The Word is Out
The People Have Written
Posted in In the Press by People's Press on May 29, 2011
Sandy Munro is one of many Roaring Fork Valley residents who have had one of those, “Oh, wow — I’m a published author!” moments over the last few years. Common to all those stories is People’s Press, a publishing company founded three years ago by Carbondale resident George Stranahan. The original vision of the Stranahan-owned company was small in scope: Warren Ohlrich was folding up his Who Press, which had released locally oriented publications, mostly trail guides. The company had a well-established footing for distribution in the valley, which Stranahan thought could be expanded.
“At first, I thought of it like a locavore business — Western Slope authors, regional distribution. We’ll write the stories we like to read in this valley, and we’ll read the stories we write,” Stranahan said. The company, renamed People’s Press, got off to a strong start; one of its first publications — Stranahan’s own “Phlogs,” a coffee table book of his black-and-white photos with text about nature, history, war, memories and more — earned a Colorado Book Award.
So People’s Press has moved into expansion mode. Last fall, the company struck a deal with Connecticut’s Globe Pequot Press that will give People’s Press national distribution. All of the People’s Press books are listed in the Globe Pequot catalog that merchants from coast to coast can order from…
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