Projects for Sterling Innovation

LightSpeed Publishing has worked on a number of books for Sterling Innovation, a division of Sterling Publishing.
Many of them have been kits in which we supply the books and loose art. All have been designed in cooperation with X-Height Studio.



 Art of the Mandala (Adrienne Burke, 2007)

This was the first boxed gift set we packaged for this publisher.
The manuscript was already written. We were asked to edit and produce the book and provide 80 line drawings, which can be colored in by the readers (the kit comes with colored pencils).We hired the team of Jeffrey Calafato and Gwen Wallick DeRungs to draw the mandala illustrations
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Art of the Celtic Spirit (Sterling Innovation, 2008)

For this followup kit, we were asked to put together the book text as well as the design and illustrations. Once again, the team of Jeffrey Calafato and Gwen Wallick DeRungs provided Celtic mandala illustrations and Cecile Kaufman of X-Height Studio designed and laid out the book.

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Meditative Mazes & Labyrinths (Cassandra Wass, 2009)


For this third boxed set, LightSpeed hired/acquired the author, developed and edited the book, and relied, once again, on publishing partner X-Height Studio for the design and desktop publishing. The 80 illustrations were created by April Burril.
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Mandalas in Nature (Sonia Waleyla, 2010)


For the latest book in this series of boxed sets, we acquired/hired the author, and edited, developed, designed, and produced the book. Gwen Wallick provided 80 nature mandala illustrations for readers to color.

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Master Juggling (Cassandra Beckerman, 2009)

A different type of boxed set, this one includes three soft juggling balls. LightSpeed was hired to create the book including the text, photos, and illustrations. We acquired the author, photographer, and model, as well as providing our usual editing, design, and desktop publishing.


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Building the Best You (Caroline Harper, 2008)

LightSpeed worked with Sterling Innovation to create the text and look of this two-year inner discovery journal.



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SpeedSolving the Cube (Dan Harris, 2008)


The Rubik's Cube is very much alive and thriving. LightSpeed received completed manuscript and illustrations for this handy guide, which we produced.

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Scrabble Score & Tile Tracker (2007)

LightSpeed worked with Sterling Innovation's games editors to produce this Hasbro™-authorized, pocket-sized book of score sheets, tips and hints.

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 Up Close: Submarines, Fighter Planes, Fire Engines & Heavy Equipment (Andra Serlin Abramson, 2007)

From pocket-sized to grand format; LightSpeed was retained to do a special "bind-up" edition of four previously separate "Up Close" titles. Note that we only compiled this edition and re-indexed it. Writing, editing, and design had been previously published.

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