A series of mini cookbooks and mini parenting
books designed especially for the ebook environment is being launched today by
Random House New Zealand.
The first four in what will be an ongoing
series of standalone, ten-recipe cookbooks are by some of New Zealand’s best
known chefs and foodwriters, all of whom are published by Random House.
“We are very excited about this project,” says
Random House New Zealand publishing director Nicola Legat. “ You will never
beat the glory of a well-published printed cookbook, but we’re very aware that
lots of New Zealanders do like to look for recipes online when they are
searching for meal solutions.
“As New Zealand’s leading publisher of
cookbooks we’ve naturally got a treasure trove of recipes so we decided to
package them up in tightly-themed, small collections to make looking for recipe
ideas more simple.”
The authors involved in the first stage of the
project are Jo Seagar with baking recipes, Michael Van de Elzen with small
plates recipes, Helen Jackson with family meal recipes and Joan Bishop with
crockpot and slow cooker recipes.
In addition Random House is also publishing
five ebooks in what will become an extensive Parenting Tips series. The series topics are sleep, crying, exercise
and brain development, toilet training, postnatal depression and bullying, and
are distilled from the bestselling books by leading parenting authors Diane Levy, Kathy Fray and Sophie Foster.
“We are enjoying working with our authors in
this new digital environment,” says Nicola Legat. “ And it’s exciting to think
that because these books are available internationally, someone in Wisconsin or Frankfurt may be sitting down
to a dinner created with recipes from New Zealand chefs or responding to a
parenting issue by seeking the advice of one of New Zealand’s parenting
experts. ”
Footnote:
Apologies for the lack of cover illustrations. While away in Europe (presently in Stockholm) my picture file has "broken down" and I am having difficulty placing illustrations. I will add them when I get back to NZ and have the problem sorted.
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