Project archive: New and Notable
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Little People, Big Dreams – 10 Years Dreaming
A redesigned version of the Little People, Big Dreams website to celebrate a decade of this groundbreaking publishing phenomenon.
ISD Distribution
ISD is dedicated to providing expert, full-service distribution and marketing services for publishers of scholarly and specialist books and journals. They combine sales, marketing, fulfillment, print knowhow, metadata expertise, customer support, and market intelligence to connect scholarship with readers, libraries, booksellers, and institutions throughout North America and beyond.
Kate Nash Literary Agency
Founded in 2009, Kate Nash Literary Agency has gone on to become one of the UK’s foremost independent literary agencies, specialising in bestselling commercial fiction and non-fiction for adults and young adults.
They commissioned Bookswarm to create a new brand identity and apply it to a completely new website that would better reflect their business identity and eliminate daily pain-points of website admin.
Athena Peppes
Athena Peppes is author of AI-Q. Her keynotes, advisory work and workshops are designed to boost the Mindsets, Abilities and Practices among her client’s leaders and your teams, so they can turn AI access into AI capability.
Boldwood Books 2026
To celebrate its 7th birthday, a major redesign of Boldwood’s web presence, including a new community-driven approach to exploring its rapidly expanding list.
Kelly Scarborough Swedish microsite
A Swedish-language microsite for author Kelly Scarborough. The special focus on the market is because the book is set in Sweden and has been marketed quite differently by its publisher in that market to its original English-language edition.
Soaring Birds Coaching
Soaring Birds has a mission to support organisations and individuals to navigate parental leave in high-performance careers. It has been launched by Kirsty Reynolds, author of Getting a Return on Returners, and the site exists to promote both the business and the book.
Revise SQE 2026
A major overhaul of this website in both design and functionality – applying a new, clean look-and-feel, and incorporating a ‘hybrid’ e-commerce model. The catalogue browsing experience is still based on WordPress, but the basket and checkout use Shopify.
We worked closely with Hobbs the Printers, who are responsible for printing, all Shopify-based e-commerce services (including payments, tax, customer service), and ebook and audiobook fulfilment.
Batsford 2026
After handling the initial separation of Batsford from Pavilion Books in 2021, this project was an opportunity to more strongly reflect Batsford’s evolving brand into its site, as well as incorporating its Scala imprint into the structure of the site.
Literature Alliance Scotland
We implemented a rebrand and full website redesign for Literature Alliance Scotland (LAS). LAS offers professional development and community for the staff and freelancers who work in the literature sector in Scotland. where the LAS Membership Network acts as a collective voice for the literature sector.
“As a membership organisation, our website and branding play a key role in how we communicate our role both to Members and externally. Simon and his team were a delight to work with on refreshed branding and a much needed new website. Communication was clear, all the steps were clearly explained and delivered to a high standard. Having such a consistently speedy response to our (many!) queries and tweaks along the way made the process run smoothly. I am delighted to recommend Bookswarm for their attention to detail, approachability and endless patience.”
Viccy Adams, Transformation Manager, Literature Alliance Scotland
Serkan Deveci
Serkan Deveci is a senior leader at Google with two decades of global experience, leveraging a rare and solid combination of leadership roles in both global Sales and strategic HR to drive business success. His career has provided him with a unique perspective, as he hasn’t just observed the disconnect between business imperatives and people leadership; he has operated with distinction on both sides of that executive table. Bookswarm created a new site to support the launch of his first book, The Great Leadership Disconnect: Why HR and Business drift apart – and how to bring them back together.
“Working with Simon and Bookswarm was an excellent experience from start to finish. Simon quickly understood what I wanted the website to communicate. The process was collaborative, thoughtful, and efficient. Simon brought very helpful ideas, challenged where necessary, and remained highly responsive throughout. I would highly recommend Simon and Bookswarm.”
Serkan Deveci, speaker and author of The Great Leadership Disconnect
Whitman Publishing
Whitman is the leading publisher of coin and paper money reference books, as well as archival-quality storage and collecting supplies. For nearly 90 years, Whitman have educated and inspired collectors with trusted resources covering the rich history of American and world coinage, paper currency, tokens, and medals – while providing the tools to organize, protect, and showcase collections for generations.
Bookswarm created a new website for Whitman to replace a previous BigCommerce-based system, with title data flowing from Whitman’s newly adopted title management system, Consonance, and order and stock information integrating with Oracle Netsuite.
Michelle Harrison 2026
A major overhaul for author Michelle Harrison of the site we originally built for her, the new site now reflects her role as both a writer of books for children and young adults, and of adult crime thrillers. Users see an initial landing page where they can choose to explore books for adults or books for children, and the two ‘sides’ of the site each have their own distinctive style.
Ransom Publishing
An award-winning publisher of specialist books and teaching resources to unlock literacy and a love of reading – regardless of a learner’s current age, ability or attitude.
The Book Collector
The Book Collector is the leading English-language journal for encouraging, supporting and informing all kinds of book collecting. The bringing together of books, by institutions and individuals, has supported the spread and preservation of ideas for as long as books have existed, and our libraries are bedrocks of civilisation. Book collecting as a private pursuit has flourished for centuries, and today underpins an international commercial network of dealers, auctioneers and buyers worth millions of pounds every year.
Bookswarm created a new WooCommerce-based site which includes the ability to order digital only or physical + digital subscriptions. Digital subscriptions are delivered via Exact Editions, and the site has a bespoke integration with their White Labelling service.
“Working with Simon, Alex and Susie on our new website for The Book Collector has been a thoroughly positive experience. They approached a complex migration with skill and flexibility, helping us translate a long list of bespoke requirements into a clean, intuitive WordPress site that is far easier to manage and develop.
Their creativity, responsiveness and clear understanding of the book world made them an ideal partner, and their willingness to adapt as the project evolved was invaluable. We would happily recommend Bookswarm and look forward to continuing our work with them.”
Sarah Bennett, Editorial Assistant & Website Manager, The Book Collector
