One author, five books: from picture books to GCSE revision guides
Ameena Roberts is a UK author and educator. She came to us in 2025 with a children’s book another company had called finished, came back for a series of GCSE science revision guides and a second children’s book, and is now on her sixth.
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Two illustrated children’s books and three GCSE revision guides, published between October 2025 and April 2026. We handled editing, illustration, cover design, formatting and publishing for the children’s books, and editing, proofreading, formatting, covers and publishing for the revision guides. When distribution problems came up after release, we took them to the distributor ourselves rather than leaving her to sort them out.
Five books, one author
Every title is live on Amazon. Formats and dates from our project records and the public listings.
| Book | Formats | Published | Our work |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Amylets Fantastic Adventures Children’s, ages 3 to 12 | Hardcover and paperback, 236 pages | 6 October 2025 | Editing, illustration, cover, formatting, publishing |
| GCSE Physics Bullet Point Revision Book As A. Roberts | Three formats | 2026 | Editing, proofreading, formatting, cover, publishing |
| GCSE Chemistry Bullet Point Revision Book As A. Roberts | Three formats | 2026 | Editing, proofreading, formatting, cover, publishing |
| GCSE Biology Bullet Point Revision Book As A. Roberts | Three formats | 2026 | Editing, proofreading, formatting, cover, publishing |
| The Hidden Kingdom Adventure Children’s, ages 4 to 9 | Kindle and paperback, 248 pages | April 2026 | Editing, illustration, cover, formatting, publishing |
How it went, book by book
Each book moved one stage at a time, with Ameena reviewing every set before the next.
- August 2025
A book called finished that was not
Ameena came to us with The Amylets Fantastic Adventures, a collection of children’s stories that another company had told her was fully edited and ready to publish. Our editors reviewed it on 20 August and told her plainly that it still needed a careful edit. She gave us the go-ahead, and asked for a type size suited to readers aged five to nine.
- Aug to Oct 2025
Edited, illustrated and published
Editing began on 25 August and came back to her in sets through September. Our illustrator finished 42 illustrations by 8 September and the full set later that month, updated to match the edited text. The cover waited for her final back-cover blurb, so nothing went out with placeholder text. The book was published on 6 October 2025, about seven weeks after the first review. See children’s book publishing in the UK and book illustration.
- Oct 2025 to early 2026
Three revision guides in parallel
A week after the first book came out, she started her GCSE Physics, Chemistry and Biology guides. She supplied the topic files, diagrams and answers to the practice questions; each guide was edited topic by topic with every set sent to her to check, proofread in December, formatted with the layout changes she asked for, and given paperback and hardcover covers. See workbook and educational publishing.
- Spring 2026
Keeping the guides on sale
The guides took nine ISBNs: three subjects in three formats. When the distributor held them for review, we filed the appeal, confirmed every guide was her original work and that the exam board reference in one title only shows which syllabus it covers, and offered the manuscripts and a declaration of authorship as proof. The guides are now listed on Amazon under her pen name, A. Roberts.
- April 2026
Book five, and a missing paperback chased
The Hidden Kingdom Adventure was published in Kindle and paperback, with the Kindle edition live first. When the paperback did not appear on Amazon UK even though the distributor showed it as available, our team wrote to the distributor with the full title details, asked what was blocking the listing, and copied her in so she could see exactly what was being done.
- September 2026
Book six
She sent us her next children’s manuscript, which is now in editorial review. Every title is hers: rights and royalties stay with the author.
In her words
Quoted from her messages to our team during the projects.
Thank you for saying the stories are interesting. I was a little nervous about the contents of my imagination.
After our first review of her manuscript, August 2025
Looks good. I’m shocked. They told me it was all edited.
On the first edited set of her first book, August 2025
I’m happy with the format. I trust your editors.
On the layout of her GCSE Chemistry guide, October 2025
What this case study does not claim
We do not publish sales figures for client books, and we do not promise them. Everything here comes from our project records and her own messages, and the books can be checked on Amazon.
The point is simpler: a book someone calls finished is not always finished, authors come back when the first book goes well, and when something goes wrong after release, we chase it rather than handing the problem to the author.
Questions authors ask about this case
Straight answers, drawn from this project.
Another company said my book was already edited. Should I trust that?
Ask for a second read before you publish. We review the manuscript first and tell you what it actually needs, including when the answer is very little.
Can you publish educational books and revision guides, not just fiction?
Yes. We publish workbooks, revision guides and textbooks as well as children’s books and novels. See workbook publishing.
Can I publish under a pen name?
Yes. Her revision guides are published as A. Roberts. Tell us the name you want on the cover.
What happens if my book does not show up on a store after release?
We take it up with the platform or distributor on your behalf, with the title details and evidence they need, and keep you copied in.
Who owns the books?
The author. Rights and royalties are 100% hers.
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