Straightforward Publishing, which now incorporates Emerald Publishing, are a low cost publisher specialising in self-help books and are based in Brighton, England. We maintain a high quality of final product covering many aspects of personal development, law, finance, creative writing, property, childcare, alternative health, and more.

We have streamlined our operation over the years since starting in 1991 and have developed good relationships with our printers and distributors - you will find our books in most high street locations, your local library and many places on the web. All our books are placed with 'Google books' and can be accessed via a google book search - such as using 'a straightforward guide to' as a search we can pick up most of our titles! Our books are also placed with Amazon, Blackwells, and W H Smith as well as other websites and we therefore maximize our booksale potential where we can.

We pride ourselves in offering a range of titles that reflect current interests including many law and housing titles - our website maintains the latest revisions of all our books and hence are always up to date with european law as well as UK law revisions.

Straightforward are now able to offer on-line purchasing of our titles - we have, after careful consideration, signed up with Paypal to handle credit-card payments. The system is very secure and we can assure customers that we ourselves have taken care to ensure that all orders and payments from this site are private and guaranteed.

The ethos of the company is that of personal development and individual empowerment.
We hope that you will find what you need from our wide selection and that you will benefit from it. Do not hesitate to contact us if you have any comments.

All titles ordered from Straightforward are available via on-line ordering or post at 25% discount for multiple purchases and are sent within five working days following receipt of order.