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. 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 dont meet our guidelines, well 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 writers time) and the returns reasonable. We split the net revenue of the sale of your title 50/50. (Net = price - transaction cost. ) Were also committed to providing great content for our audience - so were very picky about what we choose to publish. (Its our time as well - and we dont 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, theyre the publishers 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
Address: The Puppet Press, 162 Strawberry Hill Avenue, Norwalk, CT 06851-5936
Telephone: 203.838.3665
Website: http://www.puppetpress.com/