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Jeremy Round: Managing Director of UK & Europe & Executive Director
Darren Cooke: Business Development Manager - Smart ComponentsPast Role: STRICTLY SERVICE, FOUNDER
Since Haynes Publishing was founded in 1960, more than 150 million Haynes Manuals have sold throughout the world, more than half a million in the UK last year alone. There are around 300 UK car manuals in print at present with 130 plus UK motorcycle manual titles - not to mention equivalent ranges in the USA, Australia and Sweden.
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writing a car manual takes 20 to 30 man-weeks. Authors work in pairs, which shortens the origination time and avoids them going crazy in the middle of long projects.
We buy a car at the beginning of the project and sell it at the end - either to staff or on the open market. The workshop phase lasts approximately 4 weeks, although we usually keep the car until the manual is about to print in case of last-minute queries. From the start of a project to the publication of the manual usually takes between three and six months. Motorcycle manuals take about two-thirds as long.
We have two editorial facilities; one in Somerset, England and one in the USA (near Los Angeles). The UK office produces manuals in English and Swedish while the US office produces manuals in American English, American Spanish and Australian English. We sell directly in the UK, USA, Canada, Sweden and Australia.
So far, Manuals have been published in a total of 15 languages - English, French, Swedish, Chinese, Japanese, German, Czech, Finnish, Polish, Bulgarian, Hebrew, Greek, Danish, Spanish and Russian.
Alongside our world famous car and motorcycle manuals, Haynes also publish a huge variety of books on many other motoring, transport, family and DIY related areas including; restoration, motor sport and maritime subjects, aviation, farm tractors, commercial vehicles, motorcycling, cycling, caravanning, camping, home decorating and DIY and health matters.
Within this site, you will find each publication detailed together with its front cover, a brief but detailed description, author, price, product code, ISBN, size, extent and, in the case of car and motorcycle manuals, its year and model coverage. You will also find all our foreign language manuals listed along with the complete range of Haynes Manuals Inc., American Automotive Repair Manuals and TechBooks.
With hundreds of books on subjects as diverse as Cycling, Motorsport, Health, History, Leisure Activities and Home DIY available at the click of your mouse, HaynesOnline really does offer a lot more than just manuals!
