is about the christian vanity press . for other publishers with the same name see tate publishing . tate publishing & enterprises llc is a christian publisher that prints books of all types . in general it operates on the vanity press model in which most authors pay for the publication of their books . 1 2 its publishing charges may be refunded for books with sufficient sales volumes . 3 the company was founded by richard and rita tate and is located in mustang oklahoma . the company also runs the tate music group record label . 4 as of 2009 the company had doubled its operations since 2007 . 4 in may 2012 25 employees out of over 200 were fired . according to the company president this was a disciplinary action rather than a layoff in response to employee leaks of confidential information related to rumors that the company would be outsourcing its operations to the philippines . 5 6 references edit 10 publishing mistakes and how to avoid them by patricia fry . matilijapress.com . retrieved 2013 04 03 . book publisher watches and warnings vanity publishing publisher standards board 2006 retrieved 2009 09 04 publishing on paper . quentinslist.com . retrieved 2013 04 03 . a b eric feuerborn . usao alumni reunion happens everyday sic at tate publishing the university of science and arts of oklahoma . usao.edu . retrieved 2013 04 03 . tate publishing president ryan tate fires 25 journal record . the journal record . 2012 05 31 . retrieved 2013 04 03 . oklahoma ceo prays with insults then fires employees . news ok . 2012 06 01 . retrieved 2013 04 03 . external links edit official website tate music group this publishing related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title tate publishing % 26 enterprises & oldid 694683545 categories book publishing companies of the united stateschristian publishing companiesamerican record labelsself publishing companiespublishing stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 december 2015 at 21 13 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view