Dan Poynter's ParaPublishing.com

Para Publishing was founded in 1969 to collect, process, publish and disseminate critical safety information on parachute design and skydiving techniques. Initially in North Quincy, Massachusetts, it was moved to Santa Barbara in 1974. The company expanded into other books, tapes, reports, disks, seminars, speeches, consulting, etc. on other subjects. It published the first book on hang gliding, a circular book on Frisbee play, the first book on word processors, the first laser-typeset book, it was the first publisher to send galleys by modem, published the first book on speech recognition for writers and many other firsts. The company publishes several authors and most of Dan Poynter's work.

The Skydiver's Handbook by Dan Poynter and Mike Turoff is the one and only how-to, where-to basic-to-advanced skydiving manual. ISBN: 978-1-56860-087-1

Skydiving, A Multimedia Reference (CD) by Will Morris, Mike Turoff and Dan Poynter is Parachuting, The Skydiver's Handbook plus 56 minutes of brilliant full-motion video, lots of color photography and stunning sound. You will see freestyle, skysurfing, competition, the ESPN X Games, BASE jumping, equipment, training and more . . . all with video. See the best from Mike McGowan, Norm Kent, Joe Jennings and other outstanding freefall photographers. Read the best articles from Parachutist magazine. All text is fully searchable and hyperlinked. With words, color, motion and sound, you aren't just reading about skydiving, you are there. ISBN: 1-56860-028-3

The Parachute Manual,
A Technical Treatise on Aerodynamic Decelerators by Dan Poynter covers everything there is to know about the parachute: Packing, rigging, alterations, design, repairs, materials, regulations, manufacture, specifications, loft layout, rigging tools, all the personnel parachute assemblies and parts with change notices and much, much more. The Manual, known as the Bible to parachute riggers everywhere, is in use by all branches of the US Armed Services, the Forest Service and many foreign governments. Now two volumes are available as a set.