We publish brilliant personal and local history books. We are passionate about history and we will be pleased to consider your submission whether you are an academic in the field or writing from the point of view of your personal experiences.
You may be a community group trying to record your village memories in a meaningful way for generations to come. Or you may be a historian wishing to publish recent discoveries in your area. Whether your passion is social or local history, and whether you are an individual author or an organisation, we share your interest and will be happy to hear from you.
How it works
We’re a publisher, so we undertake all layout and design work here – all you need to do is provide us with the text and images in digital or physical form. We have image scanning facilities in-house so we can even work with original photographs. We also undertake a thorough edit of the text. We’ll work with you to give your manuscript that final level of polish and create a lasting treasure.
Please note: Sometimes we get approached by groups who have already managed the bulk of the layout work themselves and are looking for an affordable printing service. For these projects, we recommend approaching a local printing company direct. This is by far the most affordable route for authors seeking a publishing service. We’re a publisher and as such, we never publish a work which hasn’t been thoroughly edited and designed in-house.
We are passionate about history. We publish on a collaborative basis, in that the author or community group shares some of the costs of getting their book into print. If you think this may be the route into print you are looking for, please get in touch >
We routinely publish in paperback for the UK distribution network so that bookshops and online retailers can access your book easily, and also to ebook.
We pay excellent royalties and we like to give plenty of advice about marketing and post-publishing support.
Our main editor actually has an archaeological background, so we have plenty of expertise to produce local history books and personal histories which preserve a vital record of the past in print.