AMADOR PUBLISHERS specializes in fiction and biography of unique worth and appeal, outside the purview of mainstream publishing. Based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the press started as a self-publishing venture when Harry Willson received the following letter from a New York literary agent: "This is fresh and new and heartfelt, and the world needs it, and I'm not going to do it." So, who needs New York? Harry and his wife Adela Amador decided they didn't. They published DUKE CITY TALES to launch their press, and then A WORLD FOR THE MEEK, the title that had been turned down. These releases were met with a flood of manuscripts from other aspiring authors, a few too good to turn away.

And so a new publishing company was born. All of the Amador titles, in one way or another, touch on themes and principles important to Harry and Adela — peace, equality, respect for all cultures, and preservation of the Biosphere.

Since I first wrote about "The Future of Amador Publishers" in this space in 2017, I've more than doubled my time at the helm of Amador. Here's my progress report and my appeal to anyone who's enough of a reader to be reading this (for which I truly thank you).

Since I took over the press in 2010, all new titles have been published on a digital print-on-demand platform, and are available for purchase worldwide, printed as ordered at the nearest facility. We are now issuing reprints of older titles through the same system.

We explored publishing e-books, learned a lot, have recently withdrawn the Smashwords editions, but plan to release new editions in the future. (New and improved, as they say!)

Since 2010, we have continued to make a good showing in the few awards competitions we enter: Amador Awards and Honors.

Please support our efforts by buying our books and sharing our links with other readers.

That's my pitch. Thanks for pitching in! –Zelda