Publishing & Author Services from Tommies Guides.

What We Do -

We specialise in helping anyone who has written a book or who has content ready for publishing. Our services cover the complete preparation of manuscripts, cover design, registration and production to deliver some finished copies of the book to you and make it available to anyone in the world for ordering.

Why Choose Tommies Guides -

By working with Tommies Guides you can be sure your book is handled by people who share a genuine interest in military history and are dedicated to “keeping the memory green”. All of our services are developed with the aim of providing a close association with our customers and suppliers, and to provide help where we can in terms of advice, information and fund-raising where applicable for service related organisations.

Our interest in the First and Second World Wars allows us to cater for a very wide market of authors, from armchair generals and amateur historians who wish to publish their own research through to veterans, organisations and associations wishing to publish for both commercial and posterity reasons. We welcome manuscripts from anyone as long as there is a genuine military theme or connection.

Providing Vital Support -

Through our close association with The Royal British Legion, £1 from every book sold after initial production and publication goes towards the Legion’s vital funds in helping support those who served and are currently serving in the Armed Forces, and their dependants.

Should any of our authors wish to request that our donation from sales of their book goes towards another specific forces charity we shall be glad to respect this.

And Finally. Some More About Us -

Tommies Guides was established up by Ryan Gearing, a graduate in the field of printing and publishing with a passion for military history. With over 15 years experience in the book industry and having spent much of his time watching war films, documentaries and reading, visiting military shows and events - not to mention touring First and Second World War battlefields he decided to put his experience and interests together in creating his own business within the book trade.

A natural development of Tommies Guides was in setting up a military publishing arm, and it was his friend Ross Beadle that this was achieved. Ross has been in book industry for over 30 years and publishing on behalf of authors since 2004. He saw the exciting changes in technology as an opportunity for anyone who wants to see their writing in print. The days of having to print thousands of copies and incurring huge expense for pre-production are over. Like Ryan, Ross has a huge interest in military history as well; ”I was inspired by the BBC series about The Great War that was first shown in the 1960’s and have read assiduously ever since”.