tax!

hmrc form here - first I file Jan 7th 2008 - jan 6th 2009

then jan 7th - jan 30th 2009

then everything ties in with the companies house filing.

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/ctsa/ct600-short-2007.pdf

china printing

If I print in china, I get an 80p print cost for 5,000

http://f.l.kitten.googlepages.com/fluffy428pp1.pdf

Amazon idea for book 4

For book four I could sell exclusively through amazon marketplace. The difference is pretty big.

If I sell on marketplace for £3.24 (meaning 5.99 to your door) I would take £4.08. The cost of sale would be £1.80 print, 90p postage and 14p for the envelope - or £2.84. PROFIT £1.24

If I sell on advantage for £5.99 I get £2.40, but my minimum cost of sale is £1.80 print, and 50p postage (to get the book to amazon if ordered in bulk) so i only make 10p.

I might ditch all routes to purchase except marketplace.

bert

postage

1 book weighs 175g when packed - 90p 1st class, 76p 2nd
2 books weigh 292.5g when packed - 124p 1st, 104p 2nd
3 books weigh 410g - 124p 1st class 104p 2nd
packing weighs 57.5
each book weighs 117.5

More Definitive list of titles in order

although they won't be printed in this order, the plan is

1) Too many kittens
2) Falls Over
3) Birthday
4) Fancy
5) A new kitten
6) Stormy
7) Collar
8) Brother
9) Goes to School
10) Lost
11) Beautiful
12) Weekend
13) Foreign

Seasonal

Easter
Valentine
Christmas
Halloween

registered new isbns

978-0-9557455-0-8 Fluffy Little Kitten in Too Many Kittens!
978-0-9557455-1-5 Fluffy Little Kitten in Fluffy Little Kitten Falls Over
978-0-9557455-2-2 Fluffy Little Kitten in Fluffy Little Kitten's Birthday
978-0-9557455-3-9 Fluffy Little Kitten in Stormy Kitten
978-0-9557455-4-6 Fluffy Little Kitten in Too Many Kittens (2nd edition)
978-0-9557455-5-3 Fluffy Little Kitten in Fluffy's Collar
978-0-9557455-6-0 Fluffy Little Kitten in Fluffy's Brother
978-0-9557455-7-7 Fluffy Little Kitten in Fluffy Goes to School
978-0-9557455-8-4 Fluffy Little Kitten in Fluffy Little Kitten Falls Over (2nd ed)
978-0-9557455-9-1 Fluffy Little Kitten in Fluffy Little Kitten's Birthday (2nd ed)

put the publication dates as 29 Mar 2009 - to get them ready for when we do print

Posters

80 posters out of 600 up so far.

big burst will hopefully come out dec 15th