Packages
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Text only Starter pack - £795. Includes cover design from supplied image, internal page layouts, author corrections, proofs, ISBN, EAN bar code and listing on Amazon.
Text & Images Starter pack - £950. Images with captions inserted in sections, colour or black & white as well as the above.
Intermediate package - £1,450. Also includes full design process for internal pages, and front and back covers to produce bespoke and unique title.
Plus package - £1,950. All of above, plus scan images & photographs; re-touching or post production. Full design service throughout the book.
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We offer a personal service and are always available on the phone, via email or for meetings to guide you through the process. Copy editing, proof reading, marketing & promotion, sales & distribution services are also available. The above packages do not include the cost of printing or VAT.
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Eco Sci-Fi is an alternative genre of fiction depicted in Stuart Olds’s new novel ‘Hope's Truth’. Set in the past, present and future, ‘Hope's Truth’ describes the implementation and impact of science and technology on the environment, mankind and its way of life. An exciting new genre for 2011.
Call us if you have aspirations in this area, or any other title you would like to consider self-publishing.
Hopes Truth is also available on Kindle; click image for details.
Children's books from Tricorn - offering a range of sizes, print options and in-house illustrators.
Box-set of books and individual items.
We all have our favourite, saddest and most exotic that often make us look back on our childhood through rose-tinted spectacles and see endless summer holidays, with lashings of ginger beer, hidden worlds or our favourite super heroes.
Children’s books that is.
Just the colours, shapes and sizes; characters, stories and plots; language, humour and irony certainly fill my head with a riot and noise. They’re wonderful things to have, even more wonderful to give and even more wonderful still to produce yourself.
Tricorn’s two latest contributions to this genre are ‘Clever Freddie the Mischievous Fox’ and ‘Granny’s Gorgeous Alphabet’. Both are beautifully illustrated, the first by a very talented illustrator in colour wash and ink, the second by the author’s own quirky and colourful photographs, and both are ‘pick me up and buy me’ books. But, children’s books don’t have to be full of illustrations. Intelligent design can make text only books engaging, black and white pages come alive and seemingly impossible conundrums work, which is what we are here for.
Contact us for a chat about how you can turn your stories, tales and vision, into something to share with children and for children.
News & Events
Looking forward to shooting State Opening of Parliament and the Queen's Diamond Jubilee for the final chapter in 'Uniquely British', our exciting behind the scenes story of the Household Cavalry - see blog for pre-ordering details
Great trip to Northern Ireland to see our printers W&G Baird
Hot on The Press
Due for delivery this week
Parapsychologist, Callum E. Cooper picks up where D. Scott Rogo and Raymond Bayless left off over 30 years ago, investigating this parapsychological phenomena. With new cases, new history & new findings. March 2012.
Anoraks please!
Just back from the printers - 'Fratton Locomotive Depot, A Brief History'. Railway books author, Michael G. Harvey has been working with Tricorn on his new title, Featuring over 150 previously un-published photographic gems by the late Eric Grace, it provides an illustrated history of the comings and goings from this depot.
Click here to see a recent article about the book in the The News, Portsmouth.
Waterstone’s Bookshop signings
After the success of their pre-Xmas book signings, authors Stu Olds and John Bannell will be continuing their in-store promotion where you can buy signed copies of ‘Hope’s Truth’ and the ‘Clever Freddie’ titles.
John is pictured here with illustrator Raphelina Bonito.
Just arrived - Devine Comedy!!! Assorted cartoons from the pen of Owen Devine.
Now available £6.99
Click to watch Tricorn Books on Portsmouth Live TV's, The Book Show, with Steve Surridge.
Children’s book series , ‘Clever Freddie the Mischievous Fox’, by John Bannell,
have just arrived from the printers and shout ‘pick me up and buy me’, very
loudly. Beautifully and originally illustrated by the equally beautifully
named, Raphelina Bonito, they tell of Freddie’s adventures in the allotment
gardens, all of which are based on real incidents. Top gardening tips and a
recipe using home grown produce, are also featured in each one. Priced £5.99
individually or £25 for the box set of 6, they are a great buy. John will be
signing books and chatting about his inspiring friend in Waterstones,
Fareham on Saturday 25th June.
Service, support & someone to talk to.
From the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment to Turkish accountants to EcoSci-fi idealist to the girl next door, Tricorn Books offers service, support and most unusually these days, someone to talk to that will help you get your manuscript published. Set up originally to help a frustrated author who couldn’t get a publishing deal, we have gone on to help many more new, ‘indie’ and established authors take control of their hard work and forge its future.
As specialists in self-publishing we offer opportunities for those who have something to say and want to have their work in the public domain. With the way printing particularly has developed, and marketing opportunities proliferated, self-publishing has become increasingly accessible and popular, which is great news for authors and great news for readers, as more niche books become available.
We work with a wide range of writers, across different genres to design, produce and publish titles, for a fixed fee. We then negotiate the best possible price for printing the books, print manage the whole process and you pay for as many or as few you want – whether that is 1 book or 1,000 - and don't forget - get to keep all the profit! We are also offering deals on ebooks.
Most of our books are available via Amazon at http://www.amazon.co.uk/shops and through WHSmiths on-line: WH Smiths (click to order)
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Latest Releases include:
Work now starting on: 'Uniquely British Behind the Scenes with the Household Cavalry'. Watch our blog for updates on photoshoots and progress, and developments on the book launch in Knightsbridge, with HRH The Princess Royal.
Portsmouth Family Archive by Jon and Matt Ring
"Jonathan and Matt Ring had always known that their grandparents had hundreds of photographic slides tucked away in a dusty cupboard. But it wasn’t until last summer that they decided it was time they started rifling through them to discover more about their family history. Both keen photographers, their grandparents Doris and Stanley Hedges had always taken photos. So their private collection offered a unique look back at the history of Portsmouth through their eyes." (The News)
Thomas Ellis Owen: Shaper of Portsmouth, 'Father of Southsea' by Sue Pike. Available in hardback, 220 full colour pages, priced £25, ISBN: 978-0-9562498-6-9.
This title is packed with arresting photography by Tim Martin, illustrations, architectural plans, charts and original photographs collated by the author, providing a dynamic insight into the life and work of Thomas Ellis Owen.
"If anyone out there is considering publishing their book, I can thoroughly recommend contacting Gail and Dan of Tricorn Books. After trying unsuccessfully for two years to find a publisher for Thomas Ellis Owen Shaper of Portsmouth, 'Father of Southsea' (one kept it for a year, another lost it!) I really needed their upbeat, can-do approach. They were very patient as well and more than ready to guide and work with me and Tim (the photographer) to ensure it was a book we could all be proud of. Now I'm really looking forward to holding it in my hands and hoping other people will enjoy it too." Sue Pike
Artists' books
Not being affected by the threat of electronic media and it could be argued, produced as a reaction to it are Artists’ Books; personal publications created, rather than designed, by artists where new ideas can be tried and the books treasured as beautiful objects.Produced in limited editions, they depend on illustration, exquisite materials and a process of attention to detail and decision. This does come at a cost, but means that if you can’t afford to produce or buy a work of art, you can afford to produce or buy a book - as a work of art.We are currently working with James Flavell, Isle of Wight master book binder to offer this specialized service
