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 twelve books,
ten 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.
As
at May 2013, after a six year hiatus, Nurturing Potential was
renamed The New Nurturing Potential and re-launched. At
the same time a companion site named Potential Unleashed was
developed to occupy the periods of two months between issues of
The New Nurturing Potential. This is more in the nature of a
blog site for Nurturing Potential's contributors as well as an
outlet for material that has missed the deadline date for, or is
otherwise inappropriate for. inclusion in the magazine
AUTHORS'
SELF-PUBLISHING ENTERPRISE
4 Shannon Way, Beckenham
BR3 1WG, UK
Telephone: +44 (0) (208) 402 5650
Email: joseph.sinclair@btinternet.com
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