ASPEN was
established by Joe Sinclair in 1990 as the publishing arm of his
company, Container Marketing Ltd. which had successfully published
and marketed his book Refrigerated
Transportation two years earlier.
ASPEN
has since published seven books, five of them written by Joe
Sinclair. It has also helped several writers to publish books under
their own or other publishers' imprints. Joe has also
written a further three books under the imprints of other publishing
houses. This is described in detail in the Books section
accessible via the link on the right.
The
experience he has gained, both in writing and publishing, as well as
in marketing the books that ASPEN has published, makes him eminently
qualified to help others to self-publish and to teach them how to
market their own works. Check out the Self-Publishing link on
the right.
ASPEN has also
been the publisher of several house magazines, journals, and
newsletters, both "paper" and on-line
versions. This was previously on behalf of others, in some
cases commercial enterprises, and sometimes charities. ASPEN
then took
the decision to publish and print its own magazine, Nurturing
Potential, incorporating the ideas and features, as well as the
knowledge and experience of the many colleagues and friends who have
been involved in these activities in the past.
20 issues of Nurturing Potential
were produced over a four-year period, before illness obliged Joe
to put the project "on the back burner" pending his recovery.
This took longer than anticipated, until - in 2009 - consideration
was given to its revival. At the same time ASPEN published Joe
Sinclair's Did I Really Say That? a miscellany of his
writings, much of which was culled from the articles published in
Nurturing Potential.
The entire output of Nurturing Potential
may be viewed via the
link to Magazine in the right hand column. The first 3 issues
are also accessible via the left-hand column.