Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Happy Birthday 4RV Publishing


          Five years ago this month, we filed the papers to become 4RV Publishing LLC. During these five years, we have released over 100 books, have had seventy-five authors under contract. Illustrators came and went, and we had excellent ones. Thankfully, some of the best have stayed with us.

        According to what I read and what has been told to me and to others, we have a good reputation for publishing great books, quality books. Our authors and illustrators have been praised by many outside the company. Our editors have helped our books improve from the first manuscripts submitted to ready-to-print. We have an expert heading our art department, and a top of the line head of the editorial department.

         Some of our books have won awards: Confessions of a Former Rock Queen by Kirk Bjornsgaard took the Oklahoma Book Award in Fiction; Trockle by Holly Jahangiri took first in the Heartland Children's Book Award; Midnight Hours by Vivian Zabel placed first in the Heartland Fiction category, and her Prairie Dog Cowboy took first in the Young Adult category; Porcupine's Seeds by Viji Chary received the Mom's Choice Award; My Cat by Tony LoPresti received Certificate of Excellence in the category of Books for Children from CWA; Time Pullers by Horton Deakins was a finalist in the Science Fiction category in US Best Books; Walking Through Walls by Karen Cioffi was named a silver medal winner by Children's Literary Classics. I may have missed some of our awards, and if I have, I hope someone reminds me.

          4RV has done well for the first five years of its existence, thanks to a talented and hard-working staff, good writers and illustrators, and the readers who spread the word. 


4RV Publishing 
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30 comments:

  1. Happy Birthday 4RV! It's quite an accomplishment. I'm happy to be an author here.

    Smiles
    Steph

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  2. Happy birthday 4RV! Congratulations on your success. I am proud to be part of your family.

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  3. Happy Birthday 4RV Publishing!

    I am proud of all your accomplishments and happy to be an author with this outstanding company!

    Never Give Up
    Joan Y. Edwards

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  4. Happy birthday, 4RV. So happy to be part of the family. May God give you many more years.

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  5. Thanks for the comments. Hopefully, we'll be around for a long time.

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  6. WOW! Congratulations, Vivian. I'm also happy to be part of the 4RV family and hoping 4RV is around for a long time also!

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  7. Congratulations! Let's all celebrate by buying a book!

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  8. Congratulations for a job well done. I'm so happy to be part of this literary group.

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  9. Happy birthday to us, and may we see many, many more.

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  10. Woo hoo! Congrats to everyone at 4RV Publishing. I'm grateful to be part of it. In a world where many small businesses go under in a year or two, you have led this company down the road of success, Vivian. Well done! :o)

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  11. Happy Birthday 4RV! I am so excited to be part of this wonderful team! May 2013 be the best year ever for your company!

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  12. Thanks for adding comments. Oh, BTW, who is Momof4boys?

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  13. Whoooop!!! 5 years young! And may 4RV be around for many more multiples of 5. Happy to be a part of the family.

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  14. Happy birthday to the entire 4RV family! Congratulations and long may our logo wave. I'm happy to be one of those seventy-five. Not only am I grateful for the support, guidance, editing, and art directing I've received, but I'm proud to sit on the virtual shelves and conference tables with my literary brothers and sisters. Happy fifth and many more!

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  15. Happy Birthday, 4RV Publishing!! Thank you for everything. Five years and many more to go!

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  16. Happy Birthday, 4RV. I'm so happy to be a part of your publishing house. Your artists and editors are the best. And I agree that 4RV's books are lovely and of high quality. Here's to many more years and more awards.

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  17. Happy birthday, 4RV! I look forward to being among the growing group of published 4RV authors and artists in the coming year. Quite an accomplishment over the past 5 years with so many quality books!

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  18. Vivian - Five years! Just doesn't seem that long. But when you look at everything you've done, everywhere you've travelled to market and make presentations, it is amazing how you've accomplished so much during your first five years in business. Particularly when considering the myriad difficulties you and Robert have faced on the homefront. Your publishing house is becoming well-known for its quality productivity - and I'm so proud for you and your staff in that accomplishment. Vivian, may God bless you and yours with days of strength and good health. Love endures dear friend ... vehoae(shirl)

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  19. Thank you, everyone. You have helped make 4RV a success with your work and writing.

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  20. Happy Birthday, 4rv!! I an very proud and happy to be an author here. Thanks to everyone for all your help.

    Karen M. Rice
    Author, Quilter, Friend

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  21. Happy Birthday 4RV. You have accomplished a lot since your birth. I'm proud to be a part of this fine organization.

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  22. Happy birthday, 4RV and may you have many more! I wish you continued successes in publishing and hope to be a 4RV author someday!

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  23. Happy Birthday! I am honored to be an author for this amazing publishing house and wish you many years of continued success. Let's celebrate!

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  24. Congratulations, 4 RV! I am honored to have my first book buplished by 4 RV. Let's keep the great work and momentum going!
    -Nidhi

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  25. Happy Birthday! Proud and excited to be a 4RV author.

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  26. Happy Birthday, 4RV! I tweeted this the other day, but forgot to reply here.

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  27. I totally missed this in my NaNoWriMo haze.

    Happy Birthday 4RV!

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  28. ♫♫♪ ♪ ♪ Happy Birthday to You ♪♪ ♫ ♪ ♫

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