Staying in print

As pointed out earlier, the author will have a simple choice at the end of the initial two-year period. He may either terminate the Dinas agreement, or start a new agreement that will be very much on normal Lolfa terms. The latter will, we hope, be his choice. Certainly Y Lolfa would wish to continue supporting any book already published. On the other hand�

If the book has been a success, and if the author has received a lot of media attention, he may, in the meantime, have received - who knows! - a lucrative offer from a London or other publisher offering to publish another edition or a new work on purely commercial terms. The author will be free to take up any such offer. In this case he will want to sever the link with Dinas - or he may have some other reason for doing so. If this happens, he will be allowed to retrieve the remaining stock from the Lolfa warehouse. Clearly the book will then be deleted from the Lolfa catalogue and website, and all Dinas listings.

If, as we hope, the author will want to continue publishing this - and, hopefully, other books - with Dinas, a new Agreement will be drawn up with terms as for a normal, non-subsidized book. There will be no definite promise to reprint should the book sell out, but this may be done at the publisher's discretion. The author may take the book elsewhere should the book be out of print for a certain period.

Whatever the author's choice, Y Lolfa will continue to pay the author any sums due to him from e.g., the sale of previously agreed rights.


Finally Dinas?
is an old Welsh word (of Brythonic origin) meaning "city" or "fort". By "city" we don't mean Cardiff! - but rather the wider City of Welsh Life. There is an evocative Biblical phrase, "dinas barhaus" meaning "lasting abode". We hope that we as a publishing company can give you a secure abode for your creative work; and that the work will enrich the life of the City that is Wales!