Desktop Miracles, Inc. was founded April 1, 1994 in Dallas, Texas.
 Yes, April Fools Day. Read into that what you may…

Desktop Miracles has been providing bestseller-quality book design and production services to the publishing industry for 30+ years.
Our clients range from the largest NYC publishing houses to independent authors looking for all-inclusive solutions.

pre-Desktop Miracles 1988–1990 • Dallas, Texas

Barry started in publishing in 1988, working for a small business-to-business publisher in Plano, Texas,
managing clients such as Frito-Lay and Fujitsu. He used to know a lot about producing the ideal Fritos and Doritos.

In 1990 Barry started at Word Publishing in Las Colinas, Texas,
the world’s leading Christian publishing house, and a division of ABC CapCities.
Barry created, set-up, and managed the state-of-the-art Desktop Publishing, Typesetting, and Electronic Prepress dept,
becoming one of the first major publishing houses to move to in-house digital design and prepress,
and saving well over $1 million over three years.

He ran the “Desktop” department and the company’s Macintosh and Graphics Dept network from 1990 to 1994,
participating in the design and production of hundreds of books, including several NY Times Bestsellers,
multilingual academic texts, and a complicated multi-color Bible.

Barry left Word after Thomas Nelson purchased and restructured the company in 1993


Desktop Miracles 1994–1999 • Dallas, Texas

Barry founded Desktop Miracles, working with various publishers and building a team of freelancers
We concentrated on books from day one, and dabbled with advertising, marketing and design clients. Cash flow is a good idea.

The company grew, and Barry talked Del LeMond, a fellow Word refugee, into leaving the FAA to join full-time.
They added other staff and freelancers, and opened a new office in Addison Circle in Far North Dallas in 1996
The Great Dan Wroe joined the crew, and then Barry talked his wife Virginia into managing their office instead of someone else’s.

The business was doing well, and many days ended at happy hour on the Uncle Julio’s patio.
We were immersed in the Dallas Stars taking off in Dallas and winning the Stanley Cup,
However, we were growing tired of the summer temps around 160 degrees, constantly horrendous traffic, and escalating office rents.
It was time for a change…

Desktop Miracles 1999–2025 • Stowe, Vermont
Spring 1999 we were ready for a change, and almost all of our daily client contact was via phone, email, and Fedex.
We could be located almost anywhere, and so… we decided we wanted to try “a couple of years in a small town in Vermont.”
25 years, 2 kids who are now in college, tons of hockey across New England and Quebec,
more than a few blizzards and nights with temps in the MINUS 20s….
somehow it all seemed like a good idea….

We have now worked on over 1,000 projects of virtually every subject, format, and style imaginable,
with clients and vendors across the US, Canada, Asia, Australia, and Europe.

We launched the $5 Business Card™ concept at the National Speakers Association in New York in 2008,
pioneering the idea of using a high-quality book to drive the client’s primary business,
while also generating significant direct sales revenue.

We’ve been Amazon Professional Merchant Sellers for more than a decade
constantly adapting to utilize Amazon as both a sales and marketing platform for our clients.

We’ve participated in, exhibited at, spoken at, and attended Book Expo America,
Publisher’s Marketing Assocation University (PMA/IBPA), National Speakers Association national and regional,
Digital Book World, FC Innovation Festival, IMC Mgmt Consultants, technology conferences
and dozens of smaller regional publishing associations and writers groups.

Let us use our experience to benefit you.