Founded in 1990, its first published book was The Busker's Guide to Europe. Since then Summersdale has published over 1,000 books, created several best-selling authors, and now exports around the world, selling translation rights to many countries.
Summersdale Publishers has a current output of about 90 titles per year. The publishing philosophy is to seek out potential trade best-sellers in the following genres: travel literature, humour, gift, self help, and general non fiction. 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.
Summersdale's books are also published digitally as eBooks and audiobooks. A list of hundreds of eBooks means that Summersdale titles are available 24 hours a day throughout the world. |