Martin Edwards Enriching a Tradition

"We didn't have any formula, as in, 'Hey, we're the new kid on the street and we're going to show you how it's done,' ' Edwards notes. "No, we were quite the opposite. We were there to learn."

The learning hasn't stopped for Marty Edwards, either. He is closely monitoring the stress that the book market, in general, is experiencing. Encyclopedia and reference books have taken a major hit, finding themselves replaced by CD-ROMs. While reference and trade titles aren't a specialty of Edwards Brothers, competition that loses out in these markets invariably start sniffing around for some of Edwards Brothers' business.