Sleepytown Press

Publishing with a choice!
Affordable! Exciting! Make your Publishing Dream happen!
Enjoy having your own book!

*NEW designed web site coming soon.

So sorry. I did not know that my email was sending emails to crazy places. I will be making an important change, soon. This was posted today, August 23rd.

Covid has hit the printing industry and books that were once printed in Tennessee are now printing in California. The industry was hit hard. Printing shut down for a while. It is, now, taking almost 30 days for a print order to ship.

Authors, I have been paying your renewal fee, for you. Your books are still available.

Are you tired of waiting and hoping to see your book in print?

Sleepytown Press just might be the answer for you!

PUBLISHING FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO HAVE A CHOICE.
When you choose to go with us:
You get to decide how you want your book to look.
You get to decide the selling price of your book.
You get to preview the text and cover and decide when the book is formatted to your liking.
You get to choose the trim size of your book.
Your book will be formatted as an eBook for Kindle.
You get to make decisions that are important to you.

At Sleepytown Press, you are always involved in the creation process.

Email Submissions to: [email protected]

Genre: All areas are being accepted.

COMING SOON: All Color Picture Books are being formatted for viewing on the Kindle and any device with a Kindle Book Viewer.

*I am still working on this. It is not the same as a regular book.
I am working on converting all COLOR books for sale as eBooks for Kindle.

This is a photo of my mom. I figure it was probably taken around 1950. I miss her and think about her every day.

Who is Sleepytown Press and what do you do?

Sleepytown Press is the name that I gave to my publishing company back in January of 2010. The name came from the inspiration of a Children's Book that I both wrote and illustrated. That name was the beginning of everything that I do with publishing and illustrating books.

Just like you, I had a dream of writing and seeing my work in print. After years of submitting work, I did have a "craft" book published by Plaid Enterprises. It enjoyed a second printing and good sales for several years. Unfortunately, craft trends come and go and so do books and how long they stay in print.

After much research, I decided to start my own Publishing Company. My first published book was the book that I wrote and illustrated. After that, I began to publish for other authors. Jerilyn Ito was the first Children's author, "Finding Our Ohana," that I published. (I have published three books for her from 2010 until now.)

I publish Children's Books, Adult, Young Adult, Poetry, Memoirs, Devotionals, Cookbooks, and anything in between. (We do reserve the right to "pass" on a subject or a book with language and opinions that we feel does not fit the Sleepytown Press type book.)

I do not offer packages and adding this or that to publishing. If your work is accepted and you wish to publish through Sleepytown Press, your publishing fee is only $400.00. That includes the ISBN and Bar Code for your book, the formatting of the text and the design of the cover. You get a fully "author approved" product that is just as much a book of quality as anything in any store.

Feel free to email me your submission to [email protected] and start the journey that you have wanted for way too long.

I use Lightning Source as my book printer. You, as the author or illustrator, will always be allowed to purchase any number of books "at cost" plus shipping and handling. When you sell a book, you keep the profit. When your book sells, anywhere, you earn royalties, after the cost of printing and selling the book at your determined percent of discount.

I wish that every book would be a big seller, but I can not promise that for you. Please, realize that just because you have a book published, it does not bring instant success. It takes a lot of work and time to get your name out there. If you are willing to be patient and work very hard, you just might see your dream come true.

I know traditionally published authors that spend a lot of time promoting themselves. It just takes time.

I will admit that it feels so good to have your very own book in your hand. There is nothing like it.

You will love being in control of your book.

-Randy Young

Have you ever wanted to print a cool graphic or special text inside the cover of your book?

Sleepytown Press can make it happen!

Most perfect bound books can now include Duplex Covers. With duplex printing you can give your books more shelf appeal and expand your reach while still reaping all the distribution benefits that come with choosing to have Sleepytown Press publish your book. (This is not available for Hardcover Books.)

Check Out these books

You may order these books and all other Sleepytown Press Books here or online at Amazon.com

*The book covers displayed below, do not show at their best. That has to do with the resolution and the fact that they are not always displayed the same on every computer. What you see on a computer screen is not as clear and crisp as the real thing.

