Who Are We?

DeerVale Publishing(TM) was created by an author to help new authors get their books into the marketplace.

    John R. Spencer did the "publishing dance" with traditional and subsidy houses for 18 years. When a major traditional publisher offered a book contract—then backed out because of “internal politics” at the publisher—John decided it was time to take charge of his publishing future.

    Faced with subsidy presses charging thousands of dollars, he pursued true self-publishing, everything from finding editors, to book design and layout, copyrighting, production, and contracting for distribution.

    John found that many authors aren’t comfortable taking on the enormous work required for self-publishing. So, he fashioned DeerVale to help authors get their book out, to help them develop their readership.

    DeerVale does not publish everything submitted to us. We look for quality books that we can support. Marketing remains the responsibility of each author, but we work to provide wide distribution of your book to help sales.

    Can DeerVale help you? Click the links below to learn more.