by Populore | May 5, 2025 | Uncategorized
Now and then someone local will ask if we have clients from bordering states. Yes! Actually, we regularly have clients from around the country, and have even worked with a few from abroad. Word of mouth is often how those from afar find us, but we’re always curious,...
by Populore | May 5, 2025 | Client Wins
What an impressive man (“Man of Steel”) this author is! BIG equipment mechanic, inventor, navy man, musician, and so much more. Here, he’s looking at a copy of his completed book, and we’re guessing thumbing through to find page 35 where the words to a song he wrote...
by Populore | Feb 25, 2025 | Client Wins
What do you do with boxes, folders, and notebooks full of old family photos, letters, and documents? This author was determined to get her family’s rich history in print. Off and on through the years, she organized, talked to relatives, transcribed letters, consulted...
by Populore | Jan 2, 2025 | Client Wins
What do these books have in common other than our completing them as part of our end-of-year activities? All were for return clients. Their 4th, 5th, 9th, and 5th book, left to right! Clearly, these authors are enjoying writing in their retirement years. The small,...
by Populore | Jan 2, 2025 | Client Wins
Sadly, the author of Whelps, Varmints, and Urchins had passed away before the book project could begin, but he’d made it clear to his wife, Linda, how much he wanted his stories turned into a real book that could be enjoyed by others—especially, other “pre-Sputnik-era...
by Populore | Jan 2, 2025 | Client Wins, Community Wins
Illustrator, compiler, and designer Eve Faulkes worked with a wide variety of organizations and individuals across the state to gather, assemble, and produce this important book. West Virginians’ Experiences in Civil Rights tells the stories of West Virginians who...
by Populore | Jan 2, 2025 | Community Wins
Populore was one of several book-related businesses and endeavors in West Virginia listed (4th from left in the Appalachia Bound section) in the most recent edition of WV Living. Between independent bookstores, literary festivals, writing communities, and book...
by Populore | Jan 2, 2025 | Client Wins
Someone’s on a roll! Author Margie Criser has now completed Book 3 in her series of 7 children’s books inspired by the fun she has with her grandkids at her home in rural West Virginia. So far, her books are Grannie’s House, Grannie’s House: After Dark, and Grannie’s...
by Populore | Oct 15, 2024 | Uncategorized
Sometimes, a bit teasingly, with a twinkle in their eye, clients and others ask if Populore’s owners have written their family stories/history. Well, as a matter of fact, Yes! During COVID, co-owner Ken St. Louis completed One Little Snake River Odyssey, which...
by Populore | Sep 6, 2024 | Client Wins
Yes, books were sold, but a highlight of the evening for author Randy Safford was talking with folks about his stories—while surrounded by “history.” Here, Randy and a local were comparing notes about nearby Cheat Lake, its Ices Ferry from years back, and George...
