ANNE STANTON is an award-winning journalist, editor, and ghostwriter, who has assisted with books ranging from two New York Times best-selling accounts of war to a highly lauded cancer memoir and vegan weight-loss guide.
Anne began her career with a Sacramento Beestory about elderly Cambodian refugees, who suffered deep.... more
ANNE STANTON is an award-winning journalist, editor, and ghostwriter, who has assisted with books ranging from two New York Times best-selling accounts of war to a highly lauded cancer memoir and vegan weight-loss guide.
Anne began her career with a Sacramento Beestory about elderly Cambodian refugees, who suffered deeply from culture shock and isolation. Her first foray into journalism garnered the Detroit Press Club’s highest collegiate award.
After receiving a Master of Arts degree in journalism in 1988 from the University of Michigan, Anne worked as an investigative reporter, writing stories of human drama and resilience. Her award-winning articles have covered a wide range of issues—from Catholic nuns accused of sexually abusing their young wards to a rural barber charged with murdering her troubled, teen-age son. She has also extensively written on health, business and education issues.
In the last decade, Anne has used her interviewing, research, and writing skills to expand into ghostwriting and editing. She can provide insights into book marketing, having co-authored the book, Publish to Win: Smart Strategies to Sell More Books, with indie publishing guru Jerrold Jenkins.
Anne’s emphasis at Mission Point Press is editing and writing. You can also reach her at AnneStanton.com.
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DOUG WEAVER is a journalist and book publisher who has produced more than 350 book titles in his career on topics ranging from regional history to entertainment, art, architecture, travel, crime, and the craft of quilting.
He holds a master’s degree in business administration from Rockhurst University in Kansas City, and a bachelor’s in journalism from the University of Illinois.
Doug was the business editor at the Springfield (Illinois) Journal-Register, editor of Corporate Report Wisconsin, and business editor at The Kansas City Star. In 2000, The Kansas City Star named him Manager of Strategic Business Development to develop niche revenue opportunities for the newspaper, including book publishing and retailing.
In 2004, he was named publisher of Kansas City Star Books, the newspaper’s book-publishing division that resulted. Star Books operated three imprints under Doug’s direction – Kansas City Star Books, Kansas City Star Quilts and Rockhill Books – until January 2015, when The Star made the strategic decision to sell the book-publishing operation. Kansas City Star Quilts had grown into the third-largest quilt-book publisher in the United States.
Weaver was named a Davenport Fellow by the University of Missouri in 1984. He also has won a variety of journalism awards from the Missouri Press Association, the Associated Press, UPI and Copley Newspapers.
Doug’s emphasis at Mission Point Press is managing the business and strategic side of the company, including advising clients on the most efficient way to manage the costs of a book project. He also owns Chandler Lake Books. You can also reach him atChandlerLakeBooks.com.
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HEATHER SHAW has been freelancing since 2009, editing and designing over 50 books in five years.
Previously she was Managing Editor of Spirituality & Health magazine, which won the FOLIO Bronze Award for Editorial Excellence and the Utne Independent Press Award in Health/Wellness for outstanding journalism in 2009.
She was also Editor in Chief and Creative Director for ForeWord magazine and Editor in Chief of Spirituality & Health Books.
In 2008 Heather attended the Stanford Publishing Course for Professionals.
Heather's emphasis at Mission Point Press is design and digital marketing.
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MISSION POINT PRESS offers aspiring and veteran authors a combined 66 years of experience in writing, designing, and publishing the written word. We are an affiliation of talented professionals who have worked on every kind of book you can imagine—from two New York Times best-sellers about war to a series of gorgeous cookbooks to a superbly written, self-published cancer memoir that has garnered dozens of rave, five-star Amazon reviews.
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