Ginninderra is part of Canberra's Belconnen area, in which Ginninderra Press operated for its first 12 years before moving to Port Adelaide. Ginninderra is an Aboriginal word said to mean 'throwing out little rays of light'.
Ginninderra Press, described in The Canberra Times as 'versatile and visionary', was set up in 1996 to provide opportunities for new and emerging authors as well as for authors writing in unfashionable genres or on unpopular subjects. We recognise that there are many more publishable manuscripts than mainstream publishers can publish.
Ginninderra Press chooses to operate without any direct subsidies from the public purse. We believe that works requiring subsidies are of their nature likely to be only marginally commercially viable and subsidies encourage over-production.
Because it receives no direct subsidies and chooses to publish non-mainstream works, Ginninderra Press of necessity operates on a very limited budget.
Shorter manuscripts
These are published in economical saddle-stitched or thermal-bound formats; authors are paid a 12.5% royalty on sales.
Longer manuscripts
Manuscripts requiring perfect binding are usually published on a partnership basis in which authors put up the initial printing cost in return for repayments calculated to return the cost over the sales of the print run; a 12.5% royalty is paid in addition. This is not a self-publishing or vanity publishing arrangement, because Ginninderra Press offers to publish only those manuscripts which it believes have merit and makes money only through sales of the book.
Self-publishing & family histories
We also assist authors who wish to self-publish and specialise in preparing family histories for private publication. (Books which authors ask Ginninderra Press to prepare for them in this way in return for payment do not carry the Ginninderra Press imprint.)
