Publishing

Powerful ideas need to be published.

Flatpage publishes nonfiction books written by subject-area experts, thinkers, artists, and journalists who present a strong understanding of historical and contemporary contexts in order to critically analyze current issues.

We specialize in helping academics, researchers, and artists reach a wide audience of general readers, thus broadening the impact of their ideas, and working with journalists who want to tell more in-depth stories through longer-form writing.

Launched in 2024, Flatpage’s publishing division is currently commissioning nonfiction titles in current affairs, politics, arts, and culture.

We offer an independent, in-house editorial team of experienced academics, artists, journalists, and published authors. Our editors are qualified professionals who can coach you through the publishing process while still allowing you to stay in control of your text.

See our call for submissions below for further details and how to submit your proposal.

  • Why publish with Flatpage?

  • Fast

    Since we review manuscripts internally, you can expect faster turnarounds for publishing projects than at traditional and university presses.

  • Experienced

    We offer an in-house team of developmental editors, line editors, copyeditors, and proofreaders to work with you on your text.

  • Current

    We publish books about contemporary topics that are relevant to audiences now. Get your ideas out there when they matter most.

Submission Process

At Flatpage, we are dedicated to empowering our authors and using our expertise to turn research into compelling and accessible stories. We are a uniquely situated publishing house because we offer bespoke editorial services based on the author’s needs, with our in-house team of highly experienced editors who are former academics and journalists with editing certificates from renowned programs.

As a for-profit independent press without a cumbersome peer-review process, Flatpage offers a faster publishing time than university presses—typically just a few months from the time the content is finalized—and, unlike self-publishing, we provide a guided experience led by experts who are passionate about connecting scholarship to the public.

In addition to offering our authors complimentary copyediting and proofreading as part of the publishing process, Flatpage can assist authors with less experience of writing for a general audience through its editorial agency, which offers coaching to help in the writing process and developing your ideas, developmental editing to improve the overall story and use of sources, and line editing to address the writing style and tone—services that are not typically offered by traditional or university presses.

We will produce high-quality print and/or e-book formats and we have a dedicated employee to assist in implementing our comprehensive marketing and distribution plan for your book. As at other independent publishers, authors will be expected to subsidize image rights and indexing, and will share marketing and publicity efforts. Flatpage offers competitive royalty arrangements, a network of cutting-edge book designers, recommendations for printing options and distribution channels, and marketing and publicity planning geared toward the audience of your book. Additionally, we encourage authors to consider the possibility of adding augmented reality (AR) to their publication.

We invite you to join us in this venture of knowledge dissemination, bridging the gap between subject-area expertise and public understanding and expanding on current affairs from the front line. Let’s work together to present your contributions in an engaging, transformative, and accessible manner to enrich the lives of diverse readers.

Our Guidelines

Now Available

The Art of Academic Editing: A Guide for Authors and Editors

A thematic introduction to the field of academic editing, dedicated to helping new and established editors better define their niche. This is also the first publication from Flatpage, a leading editorial agency in the humanities and social sciences.

 

Edited by Cara Jordan and Leslie Castro-Woodhouse

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