Book Production Portfolio for Phil Rice:
Phil Rice first began working professionally in the publishing field in 1989. His credits include editorial and/or production work with Athlon Sports Publications, Jerry McCoin Sports Communications, Rand McNally Books Division, The Easton Press, The Danbury Mint, PrintNet, The Black Belt Press, NewSouth Books, Harte-Hanks, the Jacksonville Business Journal, Rhiannon Press, and others.
Phil serves as publisher for all Canopic Publishing projects, including online and in-print publications. The current Canopic book titles, with Phil's production credits in parentheses, are:
The View from My Ridge by Charles Rice (2003; editor, book producer)
Guts from the Urn (2005; editor, book and cover designer, book producer)
Between the Bones by Mary Sue Koeppel (2005; editor, book and cover designer, book producer)
Bothering the Coffee Drinkers by Doug Hoekstra (2006; editor, book designer, book producer)
Selected book and magazine production credits:
Tips for Collecting Stories by Robert Gentry (2004; cover designer, book producer)
The 521 All-Stars (1999; production manager)
The New Illustrated Treasury of Disney Songs (1999; production manager)
Best Shots: The Greatest NFL Photography of the Century (1999; production manager)
Encounters by Kathryn Tucker Windham (1998; production manager)
Cracker: Florida's Enduring Cowboys by John Kral (1998; production manager)
The Baseball Hall of Fame Leather-Bound Library (1996; book producer)
The Leather-Bound Library of the Civil War (1996; book producer)
Jerry McCoin's Stock Car Preview (1992, assistant editor)
Athlon Baseball '91 (1990-91, editorial assistant)
Athlon Pro Football '91 (1991, editorial assistant)
Athlon Southeastern Football '91 (1991, editorial assistant)
Athlon Baseball '90 (1990-91, editorial assistant)
Phil has worked or supervised at virtually every level of the publishing process: writing, editing, designing, and other creative endeavors, plus pre-press detailing and supervision, paper selection, press scheduling, press checks, cutting and folding the press sheets, folding and gathering of signatures, gluing and sewing the signatures, designing endsheets, securing the covers to the book blocks, shrinkwrapping and boxing the finished product, arranging domestic and international shipping, marketing & distribution, etc. Few colleagues can match his combination of creative and production experience.