We created Authors Equity because we saw the need for a different kind of publishing model – one that puts the author first and offers financial incentives and a publishing experience built around each author's unique vision, needs, and ambitions. These are our Core Principles: Aligned incentives: Our profit-share model rewards authors who want to bet on themselves. Profit participation is also an option for key members of the book team, so we’re in a position to win together. Bespoke teams: We’ve assembled a wide network of creative talent –drawn from within and outside the industry. For each project, we'll work with authors and agents to build the perfect team, tailoring personalities, approaches, and skillsets to each book's unique needs. Flexibility and transparency: Every author brings something different to a project, so we approach every project differently. By shaping the process and strategy alongside each author and making decisions together, we’re able to act in the best interest of that book. Long-term collaboration: Too often, even the very best publishing talent has too little time to invest in helping an author develop their ideas and their audience. This bandwidth pressure can translate into saying “no” a lot. We’re deeply committed to trying for “yes”: to giving books room to breathe and supporting individuals and teams with the space they need to think big and think differently. We’re in it from day one and for the long haul.