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WELCOME TO THE DONNING COMPANY PUBLISHERS
The Donning Company Publishers is a specialty book publisher of limited-edition commemorative volumes, pictorial histories, and contemporary portraits. Donning limited-edition books are custom tailored to preserve and celebrate your heritage in a beautiful hardcover volume. Each Donning book is created with the highest standards for editorial and design excellence and quality craftsmanship.
A Donning limited edition offers you an opportunity to help create a permanent record–of your community, business or association, multicultural heritage, country club, or college or university–in a handsome coffee-table book featuring hundreds of captioned archival photographs with complementary text. Moreover, Your beautiful volume is a dignified public relations vehicle that promotes the sponsoring organization, preserves your heritage, and provides a significant fund-raiser.
A CAST OF THOUSANDS
By commissioning a Donning limited-edition volume, you will be bestowing a treasure on the citizens of your community. Many months of effort will have gone into the publication of your book. The local author or authors will have invested thousands of hours in field research and writing to document your pictorial heritage, and many artifacts will have been collected, not only from obvious sources such as libraries, historical societies, and museums, but from many private collections.
The photographs finally selected for publication will reflect the involvement of dozens of families and literally thousands of individuals and their descendants. Many of these artifacts will have never been previously published and will be preserved for future generations due largely to the author’s efforts–and a cast of thousands.
THE VALUE OF A LIMITED EDITION
A Donning pictorial volume is a limited edition, one that will be treasured for generations. It will become a permanent addition to your heritage and will increase in value as time passes. It will also be a resource in local libraries and schools and will be referred to by future historians, genealogists, and residents. And since all Donning books are registered with the Library of Congress, your limited-edition volume will become a part of the permanent collection of the world’s largest research library.
A COMMITMENT TO EDITORIAL EXCELLENCE
At Donning, we take great pride in our commitment to editorial excellence. Our editors work closely with authors to provide editorial guidelines, monitor important deadlines, and consult with the author during research, photo gathering, and writing. Scholarly standards for some identification, background research, captions, and indexing are set for the author, because we take pride in maintaining the highest professional book industry standards.
TIMELESS DESIGN AND CRAFTSMANSHIP
The design of your book visually unites the text and photographs to create a volume that is pleasing to the eye. Our experienced, award-winning designers bring a philosophy of design that stands the test of time. Likewise, the content of your Donning limited edition is carefully manufactured and the critical elements of photo reproduction, paper stock, and custom binding are guided by the highest publishing standards for quality and craftsmanship.
THE SUCCESS OF MARKETING
At Donning, we work to provide effective marketing strategies that not only help you sell your book and raise funds, but also maximize your organization’s recognition in your community, increase awareness, and enhance the collection of your archives. We offer unique opportunities to promote your organization through a book-marketing campaign. This plan emphasizes publicity, presales, and promotions while utilizing various custom-designed marketing pieces to ensure a successful campaign.
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