Caribbean literary fiction, six titles a year

We publish six books a year and pay half the cover price to the person who wrote them

Epilogue is two editors in Kingston. Every title is edited line by line, printed here, and sold at a price the author sees half of. That last number is on every book page because almost nobody else in publishing will print theirs.

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22.00 USD The Gully and the SeaA novel about a Kingston family who move three times in one year and pretend each time that it was planned. 288... 20.00 USD Small Mercies at the StandpipeNine linked stories set on one street in Spanish Town between 1988 and the present. 214 pages. Ten dollars to Devon Pinnock. 24.00 USD What the Rain TookOur best-selling title and the one that paid for four others. A hurricane novel that is really about insurance. 340 pages. 16.00 USD Country of Small RoomsForty-one poems, most of them short, none of them about mangoes. 96 pages, sewn, because poetry that will not lie flat does... 26.00 USD Letters to the CustosForty years of correspondence between a parish clerk and four successive Custodes. Lost money and we would publish it again. 402 pages. 96.00 USD The Whole List, boxedThe five titles above in a plain slipcase, at the price of four. The slipcase is the only decorative object this press...

Fifty per cent, printed

Half the cover price goes to the author, and we publish the arithmetic

The industry standard is eight to twelve per cent of net receipts, a number written to be hard to check. Ours is half of what you pay, calculated on the price on the cover.

A paperback at twenty-two dollars pays its author eleven. Printing takes about four and a half, the shop takes its cut where a shop is involved, and what is left runs the press. It is a smaller press than it would otherwise be and that is the whole trade-off: fewer titles, edited properly, with the writer paid first. The full breakdown for every title is on its page, including the ones where we lost money.

About the press

Readings

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Thu 17 Sep Reading: Anjolie Reid at the BookophiliaHalf past six. Thirty seats, free, and she reads the third chapter rather than the first. Free Mon 5 Oct Submissions window opensOpen for four weeks. Eight-week reply, every manuscript, no exceptions. Free Fri 9 Oct Reading: three poets, one hourTwenty minutes each and we stop it at the hour. Free, at the office. Free Wed 28 Oct Print day: Country of Small RoomsThe second printing goes on press. Pre-orders ship the following Tuesday. Free Sat 7 Nov Reading: Devon Pinnock, Spanish TownAt four, on the street the stories are set on. Bring a chair if you want... Free Fri 20 Nov Submissions window closesAnything postmarked or sent by midnight is read. Nothing after it is. Free

What readers say

4.75 out of 5 · 8 reviews

The first paragraph is on the site instead of a blurb. That sold me.

· 5/5

Half the cover price to the author, printed on the page. Extraordinary.

· 5/5

Eight weeks and a real reply, with two paragraphs about my manuscript.

· 5/5

Six books a year means long waits between titles. Worth it.

· 4/5

The poetry is sewn so it lies flat. Somebody here thinks about reading.

· 5/5

They told me overseas postage was cheaper from a retailer. It was.

· 5/5

The boxed set slipcase is plain to the point of severe. I like it.

· 4/5

Readings are free, thirty seats, and they start on time.

· 5/5

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Letters

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17 Sep 2026 Why we print the author’s shareEight per cent of net receipts is a number you cannot check. Half the cover price is a number you can. 17 Sep 2026 Nine titles carry forty-oneThe arithmetic of a small list, written out, including the losses. 17 Sep 2026 On saying no in eight weeksWhat a rejection from this press contains, and why it takes two months rather than two minutes. 17 Sep 2026 Printing on the islandIt costs more, the paper is harder to get, and the second printing can fix the first one. 17 Sep 2026 Reading aloud catches what editing missesSix titles a year is not modesty. It is the most two people can read out loud.

Submissions, orders and rights

What we read, when we read it, how long we take, and what happens to a manuscript we say no to.

What do you publish?

Caribbean literary fiction, poetry and the occasional work of non-fiction that nobody else will take. Six titles a year. We do not publish memoir, self-help, business books or anything with a subtitle promising a number of steps.

How do submissions work?

By email during an open window, any length, no agent and no synopsis required. Each one is read independently by both editors. The reply takes about eight weeks and it is a real reply rather than a form.

Do you charge a reading fee?

No, and a press that does is not a press. There is no fee to submit, no fee to be considered and no paid critique service attached to the submission process.

What does the author actually get?

Half the cover price of every copy sold, paid quarterly, whether or not the title has earned back its costs. Not a percentage of net receipts. The rate is the same for a first book as for the best-seller.

Is postage included?

Within Jamaica, yes, in the price shown. Overseas is quoted at what the post office charges us, with no handling fee added, which means it sometimes costs more than a big retailer and we will tell you when it does.

Can I get a book that is out of print?

Sometimes. We keep a small reserve of every title for schools, libraries and people who ask nicely, and we will say plainly when a title is genuinely gone.

Do you sell rights?

Yes, and the author is in every conversation from the first email. We have never sold a translation or audio right without the writer in the room, and we do not intend to start.

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Six letters a year, no more

A letter when there is a book, and silence when there is not

No weekly newsletter, no discount codes, no countdown timers. Six letters a year about what we are editing and why, and an early copy offered to the list before anyone else.

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Orders, submissions, rights enquiries and corrections. Submissions are read in the order they arrive and every one gets a reply.

Tuesday to Friday: 10:00 to 17:00
Saturday: 10:00 to 14:00
Sunday and Monday: Closed

12a Hope Road
Kingston, Kingston

+1 876 946 1188