Our ideal client believes that publishing a book is a special life experience for them to cherish—something that takes time and patience, and does not wish to rush the process for award submission deadlines, book launch parties, or promotional efforts.
Our ideal client is concerned with quality and meaningful material decisions in the creative process. They are not concerned with quantity or speed for the sake of appeasing art world pressures.
Our ideal client is aware of the quality of our work, appreciates it, and understands that its value is only possible when our team is healthy and feels respected.
Our ideal client is aware that there are hundreds of options for them to pursue a traditional publishing contract elsewhere and that we do not offer a traditional publishing process.
Our ideal client knows and respects that there is absolutely no reason to reach out to us and request a traditional publishing process from us, nor will they get upset that we are not providing them with a more traditional publishing relationship.
Our ideal client cares about our well-being and does not wish to prioritize the vision of their project over the wellness of the team physically making it.
Our ideal client considers witnessing the labor that hand-binds their project an educational privilege, not a punishment or burden.
Our ideal client is not fixated on a specific material vision—in that something must be a certain paper or print method—instead, they are open to what is possible based on the many internal and external circumstances of the moment.
Our ideal client respects what is ethically important to those hand-binding their project. i.e. HP—the company that offers the highest quality digital printing possible—directly finances the Israeli genocide in Palestine and develops the identification software that enforces segregation and maintains the apartheid state in Israel. As a result, it is important to us to not give HP our money, so when we print digitally, our printing is objectively not of the highest quality.
Our ideal client would not only find it okay for us to have ethical stances about the processes we use, but they would support such an autonomous choice. If they feel print quality is more important to them than the ethical stances of our business, they would respectfully turn to a different business to print their work, rather than suggesting that we should make exceptions for their project.
Our ideal client believes that the meaningful experience and quality of work that we’re able to offer is more important than pressurized art world expectations. In this dynamic, patience and understanding for each of our living situations and well-being are respected and prioritized.
Our ideal client allows for project fulfillment to unfurl as a communicative, respectful team effort, rather than dictating orders and demands to our team.
Our ideal client recognizes that through the publishing process, a carefully-made product is being created to represent years of their healing, growth, and creativity, and, as such, the publishing process deserves slow, thoughtful care and consideration.
Jessica Li
Joel Freeman
Adrienne Chang
Lukas Markou
EJ Hill
Jessy V. Castillo
Kevin Novales
Jennifer Wang
Joann Ahn
Toby Meyer
Lama Mouawad
Victor Yañez-Lazcano