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'''Koa Books''' is a [[publishing company]] based in [[Kihei, Hawaii]]. It was founded in 2005 by Arnie Kotler.<ref name="about">{{cite web |url=http://www.koabooks.com/about.php |title=About Koa Books |publisher=Koa Books |accessdate=April 8, 2015}}</ref> The company was named after the [[Acacia koa|native hardwood tree]].<ref name="about"/> The company give its goal as publishing books that foster "a deeper understanding of personal transformation, social justice, and Hawai{{okina}}i".<ref name="koahome">{{cite web |url=http://www.koabooks.com/index.php |title=koa books |publisher=Koa Books |accessdate=April 9, 2015}}</ref><ref name="hbpa">{{cite web |url=http://www.hawaiipublishers.org/members.html |title=Members |publisher=Hawai{{okina}}i Book Publishers Association |accessdate=April 9, 2015}}</ref> |
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'''Koa Books''' was a [[publishing company]] based in [[Kihei, Hawaii|Kihei, Hawaiʻi]]. It was founded in 2005 by Arnie Kotler.<ref name="aboutold">{{cite web |url=http://www.koabooks.com/about.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150409090624/http://www.koabooks.com/about.php |archive-date=April 9, 2015 |title=About Koa Books |publisher=Koa Books |accessdate=April 8, 2015}}</ref> The company was named after the [[Acacia koa|koa tree]].<ref name="aboutold"/> Koa Books gave its goal as publishing works that foster "a deeper understanding of personal transformation, social justice, and [[Hawaiʻi]]".<ref name="koahome">{{cite web |url=http://www.koabooks.com/index.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150409090713/http://www.koabooks.com/index.php |title=Koa Books |publisher=Koa Books |archive-date=April 9, 2015 |accessdate=April 9, 2015}}</ref><ref name="hbpa">{{cite web |url=http://www.hawaiipublishers.org/members.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150417040003/https://hawaiipublishers.org/members.html |archive-date=April 17, 2015 |title=Members |publisher=Hawaiʻi Book Publishers Association |accessdate=April 9, 2015}}</ref> |
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Books published by Koa include ''Daughters of Fire'' by Tom Peek, a 2013 [[Independent Book Publishers Association]] Benjamin Franklin Silver Finalist Award winner for Popular Fiction;<ref name="ibpa">{{cite news |url=http://www.hawaii247.com/2013/05/07/peeks-novel-wins-national-indie-publishers-award/ |title=Peek’s novel wins national indie publishers award |date=May 7, 2014 |publisher=Hawaii 24/7 |accessdate=April 9, 2015}}</ref> ''Nation Within: The History of the American Occupation of Hawaii'', by Tom Coffman;<ref name="nw">{{cite book |isbn=9780982165607 |url=https://www.amazon.com/Nation-Within-History-American-Occupation/dp/0982165609/ |title=Nation Within: The History of the American Occupation of Hawaii |last=Coffman |first=Tom |date=June 15, 2009 |publisher=Koa Books |accessdate=April 9, 2015}}</ref> and ''Dissent: Voices of Conscience'' by [[Ann Wright]] and Susan Dixon.<ref name="dissent">{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/dissentvoicesofc00wrig |title=Dissent: Voices of Conscience |last1=Wright |first1=Ann |last2=Dixon |first2=Susan |date=January 15, 2008 |publisher=Koa Books |isbn=0977333841 |accessdate=April 9, 2015 |url-access=registration }}</ref> |
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Koa Books became an [[Imprint (trade name)|imprint]] of The Chiron Group<ref name+chironabout">{{cite web |url=https://chironpublications.com/about-us-2/ |title=About Us |publisher=Chiron Publications |accessdate=August 4, 2023}}</ref> in 2016.<ref name="about">{{cite web |url=http://www.koabooks.com/about.php |title=About Koa Books |publisher=Koa Books |accessdate=August 4, 2023}}</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 15:59, 4 August 2023
Koa Books was a publishing company based in Kihei, Hawaiʻi. It was founded in 2005 by Arnie Kotler.[1] The company was named after the koa tree.[1] Koa Books gave its goal as publishing works that foster "a deeper understanding of personal transformation, social justice, and Hawaiʻi".[2][3]
Books published by Koa include Daughters of Fire by Tom Peek, a 2013 Independent Book Publishers Association Benjamin Franklin Silver Finalist Award winner for Popular Fiction;[4] Nation Within: The History of the American Occupation of Hawaii, by Tom Coffman;[5] and Dissent: Voices of Conscience by Ann Wright and Susan Dixon.[6]
Koa Books became an imprint of The Chiron Group[7] in 2016.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "About Koa Books". Koa Books. Archived from the original on April 9, 2015. Retrieved April 8, 2015.
- ^ "Koa Books". Koa Books. Archived from the original on April 9, 2015. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
- ^ "Members". Hawaiʻi Book Publishers Association. Archived from the original on April 17, 2015. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
- ^ "Peek's novel wins national indie publishers award". Hawaii 24/7. May 7, 2014. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
- ^ Coffman, Tom (June 15, 2009). Nation Within: The History of the American Occupation of Hawaii. Koa Books. ISBN 9780982165607. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
- ^ Wright, Ann; Dixon, Susan (January 15, 2008). Dissent: Voices of Conscience. Koa Books. ISBN 0977333841. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
- ^ "About Us". Chiron Publications. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
- ^ "About Koa Books". Koa Books. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
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