Rene Compton, with her bright blonde hair and blue eyes, warm smile and soft country twang, is the sweetheart of Xulon Press. God has blessed her tenure here as a Publishing Consultant and it is an inspiration to all of us. A few weeks ago I discovered that Rene used to be a computer teacher for Seminole County here in Florida, so when we decided to write on leaders and teachers for the month of September, I knew I had to share her story with you. Rene studied computer science and after graduation, held a training position with a large…

Maybe I should just write a book. It would be a very long book. However, I would not be the first Xulon Press employee to take the initiative and get published through the company. At least five Xulon employees are or soon will be Xulon authors—from short children’s stories to computer skills books by a former teacher to adult fiction about finding lost brothers. As you can see, Christian publishing cannot be limited. We see just as many genres and types of writing here as any other publisher. There is a unique story behind every book. My story, as I…

There’s so much to know about Xulon Press and if you’re reading this blog, it’s because you want to know more. Starting with this post, we are going to tell you more about ourselves so we can all become an even greater family. Readers, authors and everyone else: meet Mike Funk. He works in the Special Projects Department as a Web Developer and has now been with Xulon Press for just over two years. If you come to our offices and meet him in his spiffy button-ups, khakis and dress shoes you’d never guess… He runs to work barefoot! Perhaps…

My road to the self-publishing side of the book industry was a path I least expected. Besides the short-lived dream I had in middle school to become a meteorologist, I had always envisioned that I would work with books in some sense. Like most writers, I thought the only way to publishing was through a traditional house somewhere in the northeast. Almost every English major I knew in college wanted a career in publishing, which created an intense battle for anyone applying to publishing internships. I unfortunately lost out on the one internship I really wanted spring semester of my…