The Fiction Bitz Core

CATERING FOR THE READERS:
Being a reader in SA is a tough business especially if you want to support local writers. One of the core goals at Fiction Bitz is to make local fiction easily accessible to readers - at an affordable price.

For a few rands each week, readers are not only exposed to local works but will be given a choice of genre too. Instead of walking past the increasingly expensive bookstores, readers will be able to meet new writers every week with little cash outlay.

Readers will also have the opportunity to comment on each story and let our writers know where they are going right - or wrong! This is accomplished either on our interactive website (coming soon), email or by using the time-honoured tradition of ink on paper and a post box.

In serialised works, readers can also be involved in the eventual outcome of the heroes and villains as the stories are written!

DEVELOPING OUR FICTION WRITERS
For the most part, SA writers live in obscurity with very few outlets available for their fiction works. And of course the chances of getting published is like hoping to win the lottery! Writing is a difficult career anywhere in the world.

Fiction Bitz gives our writers a platform to display their work and opportunity to receive feedback from readers. Not only can they gain valuable insight from readers but can also interact with other writers, thus developing their art into something people are willing to invest in.

PROMOTING LITERACY
Our education system is doing as much as it can to get people of all ages to read, but rising costs of living and printing make books out of the financial reach of many.

Often people simply do not read because no story has yet captured their imagination and so the appeal of reading an entire book fades into grey boredom. It only takes one good story to get someone hooked on reading and Fiction Bitz aims to bring variety of genre, style and entertainment to readers of all ages.

More writers getting their work published means more potential readers are exposed to good stories. Fiction Bitz hopes to expand the local reader circles in SA.

BREADLINE SHIFT
High unemployment and more people living on the breadline every day is a big concern for everyone. Our distribution method offers a secondary income to just about anyone. Vendors purchase copies directly from Fiction Bitz at a low cost and sell to either the public or local businesses, making more than 50% back on their investment immediately in cold, hard cash. Cash outlay for vendors are kept to a minimum, enabling even low income people to make extra money.

Distributorship is granted to those with a little more buying power and they purchase larger quantities at an even lower rate. Distributors can either sell to vendors or directly to the public.

Prices are set by Fiction Bitz so vendors, distributors and ultimately the readers are never short-changed.

It is important to Fiction Bitz that opportunities are given to those in need and that we give back to the community where we can.

STRICT ENTERTAINMENT QUALITY POLICY
While we like to tackle important issues such as poverty and literacy at Fiction Bitz, we also focus on pure entertainment because getting wrapped up in a good story can be sheer joy.

If you eagerly look for constant ad breaks or blazing banners, Fiction Bitz will disappoint. The few advertising spaces are reserved for those we approach and those we feel will contribute to the reader's experience.

And there is nothing worse than a good film with bad acting, or excellent performances without a good script, so we strive to bring you only the best fiction available in the format you, the readers, prefer.