Prodigal: Books to bring life to forgotten dreams

Prodigal Publishing "Books that bring life to forgotten dreams"

Return to the stories that affirm life

Prodigal Publishing is a teaching press located in Portland Oregon. Our goals in publishing are dedicated to fiction and non-fiction with a global focus on localized snapshots of the world today.

WELCOME TO PRODIGAL!

Thank you for visiting Prodigal. We invite you to look around. We hope to give you something to think about, a place to find information, or place a to come and be entertained.

Our Mission

Prodigal's mission is to meet the needs of our readers through publishing while supporting writers and families with young authors.

Prodigal mission is carried out with two objectives: publishing and teaching. What we publish is as important as why we publish. Prodigal's requirement for each published book lies in its purpose. Each story unfolds in such a way that provokes the reader to think or to see something we have previously taken for granted. Prodigal doesn’t publish for the sake of publishing. We publish so that we may give voice to those that have none. With our publications, we seek to touch lives, one perspective at a time.

In teaching families with young writers, Prodigal carries on a living tradition where peers teach peers. We seek to educate families with young authors by bringing transparency to the publishing industry, which opens up the world of publishing to families in a way that brings positive changes to their outlook for their children's writing.

Partnerships

At Prodigal, collaborative partnerships lie at the foundation of our business. Partnerships foster ownership for those who find courage to create. People who create are ones who make a difference. Prodigal’s partnerships are built on business and personal relationships with people around the world. Our partners are writers, painters,journalists, musicians, teachers, actors, composers, and thinkers from all walks of life.

The publishing industry is a multi-faceted industry with a potential for growth. Prodigal Publishing believes that we can grow as long as we remain versatile, focused, and stay in tune with the needs of our writers, our teaching clients and our readers.

PUBLISHING COMMUNITY

Members of Portland's publishing community benefit from a unique combination of wide-reaching networks and access to cutting edge-technology. Prodigal is proud to participate in the events and communities below.

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Radio Show Guest

We recently participated in the show, "Hello My Name Is..." hosted by Jeremy Hardy on KPSU. The show aired on Thursday, February 21, 2008. You can listen to the show here.

Publishing Associations

Prodigal has recently joined the (Electronically Published Internet Connection) EPIC. EPIC's held a conference the first week in March and shared a host of great information about the world of electronic publishing. Prodigal is looking forward more to come from EPIC.

PUBLISHER SPEAK
"We need to send galleys."

This is a statement publishers often make when they are planning to have a book reviewed by reviewers such as the New York Times.

Galley is an older industry term referring to a bound copy of the manuscript while in pre-publication status.

Galleys do not usually include jacket covers and the manuscript may still contain grammatical errors or typos which are scheduled to be removed during production.

Advanced Reader Copy is a term becoming more commonly used in place of "galley". ARCs can have cover art attached, but such art is not usually the final jacket cover. ARCs are usually sent to the reviewer up to six months ahead of publication date. ARCs are often distributed at trade shows such as Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association's Fall and Spring shows.

MORE TO COME

We are constantly updating our website as we grow in the publishing business. Please come back for more content and updates on Prodigal.