Fresh off Pandora’s Plate is her first book, Nourished by Nature.
We chat to first time self-published author Pandora about her beautiful and wholesome book, Nourished by Nature.
She shares her secrets on winning over stockists, chats about her processes and shares light on what it is like working with Fast Proof Press.
At Fast Proof Press, we love taking on first time self-publishers and find pride in teaching them the how to’s of book printing.
Feast your eyes on beautiful recipes and take in Pandora’s guiding wisdom.
Fresh off Pandora’s Plate is her first book, Nourished by Nature.
We chat to first time self-published author Pandora about her beautiful and wholesome book, Nourished by Nature.
She shares her secrets on winning over stockists, chats about her processes and shares light on what it is like working with Fast Proof Press.
At Fast Proof Press, we love taking on first time self-publishers and find pride in teaching them the how to’s of book printing.
Feast your eyes on beautiful recipes and take in Pandora’s guiding wisdom.
About Pandora —
FPP: Can you tell us about yourself and what you do with your days?
Pandora:
A typical day in my life is getting up early around 6am, going for a walk for 45 minutes, off to the gym for some resistance exercise, then a Coaching Zone class and finish the day with yoga. In the midst of my self care, I create, cook and photograph recipes for social media, answer emails, catch up with clients, make artisan seeds and dehydrated citrus that I sell and I hustle my book. On weekends I run healthy cooking workshops based on wholefood plant based food predominantly and have been using a lot of my recipes from my book “Nourished By Nature”. I also run workshops and presentations on Nutrition and gut health. I rent a small space in a Beautiful Local Artisan shop where I sell my books and side hustle seeds and citrus and manage to work in there one day every couple of weeks. I have a couple of NDIS clients that I also have the privilege of working with as well. I’m busy walking my talk.
You wear a few hats (Nutritionist, Chef and Personal Trainer). At what point in your career did you decide it was time to create a book?
Funny that…….. It was about 30 years ago in my early twenties. But I am so glad I got around to doing it in the last 12 months as I gained so much more knowledge and passion that felt perfect for my project. I kept on putting it off and gaining more skills to give me credibility for a book. It was the right time and with the perfect message for now and the future.
About the book —
FPP: What can you expect to find amongst the pages of Nourished by Nature?
Pandora:
Beautiful wholefood plant based recipes with some vegetarian options, mostly gluten and dairy free. Absolutely delicious, nutritionally brimming, easy to make and fabulous looking recipes. A photo of every recipe is a MUST and some really great fun facts and nutrition tips throughout. The message is “to bring more plants to your plate for your health and the planets”. A very HERE and NOW message and for the future.
Fresh off Pandora’s Plate is her first book, Nourished by Nature.
We chat to first time self-published author Pandora about her beautiful and wholesome book, Nourished by Nature.
She shares her secrets on winning over stockists, chats about her processes and shares light on what it is like working with Fast Proof Press.
At Fast Proof Press, we love taking on first time self-publishers and find pride in teaching them the how to’s of book printing.
Feast your eyes on beautiful recipes and take in Pandora’s guiding wisdom.
About Pandora —
FPP: Can you tell us about yourself and what you do with your days?
Pandora:
A typical day in my life is getting up early around 6am, going for a walk for 45 minutes, off to the gym for some resistance exercise, then a Coaching Zone class and finish the day with yoga. In the midst of my self care, I create, cook and photograph recipes for social media, answer emails, catch up with clients, make artisan seeds and dehydrated citrus that I sell and I hustle my book. On weekends I run healthy cooking workshops based on wholefood plant based food predominantly and have been using a lot of my recipes from my book “Nourished By Nature”. I also run workshops and presentations on Nutrition and gut health. I rent a small space in a Beautiful Local Artisan shop where I sell my books and side hustle seeds and citrus and manage to work in there one day every couple of weeks. I have a couple of NDIS clients that I also have the privilege of working with as well. I’m busy walking my talk.
