Forty Press

And we know how to keep your work from going six feet under. Its founders may be vain, but this is no “vanity press”. Forty Press judiciously selects and carefully vets all of its offerings based on quality, marketability, and the long term potential of the author. We don’t publish unless, or until, those three criteria are met. At Forty Press, we do not just put our name on a cover: we put our sh

oulders behind every work. Each of the founders bring years of experience in publishing and related markets. Each work receives careful and comprehensive support during each phase of the process, guaranteeing a level of professionalism that few authors can achieve on their own. An author may be able to place their books into stores, but a Forty Press author places those same books into customers’ hands. More likely what resonates with you is the fact that Forty Press grew from the experience of one of its founders taking his work from conception to customer. From the first scratches of an outline on yellow legal pads to signing published copies at bookstores across the Midwest, Forty Press has been there. It knows how hard an author labors and will match it every time. Today, anyone can go it alone. Too often, however, that’s how their work is left: alone. Success requires more. The manuscript is just the beginning of the process. Let Forty Press take it the rest of the way.