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| Shannon Connors Fabricant | |
Running Press has the extraordinary ability to think about the end product at the beginning of our creative process, conceiving of a total package that will be irresistible to the consumer. We are consumer-focused and format-forward, and this guides all of our collaborative efforts. This is why RP Studio is a natural extension of our 50-year legacy, allowing us to invite people in through different access points, including a wide variety of traditional and non-traditional retailers.
I love joining an incredible author's idea with an illustrator's vision, collaborating to create a keepsake that's a half-step beyond anything that's already in the market. Many submissions come to us as books, while we look at an acquisition and see a suite of possible products, which could include a book, a guided journal, a mini kit, a card deck. Ash+Chess's forthcoming Queer Tarot: An Inclusive Deck and Guide Book is a great example: There's so much content it could have been published as a traditional book. But our book-plus-cards format, followed a few months later by a journal, captures the creators' production values as well as their mission of inclusivity and diversity. I can't wait for the next inspiring proposal and collaboration. —Shannon Connors Fabricant, Executive Editor, RP Inspires and RP Studio