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- ↑ "Author Collectives: Notting Hill Press", The Self-Made Writer, 26 May 2015.
- ↑ Joyce Lamb, "Discover the best of British chick lit/rom-com", Happy Ever After – USA Today, 3 June 2013.
- 1 2 Alison Flood, "New press hits on 'third way' between traditional and self-publishing", The Guardian , 12 June 2013.
- 1 2 "About", Notting Hill Press.