Your expertise deserves a partner, not a machine.

AG Publishing works with a small, deliberately chosen group of authors whose books shape professional certifications, institutional training, and specialized industries. You keep your copyright and your voice. We bring the editorial care, the production craft, and the steady hand that keeps your work current, edition after edition.

OUR PHILOSOPHY

A Partner, Not a Machine

Most publishing houses are built for volume. Hundreds of titles move through the same queue, and the decisions about your book get made in meetings you'll never attend.


We built AG Publishing the other way around. We keep our roster small on purpose, so you work directly with the people who run the firm, with no account managers, no hand-offs, and no waiting your turn. Behind us is a trusted bench of designers and print partners we've chosen with the same care we bring to our authors.


You'll always know who's working on your book, what happens next, and why, and you'll be part of every decision along the way.

Living Texts, Kept Current

Regulations change. Certification standards and exam blueprints evolve. We plan annual revision cycles with you well in advance, turn around mid-cycle updates quickly when a rule changes, and manage editions cleanly, so adopting organizations always know which version is current.

University-Press Rigor, Boutique Pace

Our editorial standards come from decades of scholarly and professional publishing: careful developmental and copy editing, consistent style, and accurate references, delivered on the timeline a professional market demands.

Your Content, Your Control

You keep the copyright to your work, always. You also have a direct voice in how it's published and updated, and when a new edition calls for new terms, we set them together.

Clear Numbers, Direct Access

A fixed royalty per copy, agreed in writing before anything goes to press, and paid promptly once the order is paid. You get a plain-language agreement and a direct line to the people who make decisions, so you'll never have to chase an answer.

A CONSIDERED FIT

Built for authors whose work is already in demand

We take on a limited number of titles so that each one gets our full attention. Our partnerships tend to work best with established authors in three areas.


Most often, these authors already have committed demand behind their work: an organization that adopts the text, buys it in volume for its members or employees, or licenses access for its people.


If that sounds like you, we'd love to talk. If it isn't quite you yet, we're still glad to share what we've learned.

Professional Certification and Credentialing

The texts candidates rely on to prepare and to pass.

Institutional References

The books organizations keep on every desk and build their training programs around.

Specialized B2B Markets

Practitioner guides written for a defined professional audience.

THE ECONOMICS

Built lean, so more of the return goes to you

Traditional publishing carries a lot of weight: large staffs, warehouses full of inventory, layers of approval, and overhead that every title helps pay for. That cost comes out of the author's share.


We've stripped it away. We print against committed orders instead of building speculative inventory, partner with specialists instead of maintaining departments, and keep our own operation deliberately small.


Every title that has come to us from another publisher now pays its author more than it did before.


Every title is different, so we don't publish a one-size-fits-all rate card. We'd be glad to walk you through how the numbers would work for yours.

No Warehouses

We print to real orders, not guesses.

No Layers

You work directly with the people who run the firm.

No Mystery

A clear, fixed royalty per copy, agreed in writing before we print.

Let's start a conversation.

We only take on a partnership when it makes sense for both of us. A conversation costs nothing, though, and commits you to nothing. Whether you're planning a new title or your next edition, or you'd simply like a second set of eyes from people who know this corner of publishing, our door is open.


Mandy or Kevin reads every note personally and replies within two business days. Prefer email? info@ag-publishing.com or (734) 489-1169.

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