We invite you to submit your manuscript to us!

Send me an email to [email protected] and include the following:
1. Your project name and a short synopsis of the story or novel.
2. Picture Book: Include the full manuscript with spacing to indicate page divisions.
3. Novel: Send the first "three" chapters in a Word attachment.
4. Include a short paragraph letting me know what your "vision" is for this project.
5. If you have a web site, please include the URL so that I may give your site a visit.
6. If you have illustrations for a picture book, please send some of them as JPG for viewing.
7. Include any information that you would like to share about your project.

The Best Weird Fiction Volume I

Morpheus Tales is a magazine that is published in the UK. Back in 2009, I had a story selected for publishing in their magazine. My story is titled "Soap Sally." Their covers are always "weird" and sometimes "controversial." They just published their FIRST Volume of the BEST stories from their magazine. I am happy to announce that my story was selected for publishing in the paperback.

This is what Morpheus Tales says about the book:
For the first time collected together in one volume, the best weird fiction from Morpheus Tales, the UK's most controversial weird fiction magazine! Only the very best weird fiction has been hand-picked from the Morpheus Tales archives to create this first collected volume of the magazine Christopher Fowler calls "edgy and dark". Featuring fiction by Lyn Cannaday, Robert T. Canipe, Steven Lee Climer, Nickolas Cook, Garon Cockrell, Nick Day, Vic Fortezza, Ken Goldman, Gary Hewitt, Todd Austin Hunt, Michael Laimo, Kevin Lucia, Adrian Ludens, Christian McPhate, Mari Mitchell, Theresa C. Newbill, Aaron A. Polson, Jonathan J. Schlosser, Tommy B. Smith, Alan Spencer, Wayne Summers, Randy Young, Mark Zirbel, Lee Clark Zumpe. Established horror best-sellers rub shoulders with rising stars and newcomers in this diverse collection of short weird fiction.

Drop me a message at my "contact us" page, if you would like to know how to purchase a copy of the book. The eBook will be availabe soon.

More Great News...

Yesterday, when I got home, I had a package from the Gotham Writers' Workshop. They provide ONLINE Writing Courses as well as in New York City. I had been selected as a "winner" in a writing contest. My prize was a $30 book for writers that gives a lot of information about publishing, editors, and literary agents. I am excited to have the book. It is one of those types of books that I would not normally purchase, but I am very happy to have it for free.

*Why do I share about my writing? I feel like it makes it more personal and genuine, if you know that I not only publish books, but I write, too. Writing matters to me. I am just like you. I write and have dreams and have ideas and seek to learn more.

The Authors Published by Sleepytown Press 2010 - 2017
Want to order several books? Drop us an email and list the books that you wish to purchase and we will give you a quote that includes the book(s) and shipping and handling.

[email protected]

*This list is being updated with titles that are not currently listed.

Sleepytown Press Authors: Visit the Author pages to read more about each author.

Go to PDF Books: View the covers. Read the annotation for each book. Then order and download a PDF File of our books.

Children's Picture Books:

Randy Young    Sleepytown

Meg Weidner    Alphabet Grace

Steven Whited   A Day With Sergeant Rocky Bear

Annie B. Lee    Amelia and a Million Cats

Justin Pope       Henry and Matild's Adventures in New York

Ellen George     Flutterby

Lois Sullivan     The Rainbow Halo

Michele Verhoosky Hilda McGilda: The Witch Who Was Too Pretty
MOLLY MARIE and The Amazing Jimmy

Denine Foulks     Jimmy Pfeiffer Dragonmeyer

Virginia Mabry JOLLY OLLIE FROM OLNEY

Henry Porada     The Inner Light

Allison C. Siegel L.M.S.W.  Flowers and Bubbles

Melissa Balderas Emma Kate Astronaut to Space

Alice G. Duckett Sarah's Angel

`Tween, Young Adult (YA), and Adult Interest Books:

Carol Oschman   Mystery in Troutburg Harbor

Mary Mignerey  Tails in the Woods by Charlie

Bruce Lockwood  Growing Up Rural and League of Invisible Men

Thomas Yanisko   What You Eat...It's Up to You

Immaculine Jolivert Faith and Grief
I Saw A Bully Behind The Curtain

Adult Interest:

