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The Self Publishing Partnership can give you all the support you need to publish your own book. Please get in touch if you require any further information.

SPP is a friendly and professional self-publishing provider that is here to help you achieve your very own self-published book. If you're thinking of self-publishing your work, we can provide all the professional services, guidance and support to produce your book to a high standard. SPP is an established independent provider, with a personal touch. We'll talk through the options with you and advi

se on the services you might require for your particular work. And because every book is different, we'll then provide a specific quote reflecting your preferences.

15/01/2025

Just Published | Max - One in a Million 🐾

The love and bond shared between a dog and human is unconditional. Dogs are the most loving, loyal companions. Losing a dog is heartbreaking. In this little book, Leesa Reading writes about her own memories of her late dog, Max, and her experience of grief, and how she dealt with it.

The book explains:

The five stages of grief
How long it takes to grieve
How grief affects the body and mind
Helpful tips to cope when grieving
Ways to help you recover and heal
Self-care/alternative therapies

Along with memories, tributes, support, and much more!

Inspired by what you see and want to publish your own book? Visit our website or call us to find out more. 📖

12/01/2025

PUBLISHED THIS WEEK

How to Talk About Race Book II

An in depth look into the way that political decisions have shaped the unequal outcomes of black people in society based upon solely upon race.

Looking at health outcomes, housing policies, prison sentencing, job opportunities, educational funding.

No Ratulent in Ratatatuvue 🐉 🔥

The story is about the keepers chosen to restore the realm. The Keepers are chosen from our world, from every part of our world. Five nine year olds are chosen by the dragon’s spirit, the guiding spirit of Ratatatuvue.

Our Keepers don’t know what they’re walking into in Ratatatuvue as they entered the realm in different ways. The twins entered to restore the realm and solve their problem, Neila entered the realm chasing after a thief that stole her key, as did Ken from New York, and only Nathan entered by a summoning from the other keepers.

However, Master Yoki has a plan for the Keepers because he doesn’t allow Keepers in Ratatatuvue. As the master of the law of the realm he sees to it that every Keeper sent into the realm for the past hundred years fails and sent back to earth without victory. He also has a plan to redeem the realm from the power of the mystic. But his own personal war and vengeance nobody knows. What does he really want?

Our Keepers have to confront Master Yoki and outsmart him at his own game. Yoki is a scientist and our Keepers are chosen by mystic order. Though knowing science from earth they still have to stand with the mystic. Our Keepers aim to bring the realm into eternal reign by an evolution spin but Master Yoki stands and needs defeating if they should reach that point.

Can our Keepers defeat Yoki at his own game and restore the realm by evolution spin?

What is the fate of Yoki should our Keepers succeed and will Yoki ever let that happen?

Find out in the story and dive into the world of Ratatatuvue along with our Keepers.

Inspired by what you see and want to publish your own book? Visit our website or call us to find out more. 📖

07/01/2025

Happy New Year! 🥳

We’re starting 2025 by looking back at our publications from the last 12 months. There’s been creative fiction and unique non-fiction stories, we’ve published biographies, children’s picture books, poetry collections and many, many more diverse and illuminating stories. 📚📖

💭 Did we publish your book this year? Tell us about it in the comments!

If you’re interested in having a look at our publications, visit our bookshop here -
https://www.browndogbooks.uk/collections/all

04/01/2025

Happy New Year! 🥳

💭 What are your 2025 resolutions?

31/12/2024

Recently published | From Glasgow Without Love 🌱

From Glasgow Without Love is an evocative collection of ten compelling stories that encapsulate the intricate tapestry of human experience, inspired by a cold shivering night the author slept at the Buchanan bus station, Glasgow. This work explores themes of love, immigration, and identity through the lens of diverse characters navigating their realities. From the heart-wrenching journey of a black immigrant facing deportation in the titular story to the tragic aftermath of a q***r one-night stand in ‘One Gay Night’, each narrative delves deeply into the struggles and triumphs of its protagonists.

