The Person Behind the mBoox^™

She didn't just watch the digital publishing revolution. She started it.

It Began at Age Seven

Kim's publishing story starts in the family newspaper business, where a seven-year-old girl was already running a hot lead Linotype — setting type, pulling newspapers from the folder-slitter, and stamping subscriber addresses before most kids knew what a printing press was. Publishing wasn't something she fell into. It was something she grew up inside.

The hot lead Linotype — where it all began

1988 — Remote Printing Before Anyone Thought It Was Possible

In 1988, Kim founded Tele-Type, a service that enabled remote typesetting and graphic design control of printers across the country. Kinko's adopted the technology for their business clients. This was years before the internet made remote work commonplace — Kim built the infrastructure that made it real.

1998 — The First eBook Ever Distributed

From zero investment and a basement operation, Kim founded an on-demand publishing company that within one year attracted a $1 million acquisition offer. Along the way, she created the Guinness World Record-certified first ebook ever distributed — laying the foundation for what is now a multi-billion dollar global industry. Others were still arguing about whether digital books would ever catch on. Kim was already shipping them.

Industry Recognition at the Highest Levels

Microsoft selected her for an exclusive showcase at Book Expo America. The VP of Xerox USA personally recruited her during the Salt Lake City Olympics. She became the only print-on-demand publisher permitted on Barnes & Noble shelves and the first company authorized to produce color books for Ingram's print-on-demand division — standards that major retailers still reference today.

The mBoox^™ Platform

mBoox^™ is what nearly three decades of publishing innovation looks like when it grows up. Clients who commission an mBoox^™ are working directly with the person who pioneered the format the entire industry is built on — not a service provider who learned it last year, but the architect who built it from scratch.

When you bring your book, memoir, or business story to mBoox^™, you're not just getting a technically impressive product. You're getting the judgment, the taste, and the hard-won knowledge of someone who has been doing this longer than anyone else alive.