The two authors discuss common ground. Ken, published through an American Publishing House with his first novel  'Jack of Hearts' discusses Trevor's contract he has just received for publication of 'The Possession Legacy'. The contract's not good. Neither is Ken's for his second book 'A Million Would Be Nice'. "Let's start our own publishing company," Ken says with a smile.

A name, and Libros International place their first advertisement in the Spanish newspaper The Costa Blanca News, seeking key personnel for 'New Publishing Company'

Ken Douglas, Trevor Dalton, Dawn Harman, Carol Cole and Kelly Walsh attend their first partners' meeting at The Hotel Melia Vella in Altea.

After two frantic months discussing and implementing publishing procedures and pulling together the initial Libros International website we sign our author, Jill Lanchbery, with her first novel 'A Bucket of Ashes'.

Trevor Dalton's 'The Possession Legacy' rolls off the presses. Trevor had rejected the American publisher's contract after a far more generous offer from Libros International.

New manuscript number two hundred is delivered to Libros International.

The prizewinners from the competition will be featured in a book  'A Choir of Voices' with the profit going to charity.

Six partners, seventeen editors, a design team of four and lastly but by no means least our highly valued and much loved new manuscript readers' department numbers thirty-five.

Libros International sign the authors Alexander von Rudloff, from Botswana, and Ramarao Garimella, from India, making the company truly international. Libros International are receiving manuscripts from around the globe and have contracted authors from England, Scotland, Wales, Spain, America, Canada, South Africa, Botswana, Portugal, and India.

Libros International release 'Freddie and the Wigs' by Aileen Lightfoot.

'The Raw Path' by Nettie, a Spanish-based poet is launched to tremendous critical acclaim in the international press.

Over sixty Libros International staff and invited authors attend a Christmas lunch in an exclusive restaurant overlooking the bay in Calpe, Spain.

Sarah Thewlis aged fifteen puts pen to paper on her first publishing contract, overseen by her parents.

The launch of 'That Immortal Jukebox Sensation' by Gareth R Roberts at the Embassy Club Mayfair

Bill Copeland wins The Taran Family Memorial prize for Historical Literature in June 2008 with his first novel to be published by Libros, Ashes to the Vistula.

Libros signs to publish and ghost write Dwain Chambers’ autobiography

Fifteen of the Costa Blanca Libros authors attend a book signing marathon in the Ondara Shopping Centre. The event was attended by the press and the radio.

 

 

 Ken Douglas - Director of Operations (Oct 2008)