WORTH PRESS LTD

A Book Timeline

“The more that you read, the more things you will know.
The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.”
Dr. Seuss

3000 BCE - Clay tablets used to store information
2400 BCE - Papyrus scrolls in use
500 BCE - Parchment or animal skin replaces papyrus
200 BCE - The Greeks and Romans use wax tablets
100 CE - Cai Lun credited with discovering paper in China
400 CE - Illuminated manuscripts start to appear
860 CE - The first known use of block printing in China produces the first printed book
1040 - Bi Sheng in China prints using movable wooden blocks
1250 - Block printing used in Egypt
1440 - Movable lead type used in Europe
1640 - The Bay Psalm is the first book printed in America
1744 - Chlorine discovered and paper turns white
1832 - Book sleeves or jackets first appear
1845 - Cheap paperback novels begin to appear 1932 – The American Foundation for the Blind produces the first audio book on vinyl
1935 - Penguin Books first publishes its paperbacks
1974 - Early electronic paper developed
1985 - The first book on CD-ROM
1991 - The Internet becomes commercially available to all 1993 – First digital printing press launched
1995 - Amazon is the first online book retailer
1998 - Worth Press Ltd incorporated
2000 - E-books appear
2007 - The Kindle is launched 2019 – The Golden Rule is the first augmented reality book

28th February 2023

Worth Press launches new Book Creation Services

If your staff are struggling to stay on schedule with the publishing programme due to sickness, maternity leave, holidays or any other reason, then we can help relieve the pressure by taking on some of that workload. A whole book or just a few chapters, a short book or a whole series, we do not mind. We have a network of dedicated book creators who want nothing more than to be the solution to your problem.

What we do

Worth Press publishes books in a variety of areas.

The Worth Body Science Series

Eight titles comprised of:

Genetics
The Life Cycle
The Brain and the Nervous System
The Heart, Muscles, Bones and Blood
Skin and Hair
Food, Digestion and Nutrition
The Senses
Hormones, Homeostasis and the Immune System

Aimed at the non-professional, each volume gives detailed explanations of how the body works, what can go wrong and how to support it. Written by experienced researchers and doctors, the text is supported by tables, diagrams and colour illustrations throughout.

The Classics

"Judged over a period of time to be of the highest quality." The meaning of 'classic' as defined by the Concise Oxford Dictionary.

Austen, Doyle, Verne, the Brontes. Dickens - and the list goes on. The classics are works of art, beautifully written stories admired the world over. Everlasting, ever saleable.

My Library Series

Each library is created from 7 easily digestible books presented in its own slipcase. Specialist authors offer the reader concise advice, insight and information on a range of topics including:

My Self-Improvement Library
My Business Library
My Philosophy Library
My Poetry Library
My Science Library
My Green Library
My Wellness Library
My Mythology Library
More tocome in the future

History

We are here today because of what has gone before. What lessons have we learnt and will we repeat our mistakes? This series of concise, illustrated histories gives easy access to the journeys of the past across a multitude of subject areas.

What Am I? Series

50 images to guess. Educational text for younger readers (4-8). In the Rainforest and In the Ocean are the first two titles that are avaialable. Many more titles are planned for future publication.

Bespoke Publishing

Preserve the history of your company, organisation or charity. Draw on our experience to record all of the yesterdays for all of the tomorrows.

Perpetual Calendars

Months and dates, but no days, allowing all your repeatable occasions (birthdays, anniversaries etc) to be entered only once and re-used year after year.

Countryside, Coastline and Irresistably Cute available now.

Lifestyle, MBS, Wellbeing

"Focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it." Greg Anderson, Author

Never before has mental health been so prevalent. Explore our range of titles that will help people enjoy their journeys.

The Complete Works

The collected works of Shakespeare, Austen, Brontes, Doyle and Andersen amongst others as well as collections of fairy tales. Illustrated with black and white or colour illustrations.

General Publishing

With 22 years of publishing under our belt we have covered most areas and topics. See our back catalogue for a full list of titles.

Mormon Publications

A timeline and an encyclopaedia celebrating the history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and their places of worship.

Up Close Series

A fun and exciting new series that takes a small part of an object along with a written clue and asks the reader to guess what the object is.

The original Up Close was followed by Architecture, Art, Canada and America. We even have a series for children called What Am I.