| The Puppet Press was
formed as an InfoPulse LLC subsidiary in November 2000. The
goal was to sell rare and used books via the
internet. |
Publisher &
Editor:
Stanley H. Thompson
Designer:
Lee
Fleming
|
| It later evolved into a
place to sell both original and classic electronic books
(eBooks) - fiction and non-fiction. There are many more good
writers than there are venues to publish their work - The
Puppet Press offers one more in the fast-growing realm of the
World Wide Web. |
Authors, please
read
the guidelines BEFORE
you send us
manuscripts.
If they don't meet our
guidelines, we'll
just
discard them. |
| We believe that the cost
of entry for a writer should be low (in terms of money - the
true cost is a writer's time) and the returns reasonable. We
split the net revenue of the sale of your title 50/50. (Net
= price - transaction cost. ) |
We're also committed to
providing great content for our audience - so we're very picky
about what we choose to publish. (It's our time as well - and
we don't have enough of it to waste.) |
| The original Puppet Press
was an independent private press founded in the 1950s as a way
for type designer Tommy Thompson and his wife, Hazel Thompson,
to experiment with print media and small book design and
production. |
(Yes, they're the
publisher's
parents ...) |
| Tommy and Hazel used two
different hand printing presses. The primary press was the
Sigwalt No. 5 "Ideal" press weighing 120 pounds. This press
has a 6" by 9" chase, which limits the page size to 5" by 8"
at most. They also used a smaller Sigwalt No. 10 card press
with a 2 1/2" by 4" chase, limiting the printing surface to
that of business cards. |
 |
| With these two presses,
many typefaces, and lots of creativity, Hazel and Tommy
printed numerous small books over the years. These books were
hand bound and presented as gifts to friends and fellow
collectors. They also printed business cards, stationary,
announcements, and Christmas cards both to sell and for
themselves, friends, and family. |
After Tommy died in 1968,
The Puppet Press was operated into the late 1970s by Hazel.
The advent of the personal computer and desktop publishing
made the hand press obsolete.
|
(And we have two tons
of
lead type we can't give away
to prove
it!) |
