Ryter Publishing: A community of writers
Ryter Publishing* was established in 2008 to enter the corporate book publishing market. Catherine C. Turner is the Publisher–at–Large.
Please note: Ryter Publishing does not accept or publish unsolicited manuscripts.
What we do
— Helping businesses publish outstanding books —
… by bringing together your ideas with our expertise.
We offer project management services that bring a corporate client’s book together through the editing, designing and printing phases. We can also provide advice on distribution and sales models.
For example, if your company’s history has been written and you’d like to publish it, but you’re mainly going to give it staff and clients, then we can help you produce a book to the industry-standard.
Our focus is to produce a high-quality publication that could be sold in a mass market book store, even if that’s not the intent of the project.
NOTE: We are not accepting unsolicited proposals from individuals. Our aim is to work with businesses.
What does ‘Ryter’ mean?
The name ‘Ryter’ is a combination of Catherine’s paternal grandmother’s birth and married names, Ryan and Turner. Also, if you say it out loud it sounds like ‘writer’, so it is a neat double meaning.
* Formerly Mesh Publishing
What we’ve published
Since 2008, Ryter Publishing has delivered award-winning, high-quality publications for Defence clients—specialising in commemorative ‘tour books’ that honour service while meeting the highest standards of book design and production. Each project is crafted with care, clarity, and cultural sensitivity, resulting in enduring records of national significance. Below is a selection of published works that reflect our commitment to meaningful storytelling and technical excellence.
To Points Unknown … the First Al Muthanna Task Group
The first project we put together was for a Defence client. It is a 120pp, full-colour photographic ‘coffee table’ book to commemorate the first Australian Army task group to serve in the Al Muthanna province, Iraq.
It was titled To Points Unknown … the First Al Muthanna Task Group and was only distributed to those soldiers who deployed. So another way to look at it would be as a ‘tour book’.
Copies are available for viewing by the general public at the National Library of Australia, State Library of Victoria and Australian War Memorial.
War in the Valleys
War in the Valleys: 7th Battalion Battle Group (MRTF-1), Afghanistan, October 2008 to June 2009 is another book for a Defence client. Again, it is a full-colour photographic ‘coffee table’ ‘tour book’.
This time it commemorates the Australian Army’s first Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force in Afghanistan. You can see how the project came together in the blog post: 10 Step in Publishing a Book — or What I’ve Been Doing Instead of Rewriting Beersheba.
Again, copies will only be distributed to those soldiers who deployed. Copies will be available for public viewing at the National Library of Australia, State Library of Queensland and Australian War Memorial.
Praise for this book from a leading specialist bookseller via Twitter:
@ozalleycat Finally got around to reading that MRTF book you sent me -its by far the best of all the RTF/MRTF books produced. Well done!
— Regimental Books (@RegimentalBooks) January 18, 2013
Awards
TO POINTS UNKNOWN … THE FIRST AL MUTHANNA TASK GROUP
The Galley Club Award 2008 For excellence in book production and manufacture for Sheetfed, case bound book with RRP under $35