Lutheran University Press (an imprint of Kirkhouse Publishers) won two bronze IPPY awards for And Grace Will Lead Me Home: Images of the Prodigal Son from the Jerry Evenrud Collection by Robert M. Brusic. One award is in the Fine Art category, the other is in Outstanding Books of the Year / Most Original Concept.
Saint Mary’s Press began operations of an internal POD (Print-on-Demand) center this past fall after months of study. According to John Vitek, president of Saint Mary’s Press, “We are putting in place a whole new way of thinking about and approaching inventory management.” He adds, “The technology has gotten to a point, both in terms of capabilities and economics, that it is a smart decision for a publisher of our size and with our product mix.”
The 2008 Bloomington Writers Festival was co-sponsored by MIPA and included a workshop called “Getting Published: What are My Options?” led by MIPA board members Corrine and Seal Dwyer (North Star Press), Sheyna Galyan (Yaldah Publishing), and Sybil Smith (Fins Publications/Smith House Press). The workshop was sold out and earned high marks in the evaluations. It was one of several that were taped to be shown throughout the year on Bloomington Cable.
FTL Publications, a multiple award-wining science fiction, fantasy, and mystery publishing house founded in 1993, obtained the only license ever issued in the U.S., and the only current license in the world, to create original novels based on the “Thunderbirds” TV series (1965-66). Joan Marie Verba, FTL's publisher, announced that the first book, which she will write herself, will cover the origins of International Rescue, and will feature “plenty of action and adventure, as well as rescues, rescues, and more rescues.” Publication is slated for June 2008, with a cover by one of the classic Thunderbirds artists.
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