Imprint identity
RP Books & Audio is the main publishing arm for fiction and nonfiction in ebook, print, and audio formats, with work for children, early YA, YA and teen readers, scholastic audiences, collegiate audiences, classroom learning materials, coursework, and reader-first editions.
Primary audience: Readers and institutions looking for print, ebook, audio, learning, and restored-edition publishing across the full RP Media family.
What it publishes
Publishing names
Each imprint connects to the public publishing names that help readers find the right shelf.
Formal professional byline
Formal and professional publishing name for nonfiction, technology, leadership, and practical books.
William R. Stanek is a formal professional byline used for nonfiction, technology, leadership, professional education, and practical publishing contexts.
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Nonfiction, professional, and visual work
Technology, nonfiction, leadership, education, travel, wellness, art, photography, and public biography.
William Stanek is the public publishing name for the nonfiction, professional, visual, travel, wellness, art, photography, and public-biography side of the larger creative record.
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Fiction and legacy works
Historical fiction, literary works, legacy editions, and the broader fiction canon.
Robert Stanek is the public fiction name connected to historical fiction, literary works, legacy editions, coming-of-age stories, and the broader fiction canon.
Explore Robert StanekChildren, classroom, and early YA
Children’s books, classroom-friendly reading, clean fantasy, early YA, and family reading.
R. Stanek is the publishing name for children’s books, classroom-friendly reading, clean fantasy, early YA, and family reading paths.
Explore R. StanekFantasy, science fiction, and thrillers
Fantasy, science fiction, thrillers, post-apocalyptic worlds, espionage, and darker speculative work.
W. R. Stanek is the publishing name for epic fantasy, science fiction, thrillers, post-apocalyptic worlds, espionage, and darker speculative work.
Explore W. R. StanekFeatured series
These series records are shared across the site so the imprint pages, books pages, and future series pages stay aligned.
William R. Stanek
activePractice-based books for clarity, resilience, renewal, abundance, and purposeful living.
A living-well shelf built from classroom, coaching, retreat, and personal-practice contexts, offering grounded action plans and reflective tools for readers navigating change.
William R. Stanek
activeResilience, critical thinking, mindset shifts, and leadership readiness for a changing world.
A leadership and resilience shelf for readers who want practical, values-aware guidance for thinking clearly, leading under pressure, and adapting to change.
William R. Stanek
activeLiterary field guides to America's greatest landscapes: see deeply, travel well, remember more.
A six-book national parks library of durable literary field guides that combine place-first writing, practical field usefulness, photography insight, quiet-travel guidance, and humane trip frameworks.
R. Stanek
activeA living land. A forbidden vision. A bond freely chosen.
Clean fantasy adventure about living lands, creature bonds, hidden magic, friendship, and freedom versus control.
R. Stanek
activeThe public record tells what happened. The Second Record tells what mattered.
Children's mystery adventure about hidden history, secret records, travel, family, clues, and forgotten truths.
R. Stanek
representative dataStories, early learning, character lessons, and classroom-friendly reading for young children.
A large children's and classroom-friendly series connected to life lessons, family, the natural world, early learning, schools, libraries, and homes.
Featured books
Book metadata remains centralized in the William-side and Robert-side catalog files; imprint pages simply draw from those records.
Living Well / personal growth / action-plan guide
LatestCarving Authenticity and Purpose in the Chaos of Life, 2nd Edition
Chisel through the noise. Find your truth. Shape your life.
Leadership / resilience / action-plan guide
LatestA 2-Week Action Plan for Leadership Success
Lay the cornerstone for leadership that thrives under pressure.
AI / human capability / future readiness / leadership
LatestWhy the Future of AI Depends on the Intelligence Within Us
Before the machines decide, humanity must decide who we want to be.
Literary field guide / national parks / travel / photography / Grand Canyon
LatestA Literary Field Guide to Grand Canyon National Park
A different kind of Grand Canyon guidebook - literary, practical, and unforgettable.
Clean fantasy adventure / early YA fantasy
LatestA Doamanse Fantasy Adventure
Ray was sent into the living wetlands to become a man. He was not sent to find the wizard.
Children's mystery adventure / light fantasy travel adventure
LatestThe Second Record Adventures Book 1
A floating garden. An impossible record. A secret beneath the city.
Rights and licensing
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Explore the publishing family
RP Books & Audio is one shelf in the larger RP Media / Reagent Press publishing family.