How did the name come to be Blue Spruce Publishing?
While driving to California in May of 1991, Rosemary Augustine (at the time a resident of Colorado) realized she wanted to write books, and wanted to be the publisher. While searching for a name, she wanted something indicative of Colorado and early enough in the alphabet to be found in the phone book. The Blue Spruce is the Colorado state tree, hence the name Blue Spruce Publishing. What is it like to be the Author and the Publisher? As author and publisher you wear many hats. As the author, I find I’ll be promoting my works, speaking and selling books in a variety of settings. However, when working with bookstores or organizations requesting an appearance and needing to order books, the publisher hat goes on. The bottom line is: “you’re still the author, and fortunate to own the publishing company too!” Although you wear two very different hats, there are many benefits, hopefully I can list the best here: • Maintain control over editorial content of published books • Have the final s
