About Us
“It's amazing what can be achieved through determination and never taking ‘no’ for an answer.”
CKR Publishing has built Tom into a successful brand …. it doesn’t simply stop at books. His concept, The Heart of a Marine Book Series, has now been extended into calendars, magazines, regular newsletters, diaries and other products (there’s even talk of a movie, videos and documentaries). Tom is rapidly becoming a legend within his field thanks to his ingenuity and that of the team at CKR Publishing.
Lt Col Tom Williams USMC (Ret) had a dream to write a series of books about his life and wartimes with the US Marines. A man of fierce determination (and approaching 80 years of age), Tom would not take ‘no’ for an answer … he met a like-minded self-starter in Chris Kirby-Ryan. Ignoring the usual publishing hurdles Tom embarked on promoting his book series throughout the military world across the U.S., Italy, Australia and Vietnam; Chris embarked on publishing the book and promoting it through Tom’s database as well as book reviewers, bookstores, libraries and social media across the U.S, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, Vietnam and the U.K.
Chris Kirby-Ryan has written many books, under her own name and also helped others achieve the dream of seeing their ideas or memoirs finally in print. Frustrated with the hurdles and ordeals faced by many authors —the rejections, the lack of interest, the money-grabbers—Chris finally decided to do something about it …
thanks to Tom Williams.
CKR Publishing approaches your book as a project, not just something to be assessed and rejected. We examine your book for its uniqueness – your topic, your style and your ideas. If we love it, we will come back to you with more than a publishing proposal, if we like what we read we will present you with an outline of a comprehensive marketing strategy