Grapevine Publications Inc

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Grapevine Publications, Inc, was formally founded in May of 1983 in Corvallis, Oregon, by Chris Coffin, Ted Wadman and Bob Bloch. But its true beginning traces back to a dinner conversation on September 29, 1982, when Chris and Ted scribbled down the outline for Grapevine's first book, "An Easy Course in Programming the HP-41." Chris and Ted wrote the text over the next 6 months, with Ted hand-lettering the final version and Bob illustrating it. Since then...well, one book has led to another: 2001 will see the advent of our 60th product. Our company is named Grapevine for several reasons. First, although most of our early publications were technical non-fiction, none of the founders wanted the company to have such a limited scope ; any prospective name was not to imply merely "tech books." Also, since the company started with exactly zero capital--and since its charter was ( and still is ) publication of materials good enough to talk about--its name describes its primary marketing plan. Finally, thinking a little more symbolically, grapevines are hardy but friendly plants, with deep roots--both literally and literarily--and its fruits are good either fresh or distilled over time. Those all seem like good values for a publishing company to aspire to.

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Northeast Corvallis

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Phone: (541) 754-0583

Address: 3650 NE Canterbury Cir, Corvallis, OR 97330