Contract Publishing

Over the last twenty years producing our own books, Argyll Publishing has operated also as a contract publisher, doing publications for other organisations on a contract basis. These have covered a broad range of books and documents including trade directories, training booklets and company books.

We provide services at every stage of the book making process – writing, editing, design and layout, proofing, production management, and sales and distribution. Some customers have their book written but need a production manager. Others need an editor but can handle all their own distribution or want their book for private use only. Argyll Publishing can meet all of these needs in the one customised package. You end up with the publication you want with all the pitfalls and problems dealt with by us and our network of skilled experts.

Contact us to discuss your requirements and prices.

Examples of some successful contract publishing projects are listed on this page . . .

Ardtaraig: the Lives and Times of an Argyll Country House

Quarter bound hardback in a limited edition

171mm x 143mm 176pp coloured endpapers

for Ardtaraig Trust

Butterflies of South West Scotland

164mm x 240mm 128pp hardback

ISBN 1 902831 95 0 £12.99

for Butterfly Conservation Scotland

Carrongrove: 200 years of papermaking

176mm x 243mm 96pp paperback with flaps

ISBN 1 902831 16 0 £9.99

Text supplied by National Archive of Scotland

Book printed on the paper plant's own product

for Inveresk plc

Crofting, People and Politics

210mm x 210mm 96pp paperback

ISBN 1 902831 91 8 £7.99

for Crofters Commission

Dalriada: a twentieth century kingdom

171mm x 243mm paperback with flaps

ISBN 978 1 906134 42 6 £9.99

for the Dalriada Project, a Landscape Partnership Scheme

Journal of Social Business

170mm x 245mm 288pp paperback

ISSN 2045-1083

for The Centre for Development Scotland

The Skye Bridge Story: multi-national interests and people power

171mm x 244mm 256pp hardback with coloured endpapers

ISBN 978 1 906134 19 8 £14.99

bilingual book with parallel paragraphs in English and Gaelic

for SKAT (Skye & Kyle Against Tolls) with support from numerous bodies including Highland Council

Tartan Pimps: Gordon Brown, Margaret Thatcher & the New Scotland

156mm x 234mm 320pp paperback

ISBN 978 1 90613450 1 £9.99

in association with The Drouth magazine

Taynish: a history of the Ross Estate

171mm x 243mm 128pp paperback

ISBN 978 1906134 63 1 £14.99

for Tayvallich Hall Fund