Set between Nigeria and Glasgow, the characters in the collection reveal the chaotic vibrancy of modern life by bringing a vivid context to these poignant tales. Interweaving humour and heartache, this collection masterfully captures the essence of resilience and the universal quest for connection, ultimately illuminating the beauty and complexity of the human spirit.

Inspired by what you see and want to publish your own book? Visit our website or call us to find out more. 📖

25/12/2024

Merry Christmas! 🎄

18/12/2024

Grace Olson and a very pleased Galahad with her new book!

Introducing… Galahad Finds his Voice. 📣🐑

What do you do if you don’t fit in with the crowd? Galahad can’t understand why he doesn’t enjoy playing the games that the other lambs love to play. He feels unusual and that makes him very sad.

Suddenly, life takes him to a new farm where a little girl and a wise pony help Galahad to discover his unique talents and realise how wonderful it is to be different.

Not all sheep are the same. Some are born to stand out.

A whimsical tale for lovers of Peter Rabbit, The Wind in the Willows and Winnie the Pooh.

Inspired by what you see and want to publish your own book? Visit our website or call us to find out more. 📖

16/12/2024

From modern to classic novels, authors have been self-publishing their works for centuries, with many (such as these!) gaining so much success they are picked up by traditional publishers. 📚✍️

Inspired by what you see and want to publish your own book? Visit our website or call us to find out more. 📖

11/12/2024

Just Published | Datonga, e-book edition 👩‍🔬

Datonga is a science fiction adventure story which explores the creativity of great scientists.

It is hard science fiction, based on time travel round Gödel loops within the known laws of physics. The power source that makes this possible is discovered by Grace O’Malley in 1984 and rediscovered in the Universal world in 3050 by Hu Song. Both geniuses show symptoms of Asperger’s syndrome and Grace’s calculations are like psychotic episodes.

The ancient records suggest that Grace was murdered before her breakthrough and a mission is sent back from Datonga, the capital of the Universal world, to investigate the crime.

Read Datonga today on e-book for £2.99 ahead of its paperback release in January 2025 here- https://www.amazon.co.uk/Datonga-Martin-Smalley-ebook/dp/B0DNZG5BTG/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

Inspired by what you see and want to publish your own book? Visit our website or call us to find out more. 📚✍️

10/12/2024

Write the book you want to read 📖

Inspired by what you see and want to publish your own book? Visit our website or call us to find out more. 📚✍️

09/12/2024

Looking at some common grammatical mistakes (and how to fix them!). ✍️

📝 Making punctuation and grammar blunders is common and a good editor will correct your manuscript to eliminate any pesky slip-ups.

📕 However... brushing up on the fundamentals can only make you a better writer!

💭 Do you make any of these mistakes?

Inspired by what you see and want to publish your own book? Visit our website or call us to find out more. 📖📚

04/12/2024

Happy December! 🎄🎁

Every writer has faced the dreaded writer's block and been daunted by a fresh blank sheet of paper.

If you're struggling for inspiration, pick up your pen, open that word document and warm up those pesky writing muscles! These cosy Christmas themed prompts might help get you started.

Do you use writing prompts? 📝

Inspired by what you see and want to publish your own book? Visit our website or call us to find out more. 📖📚

27/11/2024

PUBLISHING TODAY |
CRUSOE LAND 🌊 & AN ENGLISHMAN IN CUBA 🇨🇺

🌊 CRUSOE LAND: 🌊

In a small country village, lonely Sam meets and falls for gorgeous, but troubled Juno, who is married to an abusive husband, Nathan. Together they must run to escape Nathan, who has promised Juno to another man in settlement of a vast business debt. Sam and Juno, pursued by Nathan and his brutal friends enter an alternative world, which they hope will provide a sanctuary. However the promise is soon torn apart by warfare. They find friends to help their struggle to survive against the odds and to try and find their way home.

