Return of the Dream Crusher ; the 'People's Publisher' Went Bust and Let Down Thousands of Children...But Now It's Back
Mail on Sunday › February 06, 2011
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IT claimed to be the largest publisher of new poetry in the world and awarded itself the title 'The People's Publisher'. But Forward Press Ltd crushed the dreams of thousands of aspiring authors across Britain and Spain, most of them children.
It took their parents' money on the promise of printing their words and artwork but then went bust. More than 95 per cent of the company's revenues came from its Young Writers literary competitions, which were held in 31,500 British secondary and primary schools and nurseries.See the full content of this document
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Return of the Dream Crusher ; the 'People's Publisher' Went Bust and Let Down Thousands of Children...But Now It's Back
The bulk of submissions - including entries from writers as young as three - were declared 'winners' and the proud parents were offered the chance to pay up to Pounds 16 for a book including their child's work.
But customers of the publisher were disappointed when...See the full content of this document
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