Frequently Asked Questions

Who are you? We’re a team of book publishers who want to contribute to discussions about the state of our world, and we’re contributing the only way that we know how: by publishing books.

Why are your books free? So people can read them. Removing financial barriers broadens and diversifies a book’s potential readership.

Does ‘free’ mean poor quality? Not at all. Making books available as free downloads (i.e. open access) has been the go-to model in medical publishing for decades because scientists want a global readership to engage with their ideas. We’ve brought this model to fiction publishing where removing financial barriers is just as important.

Why are you non-profit? Relying on sales to survive doesn’t appeal to us. We don’t want commercial pressures to decide who and what we publish. Instead, we’ve created a new space, outside the influence of market forces, where we can publish who and what we think the world needs to read.

Why do you only publish digitally? Our model only works as a digital press. Printing introduces substantial costs, risk, logistical issues and administrative work. It’s very difficult to make printed books available for free.

Printing also harms our planet through deforestation, manufacturing, shipping and waste. We’re a climate-sensitive press that aims to publish with little to no impact on our environment. Our ePubs can be read on most electronic devices, and we strongly encourage readers to buy second-hand devices rather than new ones.

Do you pay royalties? As our books are made available to readers for free, we’re unable to pay royalties.

What’s your AI policy? We don’t actively use AI in any of our operations or processes. Beyond the AI features built into the publishing software and web design tools we use, we’re entirely invested in humans to do what we do. We expect the same from our authors and won’t consider publishing any work created or assisted by AI.