HARVARD RANCH PUBLISHING

 

Harvard Ranch Publishing may be the best feel-good project so far. We developed HRP to create hard cover, museum quality books with extremely large print to reach low-vision and those suffering from Alzheimer's Disease. We sell them primarily through our web site as well as Amazon, though we are extremely interested in expanding retail distribution. 

Aesthetically and functionally the books were a challenge, publishers did not understand the category, nor our desire for institutionally strong, yet light-weight production. In short, they did not understand why we wanted to spend so much in bindery.

The way these books have impacted people has been very moving, and personally, I had the opportunity to photograph stained glass in churches all over Western Montana. In many cases this allowed me to meet people from myriad faiths in environments so peaceful and prone to philosophical discussion that the (pre-digital) film I walked out with will forever be imprinted with that period in my life.www.harvardranch.com







The books are both very strong, yet very light while allowing the reader to lay the books flat on a table, or their laps.

Here you can see a cross section shot of the metal binding as well as an actual page sample.

Though research taught us that traditional and familiar themes, such as religion, were the place to begin, we plan on expanding to trucks, animals and city-scapes.

The nicest bindery system anywhere