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Hardscratch Press
Jackie Pels,
editor/publisher
658 Francisco Ct.
Walnut Creek, CA
94598-2213
phone/fax
925/935-3422
email:
jrbpels@
hardscratchpress
.com
Because
you've asked:
Hardscratch Press is named for an
early-1900s family codfishing station on Unga Island in the
Shumagins, easternmost group in the Aleutian Islands. The first
author we published was Ralph Soberg, who wrote about his life on
the island, about his roots in Norway, about his brief career as a
bootlegger and his lifelong passion, building bridges and roads for
the Alaska Road Commission ... and who was the publisher's dear
stepfather. "We" refers to editor-publisher-sometimes writer Jackie
Pels and designer David R. Johnson, whose work has won awards and
applause since Ralph Soberg's first book in 1990. |
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Ordering ...
... is simple: Just phone, mail or email
jrbpels@hardscratchpress.com
and tell the editorial us which books you'd like.
For more details, read on.
Inquiries and
orders can be directed to Hardscratch Press at the addresses shown
to the left: email, regular mail, fax or phone. Be sure to include your
mailing address and phone number.
We cannot take
credit cards, but we will pay the media mail
shipping on prepaid
orders, or we will include shipping costs on an invoice sent with your books.
Prompt payment (by check or money order) is always appreciated. Prices include California sales tax
for in-state orders; other state sales taxes do not apply.
Several of the books will come
direct from the author or translator, and you may want to request
signed copies:
Autumn Loneliness; Homesteaders in the Headlights; Miner, Preacher, Doctor, Teacher; The Morning Side of Mount Diablo;
Historic Livermore, California: A-Z;
Vasco's Livermore, 1910; Sideways Rain.
I am happy to inscribe
copies of Any Tonnage, Any Ocean and
Volume II (Seward) of Family After All as well.
We offer standard
bookstore discounts and a courtesy discount
(25%) to
libraries. As noted in the acknowledgments section of Any Tonnage, Any Ocean,
"All our books are love letters to librarians." We simply couldn't
do what we do without you.
A note to authors: We
produce handsome books for writers who have decided to self-publish.
Feel free to email or write with any questions on that process.
And a final note: As you
see by comparing the home page and the "catalog," not all our books
still in print have their own listing on the catalog pages. This is
simply because we're always happily working on the next book, and
the next, and promising ourselves that any day now we will happily
work on the website. It will happen.
Thank you for your
interest.
Jackie Pels
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