Re: News from Cool Springs Press

**jo ellen meyers sharp h*@sbcglobal.net**

Finally -- the letter is a Word file that I can 
post. Sorry for any inconvenience.

jems

Dear Friends:

As the founder of Cool Springs Press in 1991, I 
am very pleased to tell you that I have just 
completed the acquisition of Cool Springs Press 
back from Thomas Nelson Publishers. The closing, 
which occurred this morning, completes two years 
of negotiations between us to take the company 
back private again.

Since the company was sold to Thomas Nelson a few 
years ago, I have remained involved with the 
company in a number of roles, and I have followed 
you and your books from a distance. I know many 
of your personally, so I want to tell you that I 
am thrilled to be back as your partner in 
publishing. For those of you that have come 
aboard recently, I look forward to introducing 
myself to you and working with you on your 
publishing projects.

I am pleased to also tell you that staff of Cool 
Springs Press, Cindy Games, Billie Brownell, and 
Ramona Wilkes, have agreed to join me once again 
and will be continuing their great work on your 
projects. I owe a great deal to these three 
ladies. They have continued to produce 
outstanding books over the years and have 
continued to consistently implement the Cool 
Springs Press mission through some turbulent 
times.

I understand that the road that some of you have 
traveled while CSP was an imprint of Nelson has 
been a little bumpy. It is my desire, over the 
next few weeks, to smooth out these bumps so we 
can get back to doing what we do best, creating, 
marketing, and selling great garden books. But I 
do want to let you know that this transition may 
take a little time, and I ask for your 
understanding as we iron out some of these issues 
and rebuild our lawn and garden customer base. . 
For instance, our website will be down for about 
six weeks as we remove our content from the 
Nelson site, go through the legal hurdles in 
transferring domain names and get our new site 
up. Additionally, our email addresses will be 
temporarily changed so that we will not miss any 
communication from you. I assure you that these 
issues will be temporary and that we are working 
hard to address them all. We will be using these 
E*Blasts as a means to communicate with you on 
where we are in this process.

In conclusion, I want to emphasize our belief 
that Cool Springs Press has the finest library of 
gardening books available in the country and 
reiterate our commitment to adding to that 
library. Our goal is to combine professional 
publishing, aggressive marketing and outstanding 
book production with the open family atmosphere 
that was the hallmark of Cool Springs Press when 
we were independent. We have invested our money 
and time to begin this process. We invite you to 
join usŠ

I am happy to talk with each and every one of you 
and to answer any questions that you may have. 
Please contact me at the numbers listed below.

Roger Waynick
President, Waynick Publishing Group
101 Forrest Crossing Blvd. Suite 100
Franklin, Tennessee 37064
RWaynick@williamsonherald.com
Office 615-790-6465
Cell 615-476-5135
-- 
Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp
Garden writer, author, photographer
Region III Director Garden Writers Association
Phone: (317) 251.3261
Fax: (317) 251.8545
E-mail: hoosiergardener@sbcglobal.net
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