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Top Reads Publishing

Award-winning Indie publisher also offering book design, editing, and children's book illustration. I’m a mom and a book midwife. And it’s the perfect fit.

a traditional academic publisher as creative director for over 10 years where I experienced most every aspect of publishing from marketing to illustration, managing production and new product development. I art directed a brilliant magazine about wearable art. I had a taste of a corporate marketing department. I learned about print production from every angle. I embraced the new technologies as they were born and can’t wait to see what’s next. To me, self-publishing is the most exciting direction my career path could have merged with. SPECIALTIES
Specific to publishing: Broad experience in book design at all phases of design and production. Specialized knowledge of self-publishing. Types of publications include educational material, instruction manuals, how-to books, children's books, fiction, non-fiction, periodicals. Also illustrations for children's, middle grade and young adult books. Illustration styles include watercolor, pencil, pen and ink, digital. Specific to graphic and web design: Advanced ability to create unique branding and marketing material to show the client's best assets. Offering multi-platform support including print and web. Emphasis on relationship building and striving to achieve the highest level of customer satisfaction.

06/30/2024

Meeting librarians at ALA showing our collection in our kiosk. we had a full day of author signings Saturday. It was great!

05/07/2024

I'm so excited to announce the release of The Dreaming Gourd by Victoria Mowrer today! This book has been called “a re-creation myth for our times” and a gentle call to action to be mindful of how we are all connected and what is really important in life. You'll want to get more than one copy to share! Visit The Dreaming Gourd for more news.

04/06/2024

One of my favorite books that I published in 2023 is Mortal Weather by KP McCarthy. The cover is stellar and the story stays with you. If you love literary fiction and settings in SoCal and Colorado, interesting characters and dogs, do yourself a favor and read this one. And vote for it in the Bedside Reading Cover awards happening now! https://www.bedsidereading.com/vote2024.html

04/02/2024

It's time to vote for Bedside Reading's Cover awards! Mortal Weather is my pick for Fiction! https://www.bedsidereading.com/vote2024.html

11/17/2023

John Gerdy's new book, Lights on Lancaster, gets some praise from the local press. Congratulations, John! Lights on Lancaster is available now for purchase.

New collection of essays written by Lancaster creatives focuses on the city's thriving art scene.

10/04/2023

Mortal Weather by KP McCarthy hits #1

09/25/2023

Mortal Weather is about to launch!

09/21/2023

A little insight into a new Top Reads title by John Gerdy. The arts matter, and this book tells us why.

I’ve published seven books, mostly about education reform and the role and impact of athletics and music on our educational system and society. One of those, Sports in School: The Future of an Institution, is a book I edited. Once published, I vowed never to edit another. Asking a dozen or so indi...

09/20/2023

Fade to Blue continues to be recognized with over 100 reviews on Amazon and now a Readers' Favorite book award! If you love medical thrillers get your copy now and see why it is so highly acclaimed.

09/18/2023

Sometimes I buy a book because I love the cover. I have a feeling I will love what's inside, too.

08/25/2023

Something I didn't know about Ben Franklin.

These 9 prompts helped him change the world.

08/09/2023

FADE TO BLUE by Hank Scheer continues to be an Amazon #1 Bestseller in multiple categories. Get your copy now while the Kindle version is free. Then let us know how you like it!

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As a visual artist, everything is a spoke that touches the hub of my “art” wheel. I love nature, I rescue animals, I collect books, and my favorite smells are rain and used bookstores. I’m a mom and a book midwife. Quite simply, I love to build beautiful books. My profession has intertwined art and design for over three decades and after trying many things, I’ve landed in the lap of my favorite: All things books. I worked for a traditional academic publisher as creative director for over 10 years where I experienced most every aspect of publishing from marketing to illustration, managing production and new product development. I art directed a brilliant magazine about wearable art. I had a taste of a corporate marketing department. I learned about print production from every angle. I embraced the new technologies as they were born and can’t wait to see what’s next. To me, publishing is the most exciting direction my career path could have merged with. And it’s the perfect fit.

Now, after over 3 decades in the field, hybrid publishing is my specialty and through my company, Top Reads Publishing, I either publish under my imprint or guide authors to self-publish to the highest standards.

Top Reads Publishing was the recipient of the 2015 Benjamin Franklin Bill Fisher Award for Best First Book by a Publisher. That book was Outrageous, The Victoria Woodhull Saga, Volume I: Rise to Riches by Neal Katz. I currently serve on the IBPA Advocacy Committee.

Top Reads publishes a collection of Historical Fiction, Memoirs, Spiritual, Healing and Creative Arts non-fiction, and will launch a new imprint, Nocturne Press for children’s picture books in 2018.