Sponsorship

Any printer can put ink on paper, but the employee-owners at Friesens are committed to the craft of building amazing books.

We serve the needs of publishers across North America using the latest equipment operated by a highly skilled team of prepress, press, and bindery experts. Given our location at the heart of the continent, we are well positioned to deliver exceptional quality short-run projects throughout the USA and Canada.

Our employee-owners are ready to serve you with the passion and commitment that only an owner can provide.

Contact: Elise Gochberg at eliseg@friesens.com. Available for appointments.

University of California Press has served as a bridge connecting the academic world and curious readers worldwide for over 125 years. We publish books and journals that shift paradigms in the arts, sciences, humanities, and social sciences, with a focus on social justice. Our work amplifies bold, diverse perspectives and inspires critical thought and action. We believe in the potential for scholarship to fundamentally change how people think, lead, and live.

Contact: Kate Warne at kwarne@ucpress.edu.

BookMatters is committed to helping publishers produce high-quality books for reasonable fees in a timely manner.

We enjoy working on all sorts of projects—from small text-only handbooks to complex, oversize 5-color projects—with all sorts of publishers—from small trade publishers to large academic presses.

We provide complete publishing services from manuscript up to printing, as well as any part in between. Our services include:

• project management

• developmental editing

• project editing

• copyediting

• proofreading

• indexing

• design

• template development

• composition

• production coordination

Contact: David Peattie at dave@bookmatters.com.

Editcetera is a nonprofit mutual-benefit corporation of freelance publishing professionals. Since 1971, we have been matching experienced and vetted proofreaders, copyeditors, developmental editors, business writers, ghostwriters, and other freelance specialists to publishers, independent authors, scholars, and a variety of businesses and institutions. For our members, we provide not only referrals but also services such as marketing, screening of clients, and billing, as well as community and resources. We also offer professional development for the community at large. Flex training, webinars, and custom-designed programs range from introductions to proofreading or copyediting to expert-led discussions of special areas of interest. Whether you are a freelancer or a potential client, let us serve you.

Contact: Barbara Fuller at barbara@editcetera.com. 

HAPPENSTANCE TYPE-O-RAMA is an independent, award-winning publishing service provider. From start to finish, inception to reception, loose-leaf to loose-on-the-world, we partner with you to manage, edit, design, compose, and deliver any publishing project, paper, pixels, or otherwise.

Great design. Efficient workflow. Beautiful books.

Contact: Maureen Forys at maureen@happenstance.net. Available for appointments.

San Francisco–based No Starch Press has been publishing the finest in geek entertainment since 1994. We focus on computer programming, security, hacking, alternative operating systems, STEM, and LEGO. Our titles have personality, our authors are passionate, and we read and edit everything we publish.

Rocky Nook is a small, independent publishing company that was founded in 2006 with the goal of helping photographers of all levels improve their skills in capturing those moments that matter. In the last few years, we’ve diversified and expanded our publishing to include topics for all creative people, whether your goal is to be a professional artist, start a side hustle, or simply pursue your love of the arts as a creative outlet and hobby.

Contact: Ted Waitt at ted@rockynook.com.

Founded in 1892, Stanford University Press publishes 130 books a year across the humanities, social sciences, law, and business. Our books inform scholarly debate, generate global and cross-cultural discussion, and bring timely, peer-reviewed scholarship to the wider reading public. Numerous recent accolades include the Hayek Book Award and an NAACP Image Award nomination, while our authors and their books frequently appear in impactful media outlets such as the New York Times and NPR as well as in leading academic journals. Readers can find SUP titles at physical and online retailers around the world. At the leading edge of both print and digital dissemination of innovative research, with more than 3,000 books currently in print, SUP is a publisher of ideas that matter, books that endure.

Contact: David Zielonka at zielonka@stanford.edu.

Based on the West Coast, Ten Speed Press spent decades as an independent publisher before becoming part of the Crown Publishing Group in 2009. Known for creating illustrated books with beautiful, innovative design and award-winning content, Ten Speed actively seeks out new and established authors who are authorities and tastemakers in the world of food, drink, design, reference, and humor.

Contact: Allison Renzulli at arenzulli@prh.com.

BDK America publishes and distributes books about Buddhism, including translations of Buddhist texts from the Chinese canon into English.

Contact: George Tanabe at gtanabe@hawaii.edu.

​Nate has been helping people fix broken tech since 2010. He turns broken down Wordpress sites into sites which convert visitors into superfans, also builds sites from scratch, and helps authors with their social media and newsletters.

Nate is on the board of the Florida Writers Foundation and works with SF conventions as a webmaster​. When he is not volunteering, he writes bad jokes on Facebook and creates memes and graphics. In his spare time, Nate maintains three Little Free Libraries.

Contact: Nate Hoffelder at natehoffelder@gmail.com. Available for appointments.

Red Pencil Publicity + Marketing is an Alameda, California–based Company of One, led by Helena Brantley, who works with scholars, subject experts, and publishers and a small team of subcontractors to design and implement promotional campaigns to promote nonfiction books and authors.

Contact: Helena Brantley at HelenaBrantley@RedPencilPublicity.com.