About us
We make books for authors who refuse to wait their turn.
Penman Books was started by writers and editors tired of seeing brilliant manuscripts disappear into agents' slush piles. We built a working production studio — editing, design, print, eBook, audio, distribution and marketing under one roof — so independent authors can move at the speed of their ambition.
Author-first, always.
We never take royalties, sub-rights or equity. The book — and everything that comes from it — belongs to the person who wrote it.
Honest pricing.
Every quote is line-itemed before any work begins. No padded estimates, no surprise invoices, no creative accounting.
Craft over speed.
We move fast — but we don't ship something we'd be embarrassed to put on our own shelf. Editors who read your genre. Designers who pick fonts on purpose.
A short history.
We started by helping friends and friends-of-friends self-publish. Word got around. A studio formed. Two thousand titles later, we're still doing the same thing — only the team and the toolkit got better.
If you write, we'd love to read it.