Veteran kidlit author Sneed Collard III (pictured) has formed his own publishing house, Bucking Horse Books.
After 15 publishers rejected Collard’s latest nonfiction title, The World Famous Miles City Bucking Horse Sale, he launched his own publishing house. The rejected manuscript will be the house’s first title–due out in October with an initial print run of 5,000 copies.
Collard told Publishers Weekly: “It’s a children’s book, but it’s also a coffee table book, and a gift book. It wears a lot of hats, which is key to success when you are starting your own [publishing house].”
Bucking Horse Books will specialize in stories about life in the midwest. So far, the house’s staff has Collard as the publisher, a freelance designer, and a freelance illustrator. Collard is the lone author at Bucking Horse, as he wants to establish a comfort zone before taking on other authors.
Collard has written and published more than 50 children’s book titles. In 2006, he was recognized with the Washington Post’s Children’s Book Guild Nonfiction Award. He has also written three novels, the latest is a mystery called The Governor’s Dog is Missing and it will be released by Bucking Horse Books in 2011.