David Brimble High Quality Colour Book Production

05/10/2022

Just so delighted with how the most recent issue turned out - thanks to Francesca Tortora and this issue's Illustrator Martha Baines. It's all about Mental...

14/05/2022

I’ve recently done a little bit of work for this parenting magazine. It’s mission is ‘raising boys for an equal world’. The theme of the next edition is ‘Screen time’.

The price will be going up after next week so get your preorders in now. It’s a great indie publishing project really in need of support, if you can. Full Instagram post below.

Website preorder link here: https://sonshinemagazine.com/sonshine-shop/issue-16preorder

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cdif4ojIKrx/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

14/04/2022

Nice haul of completed client publishing projects from my recent stint at .books . More visuals and case studies in progress.

A pleasure to work (remotely) with the top-drawer design and editorial crew on these books, bringing the best in-house and freelance talent to client publishing.

02/03/2022

Not a great time to be in sales mode, so I hope you don't mind...but I have a new spreadsheet product in my shop

Timesheet / time tracker - Spreadsheet for freelancers, sole traders, agencies, scrums, project managers and teams.
Add your rates, log your time and costs, allocate value to projects and clients

Further visuals and features on the etsy listing 👇

https://etsy.me/3HkUjp9

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20/01/2022

Always nice to see so many copies of the handsome thing you worked on



Posted • It’s Bacon in Moscow book signing day! 😍 🎉

09/10/2021

I’ve just backed this project on Kickstarter and I hope you’ll consider it too. Matt has spent years capturing his local fox population and this book deserves to be the result. He has track record with publishing beautiful books so this one is a safe bet to be top drawer. More images and details of how to back will be on his feed:

22/08/2021

A hectic, especially open-plan office, has always been the worst kind of working environment for me. I’m sure this will ring true for many others.

Remote work offered 'quiet deliverers' who flew under the radar in the office a chance to really stand out.

14/06/2021

Tremendous. thebookseller does seem to have used a photo of former Bank of England head Mark Carney, however. (£)

A children’s book subscription company says its sales have surged after actor and political activist Laurence Fox berated it online.

20/05/2021

Another new thing for freelancers: Easy to use spreadsheet tool for project pricing calculations. Plug in your rates and a breakdown of the regular tasks which build up your projects. Simple process enables rapid, accurate and consistent generation of prices for your client, production or project management work.

20% launch discount until end May 31st. Click though for more blurb etc

https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1002725844/pricing-estimate-calculator-for?ref=shop_home_active_1&pro=1

22/04/2021

I'm written a post about the environmental impact of book production (and print in general, by extension). My small contribution to

A brief overview of the print production process in the context of it's environmental impact and the scope to reduce this.

08/04/2021

Very pleasing to see a new bookshop on Glos Rd Central soon to open, a short walk from my house. Very much judging a bookshop by its shutters

06/04/2021

A new UK tax year is here. Yay. Freelancers and sole traders needing to do self-assessment: Log work income & expenses (plus mileage, charity donations, interest, property income) in this Excel spreadsheet. P&L, Income Tax & N.I. calculate as if by magic.

Clear yet comprehensive summary sheet provides an ongoing statement of all income, expenses, profit, taxes. All the breakdown for your online return is generated by the spreadsheet.

Collate all your figures for the year just ended and / or start afresh spreading your tax return prep out over the coming year and be ready to complete your return promptly when the new tax year ends. Either way, avoid the horror of pulling together a year of figures all at once.

Info for 2020-21 already built-in. Includes fields to update tax rates, allowances, tax bands, mileage and other rates, so template can be used for subsequent tax years.

20% off before 7th May '21

Click through for more visuals and blurb, Ts&Cs

Easy to use system for recording Income & Expenses for Self-Employment, Vehicle & Travel, Rental Property. See your Income Tax & N.I. update as you add figures. Record your income and costs and prepare your self-assessment tax-return information in the process. Spread the work out over the year and