For authors with something worth holding onto
Books are better when they have a community behind them.
Longpress helps independent authors turn a first draft into a real, beautiful print run, backed by the readers who want to see it exist. We're getting ready to launch — leave your email and be first to know.
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The Concept
A publishing model with the reader in the room.
The best books are not made in isolation. They are shaped by conversation, anticipation, and the quiet confidence that someone is waiting for them.
Longpress brings authors and readers together early, so a print run can be ambitious, intentional, and supported before a single box arrives.
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Start with the work
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Gather your people
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Make it real
For authors and readers
A little less gatekeeping. A lot more making.
Authors set the vision.
Create a project, and share the story behind it. Build momentum, and get the work into the hands of readers.
Readers make it possible.
Follow the process, pledge your support, and help bring a book from vision to reality. Populate your own bookshelf with the works you helped to produce.
The social side
Find your community.
Invite readers into the story—and help authors bring books to life.
For Authors
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Share the Process
Post excerpts, chapter notes, and word-count milestones without turning every update into a sales pitch.
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Build Momentum
Gather a dedicated audience around your work-in-progress long before launch day.
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Focus on the Work
Connect directly with readers without fighting algorithms, chasing trends, or performing for attention.
For Readers
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Watch Books Being Born
Follow authors behind the scenes and experience stories as they take shape from draft to final print.
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Fuel Creative Journeys
Encourage your favourite writers, offer feedback, and invest directly in the books you want to read.
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Escape the Noise
Join a dedicated, distraction-free space focused strictly on books in the making.
Questions, answered
The practical details.
The books you wish existed are waiting for a beginning.
We're putting the finishing touches on Longpress. Leave your email and we'll let you know the moment you can back a project or bring your own work to a community ready to read it.
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