Grants
Our core grants are funded by Welsh Government through Creative Wales, and they support the production of books and magazines in Welsh and English. Funding is also available for publishers to commission authors, employ creative editors and marketing officers, and for some book marketing initiatives.
Distribution
Our not-for-profit Distribution Centre, which houses around a million books, is located on the Glan Yr Afon Enterprise Park, a couple of miles from Aberystwyth town centre. We have a strong focus on books from and about Wales in both Welsh and English. We distribute and wholesale books and magazines on behalf of publishers throughout Wales, the UK and internationally.
Editorial and Design Services
Our in-house teams offer design and editorial services to publishers in Wales at a subsidised rate The aim is to support and improve the quality of books produced and published in Wales in both Welsh and English.
Editorial
The Editorial Team offers a subsidised editorial service in both English and Welsh for the copy-editing of typescripts and correction of proofs. We deal primarily with reading for leisure material and work with up to 180 manuscripts each year.
We provide these services for around 20 publishers in Wales, with the help of a small team of experienced external editors as required. Priority is always given to books that have received Books Council grants. Please note that we don’t accept educational material.
Design services
We offer the following design services:
- Designing book covers
- Designing complete books, from cover to cover
- Providing visual material, such as photographs and illustrations, for books
The design team is made up of the Professional Lead: Design and two experienced Design Officers. We also collaborate with freelance designers, illustrators and photographers to support the work of Welsh publishers.
Translation
We do not offer grants for translation, other than providing our supported publishers with some funding to produce Welsh-language adaptations of children’s books.