Urgent Announcement: Due to the unfortunate closure of our printing works we are currently publishing in electronic format only!
L & R Hartley, Publishers
Who are we?Firstly: what we are not:
We are not vanity publishers. Many vanity publishers accept manuscripts and publish them for an exorbitant fee, promising all sorts of rewards, book sales, promotions, book signings etc. We are publishers, but not vanity publishers. We do accept manuscripts for publication, but there the difference ends in regard to vanity publishing. [
Read what the NSW Dept of Fair Trading warns about certain Vanity Publishers - pdf file]We are not literary agents or book promoters/distributors. We have only a small marketing arm as we concentrate our resources in other areas. The Principal has almost 40 years experience in the publishing industry, starting at Redferns Ltd (Christchurch) in 1966. L&R Hartley was established in 1985 and was possibly one of Australia's first commercial publishers of electronic books with the cross-platform ebook "Coming to Grief
(tm)" published in that year.So, who are we?
To read profiles of our current staff, see www.oocities.org/publicdossiers
We have three main objectives:
1.
L&R Hartley are publishing facilitators.If we accept a copy of your manuscript on behalf of First Chance Publishing (London) we simply format it (or selected chapters) into an electronic book for posting on the www. This is then available for your friends or potential publishers to obtain free. There is no charge to you for this service. First Chance Publishing charge users (other than publishers referred by you) a modest handling fee for emailing or freighting copies or excerpts of your publication. See the
First Chance Website for copyright information and other details of this free service.2.
L&R Hartley are beta publishers.If we accept a copy of your manuscript for beta publishing by L&R Hartley, we will do all the preparatory work on readying it for publication free of charge.
[Click <HERE> for more information on Beta Publishing]3.
L&R Hartley are publishing assistants.If you do not wish us to publish your manuscript but would like us to perform some of the above functions to assist you in preparing your manuscript for self-publishing or to send to another publisher, we also provide these services and many more for a modest fee
(a copy of our fee schedule is available on request). Our other services include typing manuscripts, magazine editorial & formatting, promotions design, proof-reading, computer & publishing tuition, website management, ISBN registration, laminating, bookbinding, translation services, manuscript editorial analysis, CD/CDROM, video & audio duplication, and document conversion (e.g. from MAC to IBM, Lotus to MS Word, video to audio, cassette to CD etc.). If you wish to self-publish, we can also email your finished manuscript to a printer or copy it to CDROM for mailing or personal delivery.Contact L&R Hartley, Publishers
