| Thirty years is a long time for a “second career.” I had been a tenured secondary school English teacher and librarian/media specialist working hard to become a mom before our first child arrived via adoption. It had been frustrating not to find books forty years ago to help us navigate the paths of, first, infertility and then adoption. As a stay-at-home mom of two and quite suddenly three, Dave and I decided to do something about that, and Perspectives Press: The Infertility and Adoption Publisher was conceived.
Thirty years later it’s time to retire. I feel good about what I’ve accomplished. I know that both as an educator and as a publisher I’ve made a difference in my chosen field and in many individual families’ lives. But it’s hard to let go. PPInc has been another of my children (ask the human ones) to nurture. It’s the last to leave the nest.
On January 1, 2012, The name Perspectives Press and some of its titles will transfer to adoptive parent Brian Boyd as an imprint of his Koryo Company of St Paul, MN. Another of its imprints with which you should already be familiar is Yeong and Yeong Book Company, publisher of books on Asian adoption. The Koryo PP imprint will include all print and e-versions of
Adopting: Sound Choices, Strong Families by Patricia Irwin Johnston
Perspectives on a Grafted Tree edited by Patricia Irwin Johnston
Borya and the Burps by Joan McNamara
Filling in the Blanks by Susan Gabel
Flight of the Stork by Anne Bernstein
Sam’s Sister by Juliet Bond
Sweet Grapes by Jean and Mike Carter (ebook through Amazon.com and Smashwords.com)
Choosing Assisted Reproduction by Susan Cooper and Ellen Glazer (ebook through Amazon.com and Smashwords.com)
Also on January 1st. the following very popular titles originally published by Perspectives Press will find new homes in both print and ebook versions with Jessica Kingsley Publishers of London, Philadelphia, Sydney and Vancouver:
A Child’s Journey through Placement by Dr. Vera Fahlberg
Attaching in Adoption by Deborah Gray
Nurturing Adoptions by Deborah Gray
Toddler Adoption by Mary Hopkins-Best
Adoption Is a Family Affair by Patricia Irwin Johnston
Inside Transracial Adoption by Beth Hall and Gail Steinberg
Having Your Baby through Egg Donation by Ellen Glazer and Evelina Weidma Sterling
Brothers and Sisters in Adoption by Arleta James
The first five will be modestly edited and will have new covers and new prices when they come out in the first quarter of 2012. The last three will undergo significant updating and editing and in some instances paring, and will be available in new versions in 2013. Until they come out new in over a year, JKP will keep the PP versions of those last three available to you with new ISBN numbers and pricing.
These transferring titles and the now out of print titles that have come through PPInc over the past 30 years–The Mulberry Bird by Anne Brodzinsky, The Miracle Seekers by Mary Martin Mason, Our Baby: A Birth and Adoption Story by Janice Koch, Real for Sure Sister by Ann Angel, Residential Treatment: A Tapestry of Many Therapies by Vera Fahlberg, William Is My Brother by Jane Schnitter, Let Me Explain: A Story of Donor Insemination by Jane Schnitter, Lucy’s Feet by Stephanie Stein, Two Birthdays for Beth by Gay Lynn Cronin, PCOS: The Hidden Epidemic by Dr. Samuel Thatcher, and Understanding Infertility: Insights for Family and Friends by PIJ have been gifts of love from me on behalf of the Short-Irwin-Patrick-Johnston-Bury-Johnson Family, touched by adoption as birthparent, adoptive parents, adopted people, and stepfamilies over five generations and breathlessly awaiting a sixth any week now!
With great appreciation for your support and for your friendship, I’m signing off.
Pat Johnston
Perspectives Press
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Where to find Pat Johnston in 2012
Come 2012 I won’t be publishing, but I will be speaking occasionally. For example, I’ve been booked by Pact: An Adoption Alliance and its partners Adoption Connection and On Your Feet Foundation to lead their Spring Training “Adoption: Weaving The Stories Together” on March 10th in Oakland CA.
Adoptions of Indiana has booked me for a series for their parents-to-be throughout the year and by Bethany Christian Services of Indiana for a March 5 workshop on “Understanding How Children Process Adoption”.
After December 31, you’ll be able to contact me through Facebook.
I look forward to continuing to hear from you! |
