non-fiction and academic subject – such as gardening, house & home, beauty, self-help, personal growth, etc.
- Your target market – age group, gender, religion, academic interest, anything that will describe who will love to read your book.
- High-resolution images of your book’s cover (full image of back-spine-front, and an image of only the front and only the back). Image files have to be smaller than 2 MB, but the shortest edge of any image must not be less than 600 pixels and the longest edge not more than 2048 pixels. Your graphic designer should be able to provide this.
- PDF file of the first five pages of the first chapter of the final, printed version of your book.
- Photos of the printed book from all angles – high-resolution, quality, clear photos. We basically need to see if your book “looks” good.
- Indicate how many books you have in your possession, and where they are being sold and marketed. How many books you would like to sell on Takealot.com? Please note that they require sellers to send 35% stock to Cape Town and 65% to Johannesburg distribution centre (DC). We do not recommend sending more than 20 books in total initially. This will limit storage fees. You can always send more books if stock runs low.
Once we have received all of the above-mentioned information and files, we will assess everything and let you know via email whether we are interested in selling your book on Takealot.com or not. Our decision is final. If successful, you will receive a detailed quotation and a contract. If you agree with the fees and contract terms and conditions, please print, sign, scan and email the scanned contract back to us – if you cannot scan it, please photograph the signed contract and send it as an image, but please ensure that the full image is completely legible.
Take note of the fee structure to make sure you want to go ahead with your application.