About

Mission: Making a difference to the ordinary.

Welcome to Value Added Publishing, the creation of British blogger and sports fan Mark Strong.

Mark has experienced complex mental health issues since 1994.

In 2024 he recognized that a combination of medication and creativity could restore him to his former self, and he began to write books.

At first, he wrote about his passions one of which is tennis and self-published his first book about the origins and history of the game.

He then began to research the self-publishing industry in greater detail and was drawn in by the craze on Amazon where people were making large sums of money producing high quantities of low content books such as journals, jotters and colouring books.

Instead of writing about his own interests Mark began to research consumer demand trends and produced two more books in 2024/5 which were of a higher quality than many of the low content books you will typically find on Amazon although they are improving slowly.

Value Added Publications was conceived to group together the books Mark has made so far and produce more in the future.

This website is a showcase of his current work.

Look inside, there are currently books for Teens/Adults and Young Learners too.

You may find something you like or that someone you know would.

Alongside the website, there is a blog with some historical posts from previous blogs in the fields of sport and exercise but in the future, it will discuss current affairs in sport, news and anything else we can fit into our Universe!

It is designed to spark conversations; make you think about things you hadn’t before and give a different perspective on the World and beyond.

Making a difference to the ordinary!

Creative Works