Jelly Bean Self-Publishing is delighted to have been awarded Self-Publishing Company of the Year at the 2020 Welsh Enterprise awards.
The Welsh Enterprise awards recognise the contribution of small to medium sized businesses to the Welsh economy.
Since its inception in 2013, Jelly Bean Self-Publishing has provided a range of publishing services to independent authors all around the world. Head of Publishing Shaun Russell is delighted to have received the commendation:
“Self-publishing has grown enormously as an industry over recent years. Thanks to the Internet, the rise of eBooks, and the refinement of Print on Demand technology, it is now viable both economically and practically for independent authors to find engaged readerships in an incredible variety of ways.”
“It’s this flexibility that is at the heart of self-publishing’s ever-increasing success, and it is something that we have always put at the heart of what we do. We never try to pigeonhole our authors or force them into a one-size fits arrangements. We tailor our work to an author’s needs, budgets and ambitions.”
“And whatever the services they require, we provide them to the same standards as we do for our award-winning traditional imprint Candy Jar Books. Not only is this, of course, only fair to the author, it’s an investment in the long-term viability of self-publishing as an industry.”
“We are delighted SME News has recognised our efforts to provide a quality self-publishing service. We see it not only as recognition for ourselves, but a testament to the many companies around the country that are working so hard to establish self-publishing as a viable route to readership for independent authors, as part of the wider publishing environment.”
“Mark my words, thanks to these efforts, in the coming years you will read more and more about authors finding success through self-publishing.”
Mary Edith Pechey and Marie Curie were two of the most influential women of their times. Marie Curie conducted significant research on radioactivity as well as being the only person to win a Nobel prize in two different sciences. Edith Pechey was one of the first female doctors in the United Kingdom and a promoter of women’s rights. Both women were contrapuntal to the development of the human race, but what would happen if their lives were thrown off track?
Paul Robinson takes a small hiatus
from his Charlie Holmes series to write Time Split, a new novel
following the adventures of Jenny Johnson. Jenny finds herself launched into
the bodies of two teenage girls in the past. She must ensure that they are set
back onto the correct paths to secure their future influences, and the success
of humanity!
Inspired by a writing
exercise, Paul created Time Split after receiving the prompt “One day
she woke up…”. He combined this with his expansive knowledge of famous women
throughout history -– of which he has a list -– in order to raise more awareness
of their achievements.
Paul explains: “I am a strong believer in
writing about important female characters. I want to readdress the balance
between the genders while teaching younger girls about amazing, influential
women.”
Having taught young people
for the past 40 years, including working with those hard of hearing, Paul’s
main aspiration is to develop new role models in order to inspire his students.
He aims to create more relatable and exceptional characters; Charlie Holmes is
based on one of his deaf students, Charlotte.
Time Split encapsulates
adolescence in a realistic way, with a generous serving
of miscommunication, humour, love and heartbreak.
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