Logo

I'm at a point where I want to make a more-or-less permanent decision on the logo for Arachis Press. Do I stick with my older concept I worked up a couple years ago (with or without added peanut graphic):

Or do I go with this more more unique choice:

I've pretty much narrowed it down to these two...and I like them both. The older one might come off as classy to some but it's also just a tad cheesy, don't you think? The newer design certainly makes for a clean and even forceful 'AP' but I'm not entirely enamored of the font otherwise.

Well, I suppose I'll decide soon, as I'm getting the web site revamped and expanded (at last) and would want to use one or the other. It would appear in the next book too, but then I already have five books out there with the older logo. That's probably the strongest argument for keeping it.

addendum, July 29: having given this some time for consideration (starting a couple months before posting it), I've decided to stick with the old logo.  So that's the Arachis Press 'brand' for the foreseeable future.

The Well-Dressed Mouse

The cover art from 'A MOUSE IS IN THE HOUSE' by Stephen Brooke is available on tees (and other stuff) from the Insolent Lad Emporium. Wouldn't your kid look cute in this? For that matter, wouldn't YOU?

The book, of course, remains on sale at our Arachis Press Spotlight store.

The Fairy Has Landed

Arachis Press is proud to announce the official release of ‘The Contrary Fairy,’ a magical story from author and illustrator Stephen Brooke.

The sprite Marjoram is called a contrary fairy when she tries to keep her carefree friends from getting into trouble. Will they learn to listen to her? ‘Fairy’ follows the little folk on a day of adventures and lessons learned.

A beginner’s chapter book, ‘The Contrary Fairy’ runs to about 4000 words, spread over 11 chapters and forty pages, with 18 black and white illustrations.

‘Fairy’ is available, as are all Stephen’s titles, through The Arachis Press (http://arachispress.com) and our printer (http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/arachispress). Retail price for the paperback is 6.99; the PDF runs 1.99.

We have eschewed an EPUB version for this book as it is not well suited to products for small children.

The Contrary Fairy

Stephen Brooke's new beginner's chapter book, 'The Contrary Fairy,' is set for official release on May First. This will be the first of a projected series of magical books for young readers from the Arachis Press.

Illustrations are by the author.

We have several exciting (to us, anyway!) projects on the way including more illustrated children's books and a collection of short stories set in Florida from Branford Perry.

ebooks

A mention that three of our four books by Stephen Brooke (plus his free short-story, 'A Tale of Two Turkeys') are available at both the Barnes and Noble and the Apple stores. Just search for 'Stephen Brooke' to find 'The Middle of Nowhere,' 'Dreamwinds,' and 'Pieces of the Moon' in epub format.

His picture book for the little ones, 'A Mouse Is In The House,' is not available in epub. We don't think toddlers are using e-readers all that much.

Here are links for 'The Middle of Nowhere,' Stephen's Young Adult novel, at both stores:

http://itunes.apple.com/us/book/the-middle-of-nowhere/id479348551?mt=11

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-middle-of-nowhere-stephen-brooke/1106492097

Pieces of the Moon

The revised third edition of Stephen Brooke's 'Pieces of the Moon' is now available in print, PDF and epub. This was Stephen's first book of poetry (and our first title), originally released in 2003, and contains some of his national and regional award winners as well as his pen and ink illustrations.

This is our final release for 2011. We hope to have more new titles available in the coming year. Stay posted!

Dreamwinds Sample

With the Thanksgiving holiday past, we have taken down the short story, 'A Tale of Two Turkeys' (although it is still available as a free epub download at our Spotlight and the ibookstore) and posted a poem from 'Dreamwinds' on our Sampler page. We hope that if you enjoy it, you will consider purchasing the chapbook.