Founded in 1990 by former buskers Stewart Ferris and Alastair Williams, its first published book was The Busker's Guide to Europe. Since then Summersdale has published over 700 books, created several bestselling authors, and now exports around the world, selling translation rights to many countries.
Summersdale Publishers has a current ouput of about 85 titles per year. The publishing philosophy is to seek out potential trade bestsellers in the following genres: travel literature, humour, self help, and general non fiction including martial arts and cookery. High standards of editing, design and production are essential elements in all of Summersdale's products, and are backed up by a dedicated sales and publicity department giving comprehensive worldwide sales coverage.
In addition to publishing books, Summersdale also publishes DVDs and online video content, and its production company makes book promotional videos for publishers. Click here to see examples of our book promotional videos.
Summersdale's books are also published digitally as eBooks and audiobooks, via its sister company Matrix. A list of 700 eBooks means that Summersdale titles are available 24 hours a day throughout the world. |