🇨🇺 AN ENGLISHMAN IN CUBA: ENGLAND

Alec Forshaw has been a frequent visitor to Cuba for over twenty years. This book provides a beguiling and broad-ranging picture of this fascinating country. Covering diverse subjects from farming to pharmaceuticals, health provision to hurricanes, baseball to beekeeping, ballet to bicycles, salsa to ci**rs, indigenous heritage to industrial development, rum to revolution, architecture to anthropology, and wildlife to women’s rights, this book provides a stimulating and informative alternative to standard travel guides, political polemics or academic studies. It will encourage those who already know Cuba to explore it further and persuade those who have never visited to see this amazing place for themselves.

Inspired by what you see and want to publish your own book? Visit our website or call us to find out more. 📖📚

26/11/2024

Just Published | The Falklands Ashtray ✈️

RAF Stanley was a temporary camp in the Falkland Islands, established after the Falklands War in 1982, and, for four years until the permanent airfield was constructed at Mount Pleasant, was the base for RAF servicemen to live and work for five month postings.

Graham Logie was a welder in the RAF and spent the South Atlantic winter in 1984 providing welding, metalwork and fabrication services on the base.

His experiences varied from getting to know the islands through hill walking, and flights on Bristow helicopters and RAF aircraft, to the more sombre task of sealing coffins for air transport back to the UK.

Graham’s writing style ensures a mix of factual history as well as light-hearted observations of the life of a serviceman.

Inspired by what you see and want to publish your own book? Visit our website or call us to find out more. 📖📚

21/11/2024

We’ve joined Bluesky! 🦋

To keep up with our self-publishing tips and updates follow us here - https://bsky.app/profile/sppselfpublishing.bsky.social

18/11/2024

Just Published | A Touch of Bath 🛁

Welcome to the second volume of short stories walking you through the historical streets of Bath.

For centuries, this world-renowned city has touched people’s hearts and these stories will, too.

Inspired by what you see and want to publish your own book? Visit our website or call us to find out more. 📖📚

14/11/2024

PUBLISHING TODAY | The Disappearing Dodo 🦤 and The Art of Negotiation 🧩

Children and adults alike will enjoy the poems within Colin Stern's The Disappearing Dodo and Other Awkward Avians featuring fabulous birds with some very quirky habits and habitats.

Written in rhyming verse and illustrated throughout in colour, poems and pictures bring these birds to life and a smile to the face of the reader. Children will soon have their favourites with over 30 poems and species to choose from.

From "Osbert's Navel Wren' to the "Scoundrel Shrike", it's a journey to relish with these Awkward Avians.

🦚🦜🕊️

Are you looking to master the art of negotiation in both your personal and professional life? The Art of Negotiation by Adam Winschberg is your ultimate guide to achieving win-win outcomes.

Packed with timeless strategies and proven techniques, this comprehensive book shares powerful stratagem methods used by some of history's most successful individuals.

🛍️

Both The Disappearing Dodo and The Art of Negotiation are available today through Brown Dog Books 🐾

Inspired by what you see and want to publish your own book? Visit our website or call us to find out more. 📖

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Publishing this week… 🖊️ 📚 💛 Love’s Keepsake 🏠A Dangerous Journey 🐉 Tale of the Dunster Dragon What are you reading this week? 📖

A quick recap of our September releases! ☕️🤎 A great month for self-published books and an array of historical fiction, memoirs and short stories… What are you reading this autumn? 🍂 Inspired by what you see and want to publish your own book? Visit our website or call us to find out more. 📖

“The history of St Giles has rarely been glamorous, but it is packed with the stories of the most momentous events in British history”. Our second blog update this week has just gone live! ✍️ The wonderful Wil James of St Giles-in-the-Fields discusses the difficulties of the coronavirus pandemic on publishing and how a community history project became a novel. @stgilesfields Read our blog here - https://www.selfpublishingpartnership.co.uk/blog/

