# MB Communications

> MB Communications is the Ortonville, Michigan communications company behind MBBooks, a founder-led independent publishing operation created by veteran communicator Bill Haney in 2002. Its clearest niche is regional nonfiction: books about Michigan people, memory, sport, place and civic life, often assembled through Haney's long relationships in journalism, advertising and public relations.

- **Founded:** 2002
- **Headquarters:** Ortonville, United States
- **Founders:** Bill Haney (Founder and President)
- **Products:** MBBooks, From Big Beaver to the Big Apple, What They Were Thinking, One Cup at a Time, Paper Boats: Reflections on a Life in Letters
- **Notable:** Established MBBooks as a unit of MB Communications in 2002., Published What They Were Thinking as a joint venture and secured Michigan Public coverage and an NPR-affiliate interview., Placed Paper Boats and its publishing story on CBS Detroit's Michigan Matters in 2023.

## Products & services

- **MBBooks** — The company's book-publishing unit, focused primarily on Michigan and Great Lakes nonfiction, memoir and regional subjects.
- **From Big Beaver to the Big Apple** — Bill Haney's historical memoir about people encountered from his Michigan childhood through an international communications career.
- **What They Were Thinking** — A 292-page collection of profiles of 18 Michigan difference-makers, published jointly with Seattle Book Company.
- **One Cup at a Time** — A 246-page hardcover edited by Bill Haney about a Monday-morning group that gathers to discuss the world's problems.
- **Paper Boats: Reflections on a Life in Letters** — A coffee-table book built from stories and correspondence with figures including Ernie Harwell, Sue Marx and Jack Kevorkian.

## Achievements

- Established MBBooks as a unit of MB Communications in 2002.
- Published What They Were Thinking as a joint venture and secured Michigan Public coverage and an NPR-affiliate interview.
- Placed Paper Boats and its publishing story on CBS Detroit's Michigan Matters in 2023.
- Built a catalog that includes memoir, biography, regional history and civic storytelling tied closely to Michigan.

## Latest updates

- **2023-01** — CBS Detroit featured Bill Haney and Paper Boats on Michigan Matters, discussing the book and how writers can get published.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bill-haney-b3512a11

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Last updated: 2026-09-20