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ONE VOICE PRESS, LLC
Established in 2010, One Voice Press, LLC is a publisher of inspirational literature written from a Bahá’í perspective. We publish nonfiction, fiction, and poetry with a focus on faith in action. Yet our books are not only for Bahá’ís. Rather, they reach out to all people, regardless of the faith traditions they follow. Thus, our mission: to enhance people's connection to the divine through quality religion and spirituality books.
Family owned by Dale and Kathleen Lehman, One Voice Press is based in Essex, Maryland, a suburb of Baltimore. CEO and President Dale takes the lead on business information technology, while Vice President and Editor Kathleen has charge of editorial matters.
Our first two titles were released in the second half of 2011, with our third following in July. 2012. Our 2012 publication schedule anticipates two to three more titles by the end of the year. Although small our list is diverse, ranging from children's stories to biography and poetry. Initially our titles are released in trade paperback. In time we intend to release many of our titles as e-books, and selected titles may be released as audio books.
As a small publisher, we work with a few non-exclusive distributors, including the Bahá’í Distribution Services in the U.S. and Canada, and directly with selected bookstores. We also sell direct to the public via our company website (www.onevoicepress.com) and will establish relationships with major online booksellers as our list grows.
The most recent edition of this media kit can be downloaded from our website. Please visit www.onevoicepress.com/company.
Several of our recent press releases are included at the end of this kit.


Contact Information
Mailing Address:

One Voice Press, LLC

27 Walkern Road

Essex, MD 21221


Phone:

(410) 686-7827


Email:

dale.lehman@onevoicepress.com

kathleen.lehman@onevoicepress.com
Website:

http://www.onevoicepress.com



Our Books
We publish inspirational works including memoirs, fiction, poetry, and general works showing faith in action. Our books are written from a Bahá’í perspective. Some overtly mention or portray the Bahá’í Faith, while others address spiritual themes in a manner compatible with the Bahá'í Faith without directly mentioning the religion.
Our current catalog is available for download on our website. Please visit www.onevoicepress.com/company.


Company History
One Voice Press was founded in October, 2010 by owners Dale and Kathleen Lehman. The company was inspired by Planet Bahá’í (www.planetbahai.org), a website run by the Lehmans featuring essays written from a Bahá’í perspective on a wide variety of topics. After publishing a collection of these essays through a print-on-demand printer, the Lehmans decided to create their own company to publish additional collections of their material as well as the works of other authors. Solicitation of manuscripts started about five months prior to the official formation of the company.
Our first title, the poetry and short fiction collection The Flower at the End of the World by David Erickson, was released in July 2011, while our second title, the biography Return to Tyendinaga by Evelyn Loft Watts and Patricia Verge, was released in December, 2011.

Biographies
Dale E. Lehman, CEO and President
Mr. Lehman has thirty years of experience in information technology as a software developer working on a wide variety of systems in the financial, government, health care, and general business sectors. During this career, he served at various times as a team lead and a supervisor and gained experience with both large and small teams and in working with internal and external customers at all levels of the organization.
He is the co-owner and publisher of Planet Bahá’í (www.planetbahai.org), a broad-based website on the Bahá’í Faith, and is the author of many of the essays appearing there. He is also the author of several technical articles on software development and of two essays for Sky & Telescope, and is co-author of Spiritual Telemetry, a book of religion essays drawn from Planet Bahá’í.
A member of the Bahá’í Faith for 28 years, Mr. Lehman has served on Local Spiritual Assemblies, including as treasurer, vice chair, and chair. He is a member of the Association for Bahá’í Studies (ABS) and has presented several papers at ABS conferences.
Kathleen K. Lehman, Vice President and Editor
Mrs. Lehman has seven years of experience in library operations, including circulation, reference, and reader’s advisory, and five years of experience in retail sales, including three in retail book sales.
She is the co-owner and editor of Planet Bahá’í (www.planetbahai.org), a broad-based website on the Bahá’í Faith, and is the author of many of the essays appearing there. She is co-author of Spiritual Telemetry, a book of religion essays drawn from Planet Bahá’í.
A member of the Bahá’í Faith for 30 years, Mrs. Lehman has served on Local Spiritual Assemblies, including as secretary. She is a member of the Association for Bahá’í Studies.


About the Bahá’í Faith

The Bahá'í Faith is the youngest of the world's independent religions. Its founder, Bahá'u'lláh (1817-1892), is regarded by Bahá'ís as the most recent in the line of Messengers of God that stretches back beyond recorded time and that includes Abraham, Moses, Buddha, Krishna, Zoroaster, Christ and Muhammad.

The central theme of Bahá'u'lláh's message is that humanity is one single race and that the day has come for its unification in one global society. God, Bahá'u'lláh said, has set in motion historical forces that are breaking down traditional barriers of race, class, creed, and nation and that will, in time, give birth to a universal civilization. The principal challenge facing the peoples of the earth is to accept the fact of their oneness and to assist the processes of unification.

One of the purposes of the Bahá'í Faith is to help make this possible. A worldwide community of some five million Bahá'ís, representative of most of the nations, races and cultures on earth, is working to give Bahá'u'lláh's teachings practical effect. Their experience will be a source of encouragement to all who share their vision of humanity as one global family and the earth as one homeland.

