i4w2

About Us

i4w2 is the ethical publishing service from ideas4writers. We launched the service in October 2006. Click here for details of the books we have published so far. More books will be available soon.

To learn more about why we felt there was a need for an ethical publishing service please click here.

Our aim is to fill the gap between POD (Print on Demand) publishers who print just a few copies at a time, and full-scale commercial publishers who only take on books that they think will sell 20,000+ copies.

Our minimum print run is 1,000 copies, which allows us to use traditional litho presses to keep the cost of the books as low as possible. Our books typically cost less than half the price of an equivalent POD copy. That means you can sell them at a competitive price and still make a reasonable profit.

Unlike the major publishing houses, we do expect you to pay for our services and printing costs. In return we give you full control over the publication process, high-quality professionally produced books that are every bit as good as those from major publishers, and as much help as you need to sell them, including a detailed marketing plan. (We also expect you to be actively involved in the selling process - those books won't sell themselves.)

We make our money by adding a small mark-up (35p per book) to the printing cost. That means we have an ongoing interest in helping you to sell more books - and keep coming back for more when they sell out!

Our books are available from Waterstones, Amazon.co.uk, direct from our website, or they can be ordered from any UK bookshop. A growing number of local bookshops now stock our books. And we are an approved supplier to Waterstones.

Please note that we can only print, market and distribute books in the UK, although we do post individual copies overseas when readers order them direct from us.

i4w2 is based in the offices of ideas4writers in Devon, although our team is scattered throughout the UK. Our contact details are:

Postal address:

ideas4writers
PO Box 49
Cullompton
Devon
EX15 1WX

Phone: 01884-839577

Email: enquiries@ideas4writers.co.uk

Dave Haslett - Creative and Technical Director
email: dave@ideas4writers.co.uk

Dave has been writing for twenty years and has a wealth of knowledge and experience, having written novels, non-fiction books, short stories, reviews, articles, scripts and screenplays. He holds a post-graduate degree in computing and is a qualified computer programmer and tutor with over twenty-five years experience. He is also an experienced webmaster and graphic designer. He founded ideas4writers in 2002 and is personally responsible for more than 5,000 of the ideas to be found there, as well as designing and programming the writing engines. Dave is the author of The Fastest Way to Write Your Book which we published in 2005.

Dave will turn your edited manuscript into a proper book that's ready for printing, including design and layout, cover, ISBN and barcode, bookdata registration, and much more.

Kate Haslett - Administrative Director
email: kate@ideas4writers.co.uk

Kate is an avid reader and has been devouring books at a rate of knots since early childhood. She is an experienced proofreader and office administrator, and has undertaken some editing work.

Kate will be your main point of contact once the editing and publishing stages have been completed. She will arrange for your finished book to be printed (and sold on our website if you choose that option). She will also look after all the customer orders, payments, invoicing, shipping, and distribution to bookshops and wholesalers.

Jenny Sanders - Editor
email: jenny@ideas4writers.co.uk

Jenny is a graduate in Linguistics and Sociology, and a trained English and Media Studies teacher. She has written articles, short stories and novels, and regularly produces articles for Micro Mart magazine. She has been using computers for twenty years and has dabbled in games programming, art packages and HTML - and has taught people in all of these subjects.

Joanne Murray - Editor
email: jo@ideas4writers.co.uk

Jo has eleven years of proofreading and editing experience with book publishers, charities, and design, marketing and advertising agencies. She is currently studying English and Creative Writing with the Open University and considers herself extremely lucky to be working with words for a career!

Jenny and Jo are our editors and proofreaders. They'll decide whether your book is ready for publication - and if it isn't they'll work with you until it is, giving you all the help and support you need to polish it to perfection.

Chris High - Marketing and PR
email: c.high@ntlworld.com

Chris holds an MA in Creative Writing and has been producing short stories, articles and reviews since the age of eleven. His first novel is currently with an agent and one of his screenplays is being considered by Carlton TV. His work has appeared in the Radio Times, the Independent and the Guardian. He now runs an author promotion service and has worked with several high-profile clients.

Chris will help to promote yourself and your book in the regional and national press, on TV and radio, and on websites, endeavouring to obtain the best possible media coverage.

Imogen Hallam - Illustrator
email: imogen@ideas4writers.co.uk

Imogen graduated with a degree in Illustration and Design in 2000. She has since been illustrating in a diverse range of styles for a variety of books, including children’s books, novels and reference books.

Imogen will work with you to design a cover for your book, and any illustations needed for the inside pages. You not only get wonderful illustrations for your book - you also get to keep the original artwork too. Wouldn't that look great on your wall!

Imogen painted the cover for The Legend Of Aranrhod.

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