Wednesday, April 01, 2009

No fooling, our website has moved

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As of April 1, 2009, the Book Publishers Northwest's website has moved to: http://bookpubnw.wordpress.com/ Join us there!
Tuesday, March 31, 2009

That's A Wrap: 31 Stories in 31 Days for Small Press Month

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We started on March 1 with a pledge to publish 31 stories in celebration of Small Press Month drawn from the lives and experiences of our m...

Small Press Story #31: Publish or Farm

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Located near Walla Walla, Washington, Detour Farm is devoted to wildlife and habitat conservation as well as Rocky Mountain horses and alpa...
Monday, March 30, 2009

Small Press Story #30: Rose Alley Named For Dryden's Mugging

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Rose Alley Press was founded by David D. Horowitz in November 1995. It was named for the London street where, on December 18th, 1679, poet ...
Sunday, March 29, 2009

Small Press Story #29: Examining a Guitar Legend's Circuits

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Northwest publisher Pentode Press specializes in academic and technical titles. Publisher and author Richard Kuehnel's first book about...
Saturday, March 28, 2009

Small Press Story #28: Playing Cards and Wine

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When Raconteurs Press publisher Tom Parker wanted to reuse his illustrations for his guide to Washington wineries, his answer was playing ca...
Friday, March 27, 2009

Small Press Story #27: Publisher and Activist Gary Worthington

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Timebridges publisher and author Gary Worthington helped develop the new Cama Beach State Park on a historic waterfront resort site former...
Thursday, March 26, 2009

Small Press Story #26: Oguneye's Story Featured on KOMO

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Sikulu and Harambe are becoming radio stars. If you're in Seattle tune in to KOMO 1000 Radio. The story first broadcast between 7:15 ...
Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Small Press Story #25: How I Came To Write A Self-Help Book With Mom

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It all started because we were in the same profession. Doing similar things. Ruth (a.k.a. “Mom”), and I were both clinical social workers. I...
Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Small Press #24: The Cutest Personal Finance Book

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Money Sucks! Money Strategies for Real Life , the cutest personal finance book you’ve ever seen, has recently released the 2nd Edition, choc...
Monday, March 23, 2009

Small Press Story #23: Big River Press

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Big River Press is the brain child of editor and author R. J. Brown, an avid reader and writer since childhood who knows what she likes in a...
Sunday, March 22, 2009

Small Press Story #22: Dispatch Travels

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Founded by globetrotter, Beth Whitman, Dispatch Travels publishes the popular Wanderlust and Lipstick guides for women travelers. This curre...
Saturday, March 21, 2009

Small Press Story #21: Metacreative Press

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Metacreative's books address creativity, spirituality, and transformation. This Bellevue publisher's titles include Joyous Child J...
Friday, March 20, 2009

Small Press #20: Pun & Oink Graphics

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Dawn Kravagna's Cattle Capers mystery series follows the adventures of master detective Adam Steer. "It is possibly the first cart...
Thursday, March 19, 2009

March 19 "Small Press" meeting begins at 4 pm

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Participate in a publishers' roundtable on ways to promote a small press. Pick up a free "Big Things" poster celebrating the w...

Small Press Story #19: Placing Writing for Wellness in Churches

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"We are calling about four churches a day to see if they would be interested in starting Writing for Wellness classes," says publi...
Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Small Press #18: Impassio, home of fragmentary writing

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Impassio is a literary press publishing a variety of fragmentary writings and a mix of genres, including journals, diaries, notebooks; lette...
Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Whitman Selected For Pub U Scholarship

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This year's Pub U Scholarship goes to Beth Whitman of Dispatch Travels. "Though I am now in the process of publishing my fourth bo...

Small Press Story #17: Shakespeare, Poetry, and NW Authors

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Established in 1996, 74th Street Productions in Seattle started out publishing picture books for children and adults based on the works of ...
Monday, March 16, 2009

Small Press Story #16: Thin Threads

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I live with an idea about human potential, the common ability to create reality. So I pulled a story from the Akashic Records and wrote a n...
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Sunday, March 15, 2009

Small Press Story #15: Bennett Up For 8th Award

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The Pale Surface of Things has been short-listed for the Montaigne Medal, part of the Eric Hoffer Awards. The Montaigne Medal is given to ...
Saturday, March 14, 2009

Small Press Story #14: Books that rock!

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"We publish books written by or about music and musicians. Books that rock!" writes Gary McKinney about Bellingham's Kearney ...
Friday, March 13, 2009

Small Press Story #13: Builder Boards and Other Hands-On Projects

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Jack McKee is a builder/designer who started volunteering in the schools when his kids were in school. "Much to my surprise kids were a...
Thursday, March 12, 2009

Small Press Story #12: Dogwise

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Dogwise Publishing was established in 2001 as a subsidiary of Direct Book Service Inc. and Dogwise.com to produce and market high quality ...
Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Small Press Story #11: Bright Ideas for Learning

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MaryAnn Faubion Kohl has a passion for children and for their natural creativity through art that first permeated her teaching years, then h...
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Small Press Story #10: Bestsellers One Laugh At A Time

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Being on a top-ten bestseller list would make a publishing house of any size proud. But a small Washington state humor publisher with only ...
Monday, March 09, 2009

Small Press Story #9: Volvos by Frederick Su

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bytewrite LLC is the publisher of An American Sin , about an Asian American and Vietnam. In the novel, David Wong’s Volvo breaks down on the...
Sunday, March 08, 2009

Small Press Story #8: Blogging to Book

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Blog to Book & Beyond (Orion Wellspring) outlines a new approach to writing that helps authors successfully create an audience for thei...
Saturday, March 07, 2009

Small Press Story #7: Nixon Book Debuts on President's Day

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Book Publishers Network has released an intimate look into the family of one of this country's most influential, innovative, and controv...
Friday, March 06, 2009

Small Press Story #6: Exxon Valdez skipper says he’s sorry

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A new release from Epicenter Press, The Spill: Personal Stories from the Exxon Valdez Disaster , is creating some news in Alaska because one...
Thursday, March 05, 2009

Editors' Conference: Beyond Red Pencil #2

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Want to improve your professional editing skills and revel in the company of more than 100 fellow word lovers? Sign up for "Beyond the ...

Small Story #5: Margaret Doyle starts Orcas news site

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BPNW member and publisher Margaret Doyle has a background as a newspaperwoman and recently launched a new website devoted to telling the ne...
Wednesday, March 04, 2009

Small Story #4: Following Marco Polo Across Asia

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BPNW member Harry Rutstein was the first person to accurately follow the route of Marco Polo over land and sea from Venice, Italy to Beijing...
Tuesday, March 03, 2009

Small Press Story #3 by Linda Carlson, Parenting Press

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Why should authors consider small presses? Because many small presses don't distinguish between front list and back list: they promote t...