About Us

ARose Books was founded in Incline Village, NV on July 1, 2002 by Marcella Parsons to fulfill a dream of living in Lake Tahoe and publishing books from a collection gathered from antique stores across the country.

2002 - 2004 were spent publishing our first nine books.

In 2004 all of our books were being carried by Barnes and Noble, including Walden and B. Dalton bookstores as well as online bookstores like Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble online.

In 2005, Google Book Search added our books to their search feature, giving the reader the opportunity to browse a book just as one would in a real bookstore.

In 2006, Marcella and Katherine Parsons paused from publishing to write a patent on interactive digital book technology prompted by a study of eBook sales and technology. This patent is currently held by a Nevada corporation, Sierra Interactive Systems ( www.sierra-is.com ) in Incline Village and is pending.

On Dec. 8, 2009, the U.S. Patent office granted the patent to Marcella and Katherine and Sierra Interactive Systems.

In 2007 ARose Books moved East and is now headquartered in a 150 year old home in Pennsylvania. The land was originally deeded to a Revolutionary War veteran and kept in their family until some few years ago. ARose Books has a fitting home to publish books on American History.

In 2007 we converted our books to Amazon Kindle book format and added them to the list of Kindle books.

In 2008 we created www.vintage-american.com and The Alaskan by James Oliver Curwood was released in October 2008.

Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc by Mark Twain, The Shepherd of the Hills by Harold Bell Wright, and Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery have been released in 2009. We also published a book entitled, To My Children's Children, the memoirs of an Irish American and U.S. Marine veteran written to his grandchildren. This book is for private distribution to family and friends only.

Amazon "Search Inside the Book" has been added to all of our titles in 2009 to reflect our work rather than other publishers' titles.

All titles are available as Kindle and Mobipocket books in 2009.

Espresso Book Machine

As of May 29, 2009, all of ARose Books titles are now available for purchase from one of the new Espresso Book Machines located throughout the world. These ATM machines for books will allow you to walk right up, select a book, and have it printed, bound, and delivered to you right there at the machine.

If you would like to try the new Espresso Book Machine, you can find the current locations from OnDemandBooks.