Publishing books with simonthescribe
ublishing a book is a lot easier than it used to be. The process is: you send me your proof-read and edited file in Word or text format, and any illustrations you want in the book, with some idea of what you want on the front and back cover.
I give you a full written estimate with design roughs. If you accept this you pay a deposit of 50%. I send you the layout and cover image, if you like this I publish the book for you and make it available to order online - with its own web page and ordering system. You complete the payment.
Easy peasy and my prices start at £250 for the entire book layout and cover design and first print! Contact me now using the contact form in the right hand column under my photo. Download my PDF 'book publishing' price guide here.
Mastering Desktop Publishing by Simon Mitchell »
f you publish using a computer, in print or digital media, then this book is an essential resource. Both the quality and effectiveness of your work will improve through focus on design.
This absorbing book provides the processes, skills and strategies needed for successful desktop publishing (DTP), backed up with 200 illustrations. It will help you journey beyond page wizards and design for specific audiences.
This book reveals tricks, secrets and magic ingredients for design, whatever DTP system you use. It is highly recommended for 'inhouse' DTP. Published with Palgrave / Macmillan.
Secrets of the Green Kitchen by Simon Mitchell »
ne way to a greener lifestyle starts at home in the kitchen! Here's holistic thinker and wild food enthusiast Simon Mitchell with a radical new book that celebrates the awesome power of natural foods for managing health.
Here is the WHY and the HOW of reaching for a holistic lifestyle from the heart of your home. Discover for yourself the power of Mother Nature's Gifts, a real integrated medicine working for you from your very own kitchen. Hiding in your meals, is a whole FOOD MEDICINE for health, for healing and for fun!
The Lily, Episode 1 - Secrets of the Valley by Simon Mitchell »
n ancient matrix of energy lies hidden in the earth, its existence and purpose all but forgotten. One strand, named The Dragon Line passes through Cornwall, a land steeped in history and mystery since the dawn of time. Here the line passes through the valley of the River Fowey.
A lone ghost, abandoned in the valley of his birth, tells how the line of energy has been usurped, unbalancing the whole planetary energy matrix. In The Lily, the first novel of an extraordinary trilogy, we share his lives as he tells his tale of 2000 years in the Fowey valley. He sets a crucial task, to mend the Dragon Line and restore the balance of power, before time itself runs out.
The Fourfold Vision by F. Sherwood Taylor M.A., Ph.D.»
riginally published in 1945, The Fourfold Vision makes a welcome return. Here is the full integration of science and issues of faith from the pen of a master.
F. Sherwood Taylor has gained great respect for his work on The Alchemist and many other books where scientific investigation meets with matters of belief. He was the first editor of ‘Ambix’ magazine and was Director at the Museum of History of Science in Oxford.
Join him here on a classic journey from the centre of Science and Philosophy to the heart of Art and Nature.
Just Call Me Alan by Alan Powney »
or many years we tried to encourage Dad to put his memories on tape for posterity and eventually with a Christmas present of a Dictaphone these memories came about.
Please read on for the memories of a man who experienced life as a choirboy in Coventry Cathedral, an army officer in the Second World War, an active participant in D-day, an adjutant in a prisoner of war camp for the Germans, a programmer for one of the first computers used commercially and a romantic man in a long and happy marriage. In loving memory.
Simonthescribe
