We’re an independent New Zealand publisher producing quality non-fiction with a focus on business and technology. We like books that either challenge our thinking or, at a very practical level, show us how to do things better.

Activity Press publisher Martin Taylor has more than two decades of publishing experience covering books, magazines and internet media in New Zealand and internationally. We’re proud of the quality of the publications we produce and the sound commercial approach we take to publishing. While there’s great pleasure in making books, you’ve got to sell them too. It’s essential to have strong sales, marketing and distribution to ensure books get in front of the right people. We handle this through our sister company, Addenda Publishing, one of New Zealand’s largest independent book distributors representing indie publishers from New Zealand and around the world to the book trade.

We enjoy books and think you can’t beat the feeling when hundreds of hours of work finally see the light of day in a real book. But we also like technology so bring us your ebook ideas too. We’ve played in the online realm for many years and, while we don’t have all the answers (who does?), we know many of the routes you can take to get there and plenty you should avoid.

If you’d prefer to keep control of your book rather than handing it over to a greedy publisher, we can help there too. Check out our contract publishing services where we can provide organisations and self-publishers with the same care, quality and careful budget management that we take with our own books.