Founding Publisher Stephen McArthur Receives Award!

Stephen McArthur holding his award with new owner Samantha Kolber.

Founding publisher Stephen McArthur received the 2022 IPNE Publishing Achievement Award for outstanding achievement in the indie publishing industry!

Stephen and his partner Rickey Gard Diamond founded Rootstock Publishing in 2017, publishing three books that year. Today, the company has 44 books published, 22 of which have received book awards! What an accomplishment, to start an award-winning press.

Samantha Kolber, pictured here with Stephen and his award, bought the company this fall and has 13 manuscripts scheduled for publication in 2023. Rootstock is on the rise!

We thank all our authors, readers, and IPNE, the Independent Publishers of New England, for this award.