Xpo Press owner, Brad Hicks, owned a company before Xpo Press called Paradox Publishing, LLC, incorporated in Colorado in 1993. How Brad got into Rocks, Gems, and Minerals is another story. Originally, Paradox published a literature and arts quarterly called Inklings. The first issue was published with a circulation of 5,000 in March 1994, increasing to 10,000 by 1995 and published quarterly through 1998. It was funded by advertising sales revenues, as were all of the publications published by Paradox and now by Xpo Press.
Paradox published the "Official Event Program" for several sizeable trade shows and expos. These Programs became the inspiration and area of specialization for our new company, Xpo Press.
Paradox produced and printed Event Programs and managed advertising sales campaigns for the following clients:

Colorado Center for the Book Rocky Mountain Book Festival Children's Book Festival (1997-1998)

Tennessee Humanities Council Southern Festival of Books (1998)

Colorado Performing Arts Showcase Playbill distributed to audiences of 30+ performing arts companies (1998-2000)

Below are cover images of back issues of Inklings that are available for $25 each. Contact Brad Hicks, former publisher of Inklings, to order. Email or call 877-621-6143.

And for a real treat, open the PDF of the last image below and read a fully designed issue of Inklings that was never published for lack of funds. A great read that our readers were never able to enjoy . . .