Tate Publishing & Enterprises, LLC is a Christian publisher that prints books of all types. In general, it operates on the vanity press

Vanity press

A vanity press or vanity publisher is a term describing a publishing house that publishes books at the author's expense. Publisher Johnathon Clifford claims to have coined the term in 1959. However, the term appears in mainstream U.S...

 model in which most authors pay for the publication of their books. Its publishing charges may be refunded for books with sufficient sales volumes, and Tate has used a traditional publishing model for some of its authors including Joe Washington

Joe Washington

Joe Dan Washington, Jr is a former American football running back in the National Football League for the San Diego Chargers, Baltimore Colts, Washington Redskins, and Atlanta Falcons.-Early career:...

 and Shane Hamman

Shane Hamman

Shane Hamman , is an American Olympic weightlifter.-Early years:Shane Hamman began to play soccer at the age of 6 until he was 12 years old. In his freshman year of high school, Hamman began football and was a standout for two years on the freshman and varsity squads...

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The company was founded by Richard and Rita Tate and is located in Mustang, Oklahoma

Mustang, Oklahoma

Mustang is a growing suburban city in Canadian County, Oklahoma, United States and is part of the Oklahoma City Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 17,395 at the 2010 census....

, USA; the same company also runs the Tate Music Group record label

Record label

In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...

. As of 2009, the company had doubled its operations since 2007.

External links

• Tate Publishing web site
• Tate Music Group