:Visible Ink Press

{{Short description|Independent publishing company in Michigan}}

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| name = Visible Ink Press, LLC

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| founded = 1989

| founder = Gale Research

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| country = United States

| headquarters = Canton Charter Township, Michigan

| distribution = Legato Publishers Group (US)
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| publications = Books

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| owner = Roger Janecke{{cite web |title=Roger Janecke |url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/roger-janecke-0737715/ |website=LinkedIn |access-date=11 June 2018}}

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| website = {{URL|http://www.visibleinkpress.com}}

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Visible Ink Press, LLC{{cite web |title=Visible Ink Press, LLC |url=https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_mi/B69114 |website=opencorporates.com |access-date=11 June 2018}} is a publisher of popular reference works. Its headquarters are in Canton Charter Township, Michigan in Metro Detroit."[http://www.visibleinkpress.com/contactUs.php Contact Us]." Visible Ink Press. Retrieved on September 24, 2012. "43311 Joy Road #414 Canton, MI 48187-2075" It was founded in 1989 as an imprint of Gale and later spun-off as an independent company in 2000.{{cite web |first1=Jim |last1=Barnes |first2=Rachel |last2=Pasche |title=Rethinking Reference Book Publishing |url=http://www.independentpublisher.com/article.php?page=2235 |website=independentpublisher.com |publisher=Jenkins Group Inc. |access-date=11 June 2018 |date=September 2017}}"[http://www.visibleinkpress.com/aboutUs.php About Us]." Visible Ink Press. Retrieved on September 24, 2012. The Handy Answer Book Series is published by Visible Ink, as were the MusicHound Essential Album Guides and VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever.{{cite book |first1=|via=archive.org |title=VideoHound's guide to three- and four-star movies, 1997 |date=1996 |publisher=Broadway Books |location=New York |isbn=978-0-553-06715-6 |url=https://archive.org/details/1997videohoundsg00vide}}

Robert Jackson of the Rocky Mountain News said in 1994 that Visible Ink Press had an annual tradition of "releasing quality books that deal with people of color".Jackson, Robert. "[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=RM&p_theme=rm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB4DE34772E950A&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM VISIBLE INK GOES TO PRESS FOR BLACKS]." Rocky Mountain News. April 21, 1994. Retrieved on September 24, 2012. "Visible Ink Press in Detroit continues its yearly tradition of releasing quality books that deal with people of color."