Just Published | The Secret of Galloway’s Stones Our hero Jake stumbles upon a buried body in his back garden. The Police are called, but when the body is deemed to be ‘the best preserved iron age Celtic bog mummy in the world’ by a team of archaeologists the lives of Jake and his family are turned upside down. 🧙✨ Jake becomes an over-night sensation and everybody suddenly wants to be his friend. At first Jake quite liked the attention the discovery brings to his life, but when strange and unexplained events start happening around him; he soon realises that everything is not as it seems... Inspired by what you see and want to publish your own book? Visit our website or call us to find out more. 📖

Just Published | Flowers in a Jar ‘Flowers in a Jar’ is Sheila Hopkins’ third published collection of poetry. Her poems are inspired by the people she meets, the places she finds herself in, life experiences, the Bible, and her unique reflections on life. 🪻💐 This volume is in three sections and picks up some themes from her previous volumes. ✉️📬 In ’Postcards and People’, she further explores her experiences at home and away. Seen through her eyes, the poems are often written with humour and insight. The second section, ‘Paraphernalia’ picks up on a random collection of things that have inspired, puzzled or amused the poet. 🧩 📰🗞️ In the final section, ‘A Pile of Old Newspapers’, the poet examines the beginnings of history. Those items of news which seemed so important a few days or weeks ago, have, perhaps, faded from our attention, but may still have considerable significance. Poems in this section include some written about Covid, the change of Prime Minister, the change of the Monarch, and how a football match passed with no comment. These things matter. A delightful and engaging collection of poems for amusement, inspiration and reflection. Inspired by what you see and want to publish your own book? Visit our website or call us to find out more. 📖📚

Bath I Walked Every Street | Andrew 'Able' Lawrence 🌇 Andrew 'Able' Lawrence - author of 'Bath I Walked Every Street' was BBC Radio Bristol's 'Sunday VIP' last week. Interviewed by Andy Bennett, the pair discussed the diversity of Bath, Lawrence's experiences of walking every street, and his musical past! 🎶 You can listen to the full interview here - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0hx1n3y (if you'd like to skip ahead to Andrew's interview, it begins at 3hrs and 44 minutes). Inspired by what you see and want to publish your own book? Visit our website or call us to find out more. 📖📚

How to Talk About Race | Available Now. A book that delves into the battle grounds of race and ‘culture wars’, and helps people to emerge with a better understanding as to how we got to where we currently are upon those topics. Fascinating and insightful, ‘How to Talk about Race’ answers all of the most asked questions regarding race, and does so in a way that is both easy to comprehend and relate to. Inspired by what you see and want to publish your own book? Visit our website or call us to find out more. 📖📚

Cancer is a scary subject, even for adults. Following the Princess of Wales’ recent diagnosis, Simone Baldwin was featured on BBC Radio 4’s Broadcasting House with Paddy O’Connell last week. Her book - ‘Mummy has a Lump’ can be read together as a supportive way to open discussions, with beautiful illustrations to help children understand cancer. ‘Mummy has a Lump’ includes a description for adults of the author’s own experiences of a brain tumour diagnosis and treatment and how she told her family. Listen to her interview on BBC Sounds, and visit the link here, https://www.browndogbooks.uk/products/mummy-has-a-lump-explain-simone-baldwin to buy the book. Want to publish your own book? Visit www.selfpublishingpartnership.co.uk to find out more about starting your self publishing journey. 📖📚

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The Self-Publishing Partnership

If you're thinking of self publishing your work, we can provide all the professional services, guidance, and support needed to produce your book to a high standard.

SPP is an established independent provider with a personal touch. We'll talk through the options with you and advise on the services you might require for your particular work. And because every book is different, we'll provide a specific quote reflecting your preferences. So please get in touch to discuss it.

In recent years, self publishing has become an established and credible way to publish a book. There are many examples of self published works that have enjoyed real commercial success. But we realise there are all sorts of reasons for wanting to self publish, and it's not just for straightforward financial gain.

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