Book Production Consultants

read moreIf you want the best, if you want all the services, skills and expertise you need at your call, if you want the experience that has produced over 3000 different titles over 40 years, you have found the solution. You can pick and choose the services which suit you and your project. Some clients want us to take care of the entire job; others may only want advice and support. We commission writers and authors, handle translations in any language, provide editing, designing, production and print services - whatever you need, just ask.

read moreWe are very pleased with the finished product that was completed on time and to a very high standard. I have no hesitation in recommending BPC. Thank you very much for all your work on our splendid Atlas, which is drawing gasps of admiration from everyone who sees it here at Palgrave. I know it wasn't the easiest or smoothest of projects to work on so I'm especially grateful for all your patience, effort and expertise. I am really, really pleased with it - it's everything I hoped it would be. I just wanted to say, straightaway, a most sincere thank you to you all for the help and support you've given me on this project from day one.

read moreWe produce books, brochures, magazines, guides, reports and catalogues - in fact any kind of publication. We provide you with a dedicated team who guide your publication through the production process (from concept to completion if required) and whose expertise helps avoid costly problems arising during production. Clients only have to outsource to us, we sort out the rest. Our publishing services team includes writers, editors, translators, picture researchers, designers and print buyers - who are all overseen by an assigned project manager.

read moreWhen it comes to celebrating an anniversary or increasing promotion, every company has a rich and unique tool to hand - its history. This valuable source of material can provide facts, anecdotes, pictures and all manner of details to enhance the company image and provide a lively basis for talks, advertising, exhibitions and client information. It's easy to underestimate the work needed to produce a business history, whether a brochure or a fully-fledged book with index and appendices. And to underestimate the effect on your clients, your staff and the media of getting it right.

read moreBook Production Consultants was registered on a wing and a prayer - and a few spelling mistakes - 35 years ago. Like any IT company today, it was way ahead of its time and unique in a dreary England, struggling with a 3-day week, and a shortage of toilet rolls. In those days of hyperinflation, when petrol was 35p a gallon and no one would have dreamed of paying for water in bottles, cash was in short supply. Banks were hopeless; they wouldn't lend you a penny without grabbing your most precious assets.

read moreWhen did you last dump a book? Even in today's throwaway society, books rarely get binned. So a promotional offer, that keeps the name of the promoter for far longer than a television ad or a newspaper blurb, is the way to impress customers. Many PR and advertising agencies would like to use books or other publications as promotions, but simply don't know how to do it. We do - and have a team that is happy to work with any client and on behalf of any client. The account manager will have his/her project team in support at any client meeting.

read moreIf that financial report is ready to print and is desperately urgent, it can be done overnight or within a week. Broadly, urgency means spending more. Many of our publications are produced in the Far East because this offers savings up to 35%. But it also adds 4-5 weeks shipping time onto your schedule and has to be built in at the beginning of the project. If the project goes late, it is not always possible to simply drop the title into a busy machining schedule. So much depends on what is required.

read moreSome projects are long term and may involve many publications. We are happy to simply work on a one-off project but you may want to have our services on a contract basis for many different types of publications, you may be undertaking a major market launch or considering a contract magazine. A joint venture with London Transport Museum, for example, produced guides to London which were jointly financed on a shared-profits basis. Budget London, Royal & Historic London, London Breaks and Family London - each including a folded map - were available both in the book trade and through London Transport outlets.