Brenda Douglas Memories and Prayers

Wanda Lane       Wrinkles in Paradise

Danny McCarty   Men and Women Who Served With Valor

Mary John Lewis Hanging Upside Down from a Chinaberry Tree

Joe Coxwell    The Epsilon Wish

Donelle Proctor   You Don't Need A Bulldozer To Move A Mountain

Women of God   Through It All...God Was There

Various Authors Galley of Voices 2011

Bobbie Gulley   Church Plays for Children, Youth Groups, and Adults
What If...?

Denine Foulks Mouse Word Ho

Jerry Kiser, Tommy Turner , and Marvin Jenkins    COUNSELING AND SPIRITUALITY: Christian Biblical Principles Within Daily Meditations/Reflections For The Journey/Adventure

Kenneith Harbison Calvert Letting Go: A Novel

"No book is really worth reading at the age of ten which is not equally -- and often far more -- worth reading at the age of fifty and beyond."

- C S Lewis

Sleepytown Press NOW offers eBook publishing on Amazon for Kindle for all of our authors. It cost nothing to our authors.

Currently in the process of being created...

ATTENTION: Most of our books may also be purchased as a PDF file for reading on your computer. This includes Children's Books. A License to use the file on one computer is $3.99 per book. (No sharing, please.) If you see a book listed on this page and would like to purchase the pdf file, drop me an email at [email protected] and I will give you the details and way to purchase.

TEACHERS: You may purchase a license to use a Children's Book on your computer, at school, so that you may show the book to the class through your projector that is attached to your computer. (Most classes have projectors and smart boards in the room. You can show the PDF on the screen and use it as a "story time" or a "teaching tool.") Each Children's Book as a PDF file may be used on one computer, in your classroom only for $3.99.

Power Point of our Children's Books: Sleepytown Press is currently working on a new project for teachers. The project will include Vocabulary, a Story, and Questions and Activities to follow the use of the Children's Book.

Are You Ready to Publish Your Book?

Children's Books, Adult Novels, YA Novels, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Self-Help, Romance, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Horror, and Instructional Texts are all Welcome.

Email Submissions to sleepytownpress@gmail.com

When you tire of receiving rejections from agents and publishers, think again about the small publishing house. Sleepytown Press might be the publisher that is right for you.

Sleepytown Press is a POD publisher with a lot of attractive extras. What does POD mean? "Print-on-Demand" involves digital files which are pulled and printed on demand at any time and on any day. An author may order 1 book or 1,000 books. (You are never required to buy a certain amount of books.) They are printed "on demand." We, like a lot of publishers, use Lightning Source as our printer. (When an author orders books for book signings and gifts, they are shipped directly from the printer to the author's door via UPS.)

Lightning Source is Ingram. Ingram handles the sales to online book sellers as well as brick & morter stores.

Some people have called us an equity publisher because we do not publish everything that is sent to us. This is an honor. It means that we are a step above the others. Why would we choose to not publish a certian book? Some are not workable and some are not items that we feel fit the "vision" of what Sleepytown Press represents.

We don’t charge for services a la carte, but rather understand the importance of the process of publishing and make sure each step is done right. Thus, we charge one project price that includes everything the author needs in order to provide a quality published book.

Sleepytown Press does not collect a percentage of the profits from the publication, and send you what some like to call "royalties." When you choose to go with Sleepytown Press, we stay with you. We are your publisher. We do not take any part of the money that you make for the sale of your book. When you sell books on Amazon and other online sources, you get the full amount that your book earns off those sales. (Exception: Kindle eBooks. Amazon gets 30% automatically. SP get 20% for administration and upkeep of the files and payments. The author gets 50% of Kindle Downloads.)

(Special Note: Not long ago, it was said that Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble sell more books online than the brick & morter store. Could selling online bring you more than selling in a book store? It depends on whether the book store promotes your book or not.) Do book stores promote every author. No. They promote the "Big Name" authors that everyone knows. So, what happens to authors who are virtually unknown? They promote their own books. (In many stores, a book gets maybe six weeks or so to show that it will make money for the store. If it does not sell, the book is often removed from the shelf.)

