A b o u t     U s

Bitterne Books is a small publisher set up by an experienced author and editor as a means of promoting self-publishing.

We are not a Vanity publisher.
We specialise in self-publishing for authors who wish to retain total control.
We can jointly publish selected titles with authors.
We also can produce short runs of a very select list of books published by Bitterne Books. These are supported by contracts with authors, on a traditional royalty basis.
We offer an independent and totally free and no-obligation manuscript assessment at the start.

The bad news is that authors are finding it ever harder to secure an agent and a publisher for their books. Failure to do this often leads to a feeling of despondency and failure. Large publishers and agents are not the only gatekeepers to publication. The situation of aspiring authors is less bleak than ten years ago. New technologies have made self-publishing more practicable than ever.

After many discussions with fellow-authors and would-be authors Bitterne Books has been set up, as a genuinely open and non-exploitive route to publication.