Carter Publishing Studio, Inc., was established by Laura Carter in 1997.* Having spent her entire working life in various branches of the publishing and printing industries, Laura brings 26 years’ experience as a graphic artist, typographer, proofreader, editor, designer, typesetting department manager, and service bureau guru to the table. She spent much of the 90s developing and running the electronic prepress department of a respected Midwestern periodicals printer, so she knows exactly what is required to get a magazine from the computer through the printing process most efficiently and economically. As the owner and chief operator of a publishing design and production company for the past eight years, Laura has developed a network of skilled freelancers—composition specialists, graphic designers, editors, proofreaders, illustrators and photographers—who help her handle the production of thousands of printed pages every year, as well as the composition of an online-only medical journal.

*The business operated under the name Carter Document Services until May 2005.