You can make money off your book. You might not make enough to retire, but it is fun knowing that part of the retail price comes back to you. (When you order books and sell them at book signings or workshops, you keep everything that you make from those sales.)

We can not promise that any book will make you a million, but we can guarantee that we will do our best to provide you with a professional product that any author would be proud of calling their own.

We can not guarantee that a book store will choose to stock your book. In fact, there is a very informative article on the "Marketing" page titled "Do You Really Want to Sell Your Book in Bookstores?"

Sleepytown Press is currently working with two book stores to include our books in their stores.

There are no confusing levels, packets, or packages. Every author gets the same benefits when publishing with Sleepytown Press. Once you decide to go with Sleepytown Press, all of the extras come along with your project. There are no hidden charges that creep up to cause you a headache later. The publishing fee is $400 for any type of book.

We are connected with Ingram, their books are listed on Amazom.com, including Baker & Taylor and Partners, so your books are available to chain booksellers, independent booksellers, online booksellers, and libraries. While we will never promise a bookseller will decide to carry your book, we assure you that your books are available to them if they choose to order or carry them in their stores.

If you choose to go with Sleepytown Press, you get the following:

1. Paperback Book (Hardcover adds $6 to the cost of the book.)
2. A fully designed and author approved Cover
3. ISBN and BARCODE for your book
4. Author Copies at a GREAT affordable Price
5. Bookmarks designed for your book (By request)
6. Marketing Ideas PDF
7. Your Book listed with Bowker and Books in Print
8. Web Page on Sleepytown Press Site
9. Ingram Distribution
10. You keep YOUR rights to your book
11. You set the retail price
12. You set the discount that you allow (20% - 55%)
13. You MAY sell your own book on your web site
14. A formatted and author approved text (You say when the book is ready to send to the printer.
15. Your book will be displayed or have an opportunity to be displayed, when SP goes to Book Fairs
16. You say "when" the text and cover is ready for publishing
17. Special Note: Your book will be available online (Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble.com, Books-A-million.com, AbeBooks.com, alibris, Powell's Books, and others. Your book may also be ordered through any bookstore by title, author, or ISBN#.)
18. Special Note: Press Release "NEW" Request, if you need it.
19. Most books will be formated for sale or download at Amazon.com for Kindle. Color Books do not work well on Kindle. We are exploring other avenues.
20. You will be featured in one of the Sleepytown Press Newsletters that are sent out via the net.
21. You may choose to allow Sleepytown Press to sell your book as a PDF for reading on any computer.
22. Children's Book Authors may choose to allow SP to create a Power Point of your book to offer to School Teachers.

Taken from the New York Times about publishing outside of traditional publishing:

Last year, according to the Bowker bibliographic company, 764,448 titles were produced by self-publishers and so-called microniche publishers. (A microniche, I imagine, is a shade bigger than a self.) This is up an astonishing 181 percent from the previous year. Compare this enormous figure with the number of so-called traditional titles — books with the imprimatur of places like Random House — published that same year: a mere 288,355 (down from 289,729 the year before). Book publishing is simply becoming self-publishing.

The article goes on to say that People , just like you, have decided to take their books into their own hands and do something about it. Today, books published outside the traditional house are getting more respect as being REAL BOOKS, too. Times are changing! I knew that it would.

The Three Featured Authors of the next Gallery of Voices

This book is in prepublishing at this moment. We had to delay the publishing until later this year. Sorry for the delay.

Rescheduled TBA

Joe Coxwell- Meridian, Mississippi
BellaKentucky- Argentina
Dee Jordan - Mobile, Alabama
*These authors will have lead stories in the Anthology. They will also receive copies of the book, when it is published.

NEW VOICE: Children's Picture Book Winner

Due to many many adjustments and trying to get things just right, this book will officially publish in 2017.

*Randy Young is finishing the illustrations.

"A Case of the Funny Face" by Romelle Guittap of California