Publishing partner of founders, innovators, thinkers and tinkerers
We believe books are powerful tools for communications, influence and learning.
We strive to provide a platform for bigger, more meaningful discussions that advance your ideas.
On Tinkering
Making poems is a form of tinkering. A poet, like a machinist or fabricator, tests out parts of speech, refines and shapes them and assembles them into working contraptions. Then, those new machines shine with beauty and insight. The process of moving language around to form imagery and shape music is a hopeful one, and when beautiful poems appear, they shine like well-made machines or present organic forms that connect to our shared human experiences.
Somewhere in this tinkering is where Pulley Press begins.
Our Name
Our new poetry press takes its inspiration from the industrial pulley, a sleek, ubiquitous tool that enables workers to hoist up heavy objects.
A pulley might also be a squeaky old bit found in the back of a barn. In keeping with these images, we will publish poetry that feels beautifully designed and artful in craft. At the same time, we want to be open to the hand-made, surprising poems that we might turn up unexpectedly in rural places.
Promotion
We want your ideas to find the widest audience possible. Our promotion team will work with the author to help generate the traditional and social media, reviews, readings, speeches, conferences and other appearances to generate attention, influence and sales.
On Tinkering
Making poems is a form of tinkering. A poet, like a machinist or fabricator, tests out parts of speech, refines and shapes them and assembles them into working contraptions. Then, those new machines shine with beauty and insight. The process of moving language around to form imagery and shape music is a hopeful one, and when beautiful poems appear, they shine like well-made machines or present organic forms that connect to our shared human experiences.
Somewhere in this tinkering is where Pulley Press begins.
Our Name
Our new poetry press takes its inspiration from the industrial pulley, a sleek, ubiquitous tool that enables workers to hoist up heavy objects.
A pulley might also be a squeaky old bit found in the back of a barn. In keeping with these images, we will publish poetry that feels beautifully designed and artful in craft. At the same time, we want to be open to the hand-made, surprising poems that we might turn up unexpectedly in rural places.
Promotion
We want your ideas to find the widest audience possible. Our promotion team will work with the author to help generate the traditional and social media, reviews, readings, speeches, conferences and other appearances to generate attention, influence and sales.
Books We’ve Worked On
Our focus is predominately nonfiction, especially disruptions at the confluence of business, economics and technology. We are interested in books that can inform the public dialogue and public policy.
We also love overlooked history and sport.
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I Had No Idea You Were Black: Navigating Race on the Road to Leadership
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Facing Death: Finding Dignity, Hope and Healing at the End
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Undercurrents
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The Spider and the Fly: A Writer, a Murderer, and a Story of Obsession
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Hire Purpose: How Smart Companies Can Close the Skills Gap
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Reprogramming The American Dream
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The Future Computed
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The Amazon Way
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Waiting for “Superman”
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First & Main: Crosscut Seattle’s Editor Picks for 2012
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The Road Ahead
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The Amazon Way on IoT
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Hit Refresh
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Georges Bank
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The Ability Hacks
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Time Out
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When It Mattered Most
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About
Books remain powerful tools for communication, influence and learning.
Books provide a platform for bigger, more meaningful discussions that advance your ideas and goals.
Our prospective authors—founders, innovators, tinkerers and thinkers—are often overlooked and underserved by today’s book publishing industry. These authors are unfamiliar with the traditional publishing industry and are looking for a partner to facilitate the creation of a new book.
Clyde Hill Publishing believes your ideas, stories, lessons, experiences and legacy deserve an audience.. At first it may simply emerge as a speech or an article. We work with you in a flexible, nimble way to publish the book you want, and that will delight the reader.
Media inquiries can be sent to barbara@clydehillpublishing.com.
Recent Posts
Clyde Hill Publishing Announces New Memoir by Dr. Ronald Crutcher
SEATTLE—Born to two parents who never graduated from high school, University of Richmond President Ronald A. Crutcher has spent a lifetime navigating between worlds. First as a Black classical cellist; then as a thinker and academic who grew up to shape the futures of...
2021 Will Be the Annus Mirabilis of Book Publishing
Wonder Woman 1984, the latest DC Comics film set in the Washington, D.C. of the 1980s, offers viewers a glimpse of the ghosts of bookstores past. Look closely and you can pick out storefront signs for Waldenbooks (RIP 2011) and B. Dalton Bookseller (RIP 2013). This is...
More Than an Escape: Favorite Books of 2020
This has been a blazingly busy year at Clyde Hill Publishing, as we’ve helped to bring the stories of activists, physicians, and intellectuals to the world. I’ve also had the pleasure of reading more, and more widely, than ever. These books were among my favorites from a year when taking a few hours to see the world through another person’s perspective provided more than mere escape.
Facing Death: Finding Dignity, Hope and Healing at the End
Is it possible to have a good death, free from unnecessary pain and trauma? What if our final days were designed to bring about reconciliation and release? In this wise and large-hearted book, Dr. Jim deMaine offers advice pointing the way toward a grace-filled transition out of life.
Nature’s Call to Arms
Aldo Leopold’s A Sand County Almanac inspired many environmental readers and writers not only to love the little things in nature but also to do what we can to protect them. I first read it as a young speechwriter for a former U.S. Secretary of the Interior. Leopold’s...
The Forgotten Story of America’s First Stanley Cup Champions
When It Mattered Most: The Forgotten Story of America’s First Stanley Cup Champions, and the War to End All Wars. This is the inspiring story of the first American team to win the Stanley Cup—a feat largely lost to history. In the winter of 1917, as Europe...
On editing, editors and the truth in fiction
A lot of writers cast editors as the bad guys, the kill-joys. Clods who stomp all over our brilliant linguistic trills. It’s always perplexed me because, in my writing life, editors are the unsung heroes. I’ve weathered mismatches, sure, editors who saw themselves as...
The Backstory…and What We’re Reading
I started Clyde Hill Publishing in 2013 because I’m really bad at small talk. When I turned 50, it occurred to me that meandering conversations about sports, family and weather left me feeling empty. I’m as much a sports fan, family man and weather nut as anyone, but...
Clyde Hill Publishing Announces Release of The Amazon Way on IoT: 10 Principles for Every Leader from the World’s Leading Internet of Things Strategies
Author John Rossman reveals how to develop your IoT strategy through a study of Amazon’s approach BELLEVUE, WA, Nov. 15, 2016 -- Clyde Hill Publishing announced today the availability of The Amazon Way on IoT: 10 Principles for Every Leader from the...
Debut Novel Explores Power, Greed in New England’s Fishing Past
Seattle Publisher Announces Bradley Bagshaw’s Must-Read Tale for Summer 2018 SEATTLE, May 22, 2018 – Clyde Hill Publishing, an independent press in Seattle, announced today that Gloucester, Mass. native Bradley Bagshaw’s debut novel, Georges Bank, will be published...
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"Let’s start with respect, at a minimum. If we can respect diverse backgrounds and diverse perspectives, we will be well on our way toward having more meaningful conversations across barriers." - @racrutcher, author of "I Had No Idea You Were Black" https://t.co/qHEOZcXMKn https://t.co/3NBrKjSDbr
Ready for a new year of books? Check out this fantastic list from @The_Millions. Not included? Our upcoming title "I Had No Idea You Were Black" by Dr. Ronald Crutcher. https://t.co/bagx7iljMT https://t.co/imag7eibn2 https://t.co/2fUmfhUpDK
