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layout - design - writing - proofreading - editing - publishing

While at art college in the 1980s I studied the traditional pursuits of layout, design, typesetting, bookbinding and printmaking. As well as my subsequent work as a freelance illustrator and photographer, over the last 20 years I have been responsible for:

• E-book and print editions of "Digging deeper: more Waterside stories", 2024 - author, editor, layout, design, publication and marketing.
• E-book and print editions of "From Severn to Solent - Theo Osborn Smith & the Smith family", 2024 - author, editor, layout, design, publication and marketing.
• E-book and print editions of "Digging up the past - a collection of Waterside stories", 2023 - author, editor, layout, design, publication and marketing.
• E-book and print editions of "Nova - The History of the Nova Espero", 2020 - author, editor, layout, design, publication and marketing.
• E-book and print editions of "October Potter", a classic tale of sailing adventure, 2020 - editing, layout, design, publication and marketing.
• Print and e-book versions of a book on multivariate statistical analysis, 2019 - editing, layout, design, proofing, publication and marketing.
• A book on the fish of the North Sea for the Royal Netherlands Institute of Sea Research - Editor, 2017.
• A book on the marine fish of the British Isles - Executive Editor, 2015.
• Music CDs, 2012 - 2014 - composer & performer.
• Two novels, 2008 - 2012 - editing, layout, design and publication.
• A classic sailing book, 2006 - editing, layout, design, publication and marketing.
• 4 printed books on multivariate statistics, British Hemiptera/Heteroptera, and marine biology, 2005 - 2009 - editing, layout, design and publication.
• 6 series of lectures on CD, 2004 - 2009.
• Multimedia CD-ROMs on Amazonian wildlife, marine and freshwater biology, 2004 - 2007.
• Proceedings of a Linnean Society symposium, 2003.
• Over 60 e-books on CD-ROM, 2001 - present.
• Over 20 software titles on CD, 2000 - present.
• Company websites, brochures, printed & online adverts, flyers, business cards, and other advertising material, 2000 - present.
• Postcards & Christmas cards, 1993 - 2000.

I therefore have an in-depth knowledge of the publishing process from inception to delivery to distribution, and contacts within the disciplines of traditional printing, Print On Demand (POD), and CD/DVD production; in addition I am a highly experienced proofreader, scientific and general writer.

To discuss your requirements, whatever they may be, please contact me.