Who
are you?
We
are N. J. Lindquist and Les
D. Lindquist, a husband and wife business partnership.
What
do you publish?
To
date, our published books include contemporary coming-of-age novels
for ages 12 and up, adult mysteries, and a compilation of Canadian authors
coming in May called Hot Apple
Cider.
Our
books for both teens and adults help readers deal with the longings
they have for acceptance, significance, and identity. The teen novels
have seventeen-eighteen year-old boys as the point-of-view characters,
so guys will read them as well as girls. Adults even read and enjoy
them. The mysteries are classic whodunnits with great plots and memorable
characters. They are published
under the imprint MurderWillOut
Mysteries
We
also work with a publisher in the United States, High Impact Ministries,
to make N. J. 's discipleship manuals available in Canada.
Are
you a self-publisher?
Yes
and no. If you mean, did we go to a vanity publisher to get N. J.'s
books printed because she can't get published anywhere else, the answer
is "No."
If
you mean, after doing due diligence, did we form an independent publishing
company so we could control what happened with N. J's books, the answer
is "Yes."
N.
J. had had five books published by three different American publishers
prior to our forming That's Life! Communications, so we knew what was
involved. And we knew that in most cases, the author is expected to
do a good deal of the promotion these days. After considering all aspects,
we decided that if we were going to not only write the book but also
promote it, we may as well publish it too. So we hired people to do
the editing and printing and other necessities, and formed our own publishing
company. Every company in existence today had to start somewhere.
Do
you publish other people's work?
We
are just in the process of publishing a compilation book with the work
of 30 Canadian authors. If it is successful, we will consider publishing
other books by other authors. That has always been our goal. But first,
we need to feel that we have all the pieces working.
Do
you have a distributor?
Our
US distributor is STL. However, our books are available
through Ingram, Baker and Taylor, Spring Arbor, etc.
In
Canada, books can be ordered from STL or directly from
us. (See Contact Us).
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Contact
us:
By
email
By
phone: 905-471-1447
or tollfree 1-877-THATSLI(FE)
You can
also write to us at:
Box 487,
Markham, ON Canada L3P 3R1
Be sure
to include your name, email address, and the titles of the books you
are interested in.
