Pendlebury
Press
Keeping Classics in Print –
Getting New Authors into Print
About
Us
Our Venture began when the late Charles Eastwood, a retired salesman
in his late 70s, asked his friend, Geoffrey Howard, for a copy of his book – Dare to Break Bread. It had been out of
print for years.
We were two retired
people working
very part
time. Now there is just one of us.
Charitable Donations: All
of the publisher’s profit
and author’s
royalty from
Wheelbarrow Across the Sahara is given
to the UK charity
Water For
Kids
Our Primary Objective is to bring
back into
print Christian
titles that
are no longer viable
for mainstream
publishers and to help new authors get into print.
Using Amazon’s
printing services
for paperback
and Kindle,
we hold
no stock
and are free
from the
chore of
packaging and
post.
Our
Editorial Policy for Christian
titles is Trinitarian – no more, no less. We are prepared to publish works from
a wide spectrum of honestly held Trinitarian beliefs.
Secular Titles form a minor part of
our portfolio, especially new titles.
Constraints
On Our Venture are numerous.
In U.K. and within the E.U., titles are bound by copyright for 70 years after
the author’s death. Our customers have asked us to republish titles which are
still bound by copyright, but where we have been unable to find the copyright
holder. An example of this are works by the late Archbishop Michael Ramsey. He
died childless and his executor has also died. Neither Lambeth Palace nor
Church Commissioners know of his beneficiaries, nor have letters to Church
times produced any leads.
Once permissions to
publish are acquired, then lack of electronic copies make the job of producing
print-ready copy tedious and labour-intensive, sometimes taking weeks, for us
who have no experience in this field. Low volume sales and tiny turnover
requires that every job, including building this web site and designing book
covers are done by ourselves, working from home. So, if you contact us, please
bear in mind that we may be slow to respond.