Frequently Asked Questions
What
does Ridenbaugh Press do?
We provide public affairs publications, primarily about the Pacific Northwest; and we provide editorial services internationally.
Public affairs publications? What are those?
Primarily, our PADs
- the WPAD
(Washington Public Affairs Digest), OPAD
(Oregon Public Affairs Digest) and IPAD
(Idaho Public Affairs Digest). Through them we keep our subscribers
up to date with the full view of what's going on in the region that's
of lasting importance (as opposed to the car crashes and house fires that
dominated so much of the local TV news).
From time to time, we also publish The
Paradox, a column on Northwest events (which also runs in a growing
number of Northwest newspapers).
Daily, we also provide updates on our blog at the Ridenbaugh Press home
page.
We also publish books, such as the recent Idaho Yearbook-Directory
series. You can check on these at our catalog.
What services do you provide?
Check our service
page for details, but briefly:
We help people produce books (we have been producing a series of books
for the National Association of State
Auditors Comptrollers and Treasurers), as well as publish periodicals.
We also provide writing, editing and proofreading services to a number
of clients.
Who are you guys?
We're a small but
very efficient group of Northwesterners who keep a close watch on developments
in the region.
Founder Randy Stapilus has been a journalist,
analyst and author in the region since 1974. An award-winning reporter
and editor for daily newspapers including those in Boise, Pocatello, Nampa,
Lewiston and Coeur d'Alene, he is also the author of a number of books,
including the award-winning Paradox Politics (published
by Ridenbaugh Press, 1988) and It
Happened in Idaho (published by the Globe-Pequot
Press, 2002). He is editor and publisher of the Ridenbaugh Press
publications.
Linda Watkins is the managing editor
and marketing director of Ridenbaugh Press. She has worked as well with
a wide variety of organizations, including the Idaho State Bar, the Idaho
Controller's Office and the National Association of State Auditors Comptrollers
and Treasurers. She worked for a number of years on ranches and resorts
in Idaho's backcountry.
Ridenbaugh Press also has a number of columnists and contributors.
They include contributing editor Ralph Nichols, Seattle, a veteran
journalist, writer and editor in Washington, Alaska and Idaho, and currently
an editor at Robinson Newspapers
in south King County; columnist
Barrett Rainey, Brookings, a longtime journalist and commentator;
and Mark Mendiola, Pocatello, currently managing editor of the
Blackfoot (Idaho) Morning News.
How can we reach you?
In this connected age ... many ways.
This web site provides, of course, e-mail contacts (you can use these
links for Stapilus
and Watkins).
We have several mailing addresses, but the fastest currently is P.O. Box
2276, Boise ID 83701.
Our voice phone numbers are (503)852-0010 and (208) 344-0844; if more
speed is needed, try cell numbers (208) 484-0460.
Did you move? Are you publishing the same things you have been?
In March 2004 we moved some operations from Boise, Idaho to Carlton, Oregon, making us active in both in the interior and coastal parts of the Northwest. We're in the process of expanding our Oregon and Washington efforts, but we're keeping on top of our familiar Idaho publications and services as well. In fact, we think the expansion has added some new dimension to our Idaho activities.
How was Ridenbaugh Press founded?
It was founded in 1988 to publish Paradox Politics. Randy Stapilus then decided to publish more about Idaho, then about the Pacific Northwest and some other subjects; other authors are in the backlist as well.
Why Ridenbaugh?
It's an old settler's name in Idaho which has turned up on notable landmarks
in the Boise and Moscow areas. Mainly, it sounded like a good name.
We've been contacted occasionally by out-of-region members of the Ridenbaugh
family interested information about the Idaho Ridenbaughs. We've provided
what little we have, but it isn't much. If you're interested, the best
source of information would be the Idaho
Historical Society.
Do you take credit cards?
In effect, yes - through Paypal. You can find out more here.
The Paradox
by Randy Stapilus
Second
Thoughts
by Barrett Rainey