To learn more about the Bahá'í Faith, choose one of the following links:


  • Basic Teachings of Bahá'u'lláh

  • Bahá'u'lláh: An Introduction

  • The Life of Bahá'u'lláh: A photographic narrative

For additional information about the Bahá'í Faith please visit www.bahai.org. For information about the U.S. Bahá’í community, please visit www.bahai.us.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT:

Dale E. Lehman

One Voice Press, LLC

(410) 686-7827

dale.lehman@onevoicepress.com

www.onevoicepress.com

BAHÁ'Í PUBLISHING TO BE DISCUSSED AT UPCOMING CONFERENCE
Essex, MD, July 26, 2012 – A breakout session on the future of Bahá'í publishing will be held on Saturday, August 11, 2012 at the Association for Bahá'í Studies North America annual conference in Montreal, Quebec. One Voice Press owners Dale and Kathleen Lehman played a role in planning the session and will be participating. The session is just one of the highlights for the company at the conference.
The conference, which this year runs from August 9 through 12, 2012 at the Fairmont Queen Elizabeth Hotel, is an annual event focusing on Bahá'í scholarship and the arts. The conference bookstore is always a lively place, attracting participants with a variety of the latest releases and old favorites from Bahá'í authors. This year for the first time One Voice Press will be showcasing its books in the store.
In addition, two One Voice Press authors will be participating in the conference. Poet David Erickson (The Flower at the End of the World) and biographer Patricia Verge (co-author of Return to Tyendinaga: The Story of Jim and Melba Loft, Bahá'í Pioneers) will take part in the publishing session, and Verge will present a plenary session on the long journey that led to the publication of Return to Tyendinaga.
One Voice Press, LLC publishes inspirational literature based in the Bahá'í Faith. Established in 2010, the family-owned company is based in Essex, Maryland. Its books focus on faith in action and include memoirs, biography, fiction, and poetry. For more information, contact Dale Lehman at dale.lehman@onevoicepress.com or visit www.onevoicepress.com.
For information about the Bahá'í Faith, visit http://www.bahai.org. For information on the Association for Bahá'í Studies North America, including its annual conference, visit http://www.bahai-studies.ca.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


CONTACT:

Dale E. Lehman

One Voice Press, LLC

(410) 686-7827

dale.lehman@onevoicepress.com

www.onevoicepress.com

ONE VOICE PRESS PICKS UP TWO NEW WORKS
Essex, MD, July 26, 2012 - One Voice Press has acquired rights to two new works: a coloring book and an adult speculative fiction novel.
Bahá'í Coloring Book for Children and Families, created by Jesica Nkouaga, contains a collection of 24 illustrations paired with brief passages from the Bahá'í Holy Writings. The passages deal with spiritual concepts such as love, joy, the importance of family, education, kindness to animals, service, and unity. The illustrations present settings that suggest the full range of human diversity, but the faces are left without features so children can draw them in as they like.
The Prophet of San Marcos Dump by Michael Vincent is a speculative fiction novel exploring what might happen if God revealed Himself through a new Prophet in today's world. The allegoric tale follows the life of Tom Dowten, an down-on-his-luck heavy equipment operator in a landfill whose life is transformed when he reluctantly becomes the principal disciple of the new Prophet.
One Voice Press President and CEO Dale Lehman says the company intends to release both of these books in 2012. The coloring book is slated for release in September and the novel for December. In addition, a previously-acquired collection of essays on Bahá'í themes, A Planet with a View co-authored by Lehman and his wife Kathleen (who is also the company's Vice President and Editor), is planned for release in the fall. "These three titles double our product line," Lehman says, "but more importantly they greatly diversify it."
One Voice Press, LLC publishes inspirational literature based in the Bahá'í Faith. Established in 2010, the family-owned company is based in Essex, Maryland. Its books focus on faith in action and include memoirs, biography, fiction, and poetry. For more information, contact Dale Lehman at dale.lehman@onevoicepress.com or visit www.onevoicepress.com.
For information about the Bahá'í Faith, visit http://www.bahai.org.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


CONTACT:

Dale E. Lehman

One Voice Press, LLC

(410) 686-7827

dale.lehman@onevoicepress.com

www.onevoicepress.com



ONE VOICE PRESS PICKS UP CHILDREN'S BOOK AND BAHÁ'Í ESSAY COLLECTION
Essex, MD, March 31, 2012 - One Voice Press has acquired rights to two books, Edith Rose and Friends, a collection of stories for older children by Maine author Ron Tomanio, and A Planet with a View, a collection of essays on the Bahá'í Faith by Dale E. Lehman and Kathleen Kettler Lehman.
Edith Rose and Friends features seven short stories about children who face significant challenges in their lives and who meet and overcome them by learning and applying spiritual principles. The target audience for the book is upper elementary school children. Author Ron Tomanio has two previous books to his credit and has written material for Brilliant Star, a children's magazine published by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States.
A Planet with a View contains selected essays originally published on the website Planet Bahá'í (www.planetbahai.org). Heavily edited and in some cases completely rewritten, the material ranges from theology to practical matters and even includes a touch of the whimsical. Authors Dale and Kathleen Lehman own and operate of One Voice Press. This is their second book, the first having been an earlier collection of Planet Bahá'í essays originally published through an on-demand printer. That book will be reissued next year under the One Voice Press imprint.
Edith Rose and Friends is scheduled for release in May, while A Planet with a View will most likely be released in the third quarter of 2012. "In addition to these books, we hope to have one and possibly two summer releases as well," says company president Dale Lehman. "Our goal is to release four new titles this year, and with these two books we are well on our way towards achieving that goal."
One Voice Press, LLC publishes inspirational literature based in the Bahá'í Faith. Established in 2010, the family-owned company is based in Essex, Maryland. Its books focus on faith in action and include memoirs, biography, fiction, and poetry. For more information, contact Dale Lehman at dale.lehman@onevoicepress.com or visit www.onevoicepress.com. For information about the Bahá'í Faith, visit http://www.bahai.org.

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