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Testimonial Request
We started in 1984 with a single book and no intention whatsoever of publishing others. It was a successful effort, and we sold self-published copies of $alespower through $uccessful $eminars to over 36,000 readers. Then we took a few years off to do other things -- like watching kids grow up, earning another college degree, working in corporate America and running a busy financial planning practice serving young professionals -- never thinking that when it came time to retire (18 years later) we would be looking for something productive to do.
But that's what happened. In 2002 -- frustrated with "retirement" -- we put together a little business called OPA Publishing to produce books for other people. Our reasoning, of course, was: "Since we were successful with a book, why not make others successful in the same context?"
Well, it didn't work quite that way. In fact, for almost a year we floundered, learning by trial and error and making most of the mistakes that are so common in the complicated publishing industry. But a combination of "phailure phobia" (we didn't want to blow it!) and earnest study, bolstered by good business coaching and a commitment to12 - 15 working hours daily, we came through it and have since published over 60 titles for more than 45 authors, some of whom have been quite successful -- increasingly so as we have gotten better at what we do.
However, we've decided to get out of the full-service publishing business and to focus our work to providing specific and needed services for self-publishing authors and small publishers -- work that they either should not or cannot do themselves, or that they simply choose not to do personally but that really must be done if their products are to be successful (in whatever ways they see success).
So now we're ready for you! Take a look at Our Basic Services. Perhaps you will see some things that you either didn't know or didn't know you needed. And then it will be time to contact us.
As you will see when you look through our new website, we are changing the way we do business. No longer are we concentrated on publishing for others; our emphasis has shifted to pure Author Services -- including, of course, setting up authors as self-publishers when that seems like the logical and profitable thing for the author to do.
But when a change this extensive comes along, the only way to convince potential new clients to join with us as they develop their literary products is to go back to the folks we've already served in our old capacities and ask them to give us a "boost" by contributing some commentary about their business experience with us.
That's what we are asking now -- that you make a short statement about our business relationships, past and present. Our intention, of course, will be to use your words on the "References" page of the new web site. Just send us an e-mail containing your comments and your contact information, the URL of your website, anything you'd like to include (sure, promote yourself; what's the Internet for, anyway!)-- click here
By the way, when you refer to us as a company, it will be sufficient to use the term 'OPA'.
Oh, yes, we will still offer all of the services we have become known for, but henceforth they will be part of a well-defined and reasonably priced "menu" that will assure that our clients will have full choice but will never need to buy anything that doesn't contribute positively to the quality or marketability of their literary products.
Thanks.