You wear a few hats (Nutritionist, Chef and Personal Trainer). At what point in your career did you decide it was time to create a book?
Funny that…….. It was about 30 years ago in my early twenties. But I am so glad I got around to doing it in the last 12 months as I gained so much more knowledge and passion that felt perfect for my project. I kept on putting it off and gaining more skills to give me credibility for a book. It was the right time and with the perfect message for now and the future.
About the book —
FPP: What can you expect to find amongst the pages of Nourished by Nature?
Pandora:
Beautiful wholefood plant based recipes with some vegetarian options, mostly gluten and dairy free. Absolutely delicious, nutritionally brimming, easy to make and fabulous looking recipes. A photo of every recipe is a MUST and some really great fun facts and nutrition tips throughout. The message is “to bring more plants to your plate for your health and the planets”. A very HERE and NOW message and for the future.
FPP: How long has it taken you to collect and build your recipes?
Pandora:
These are my every day staple recipes so it’s probably been built up over 10 years with a real focus on book worthy recipes over the last 15 months.
FPP: Did you design and photograph the book yourself?
Pandora:
My daughter Montanna Coulson did the food styling and graphic design of the book and her talented boyfriend Tom Hoy did the food photography and my other son in law Joel Brauer did all the editing. So I created the content and this amazing creative family team did the rest. Got to put a plug in for my husband Pete who was main taste tester, support team and dishwasher.
About the printing process —
FPP: How did you find Fast Proof Press and why did you choose to print with them?
Pandora:
I rang about 20 Printers in Australia and Fast Proof Press was one of them. Dan at Fast Proof Press was my main man through the whole process. He was very personal and really took on the whole project with the same passion I had. With expert advice to my creative team, holding our hand all the way. I really loved that they were an Australian company at the right price with a sustainable ethic in their printing as well. They ticked all my boxes. My book was everything and more than what I expected and it arrived exactly on the day and time estimated!!!
FPP: Were you happy with the printing process?
Pandora:
Oh hell YES !!! I loved getting some progress videos of the project. I have recommended Fast Proof Press to everyone. The whole process was an absolute joy from right at the beginning to the end and beyond. It was very personal and the creative and practical advice was spot on as I was a complete novice in this area.
For others hoping to print their own book —
FPP: We’ve spotted your book in whole food stores in the local area and it looks like you have an extensive list of stockists! How do you go about approaching stockists?
Pandora:
Self published, self funded and self promoting certainly gives you reason to get on the hustle and get your book out there. I have created a media release profile that I email out and I also have printed. That attaches to every email and also every sample copy I deliver to potential stockists. It helps that I had the opportunity to present the book at the Bellingen Readers Writers Festival recently and it has now also been entered into the Australian Business Book Awards. But chasing stockists is a big task and it helps to have a plan, a good story and an extraordinary Book ! My stockists are now on to their 3 and fourth re orders which is great. I also travel up and down the coast with books in my car doing the cold call. Once people lay eyes on it, they love it and will order them.
FPP: Do you have any tips for someone manifesting a book project in their future?
Do it…….. But a good printer like Fast Proof Press with people who care and know the ins and outs of the printing world are the biggest asset to bringing your dream to life. “You always remember your first one (book)” The maiden voyage is the learning curve, and after that……………. Don’t stop at one!
Lastly, what’s cooking —
FPP: Do you have any other books or products you are currently working on?
Pandora:
Glad you asked…………. I was meaning to let you guys know that I am starting on a second book by popular demand. Just working on the back end and testing recipes that are going to get the thumbs up from my creative team. Heads up………I won’t be going anywhere else to get it printed but straight to Dan and Fast Proof Press. It was a whole happy experience from beginning to end. Love your work guys !
Where to find Nourished by Nature —
To grab your very own copy of Nourished by Nature shop online at Pandora’s Plate or drop into any of her stockist’s stores.
