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Text only Starter Pack - £795. This package is ideal for text only books that might include a novel, anthology, biography, even autobiography, or for academics looking to publish their work for research points. We issue an ISBN and EAN bar code, for sales in the retail book trade, deposits and registration with bibliographic services, as well as on-line listings if required.
Comprehensive packages from £1,450 that includes unique front and back cover designs that come from a full design process, including meetings, roughs, amendments, print ready artwork.
Starter Pack+ - £950. Includes as many images as you wish, and text in as many colours as you wish.......
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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.
The above package does not include the cost of printing or VAT.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
New books for the New Year!
Railway books author, Michael G. Harvey has been working with Tricorn on his new title: Fratton Locomotive Depot. Featuring over 150 previously un-published photographic gems by the late Eric Grace, ex-Fratton steam driver & fireman, it provides an illustrated history of the comings and goings from this depot. Available end of January.
Recent article in the The News, Portsmouth
Waterstone’s 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.
Hope’s Truth @ Waterstones
Author, Stuart Olds enjoys a series of book signings at Waterstones with his debut novel. As a first time author he is still giggling with delight at the success of his first latest outing at Waterstones in Fareham, where he sold 75 copies on a Saturday afternoon.
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.
Collective Publishing – Anthologies and Portfolios.
Whether you are a member of a writing, photographic or other group, haven’t you ever thought how great it would be to have a all that hard work published and on the shelves of your local book shop, on Amazon’s listings or stacked up on a table at your annual exhibition with you signing copies? Self-publishing allows you to do that, and if done as a collective, is more affordable and ultimately profitable. Publishing this way, allows you to retain control of your work, rights and most importantly the profits. So, contact us to find out the next step.
Maximise profits by Self Publishing
Set up for new, ‘indie’, academic or established authors, Tricorn Books allows you to publish your book whilst retaining control - and all the profits!
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 - even established mainstream ones, like thriller writer, Barry Eisler.
He made headlines in March when he turned down a two-book deal with St. Martin's Press worth $500,000 in favour of self-publishing. Why? Because, his deals with traditional publishers typically gave him 17.5% of the retail price of the book, while self-publishing have netted him around 70%.
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!
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.
Tennyson's Celebrity Circle; authors: Charlotte Boyce and Páraic Finnerty; ISBN 9780956874368. £7.50 available via this website.
From 1853 until his death in 1892, the Poet Laureate Alfred Lord Tennyson resided in Freshwater on the Isle of Wight. Here, he wrote some of his most famous work and attracted a colourful coterie of Victorian literary, artistic and theatrical celebrities around him. This booklet tells the story of the interactions and collaboration of this celebrity circle which included the photographer Julia Margaret Cameron, the writer Lewis Carroll, the poet Edward Lear, the painter G. F. Watts and the actress Ellen Terry.
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
