Bob Harwood, author; Pam Woodland, book designer/production artist
Bob and I established Harland Press in 2004 to publish a small volume Bob wrote called A Rake’s Progress, which discussed the song "The Unfortunate Rake,” its origins, and early recorded music. As an experienced book designer I was able to produce the book, and with the help of publishing on demand, we printed it.
After several years of further research, Bob wrote a second much more involved book, I Went Down to St James Infirmary. Published in 2008, this book expands on the initial subject of A Rake’s Progress but takes a much deeper look at the early years of the music industry through the exploration of the origins of the title song.
Whereas the previous book was printed strictly for friends and family, this title reached out as far as our ability to promote and distribute it (via the web and locally) allowed. We’ve sold a good number of the 250 units we printed.
Since then we have continued to publish books written by friends and family members. These are books we enjoy and want to share with whomever may be interested in them.
If anyone has written a book they’d like to see in print and produced to a high standard, we’d be happy to discuss how we may help you to do that.
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