Coby Press publishes a deliberately narrow list. Each title is selected for its conviction, its craft, and its refusal of the disposable. We are interested in books that earn their place on a shelf and stay there.
The house operates across three categories: literary fiction with structural ambition, business writing grounded in operating reality, and children's nonfiction that respects its audience. Each line is shaped by a single editorial standard. A book either endures or it doesn't, and the work of an editor is to know the difference before the printer does.
We are deliberately small. Our authors receive the kind of attention that disappeared from publishing in the 1990s. Every manuscript is read by a person who can answer for it.
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Selective
Few books, chosen carefully. We turn down ten projects for every one we take.
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Editorial
Structural editing, line editing, and proof. A book leaves us when it is finished, not when it is due.
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Authorial
The author's voice is the asset. Our job is to clear what is in its way.
Current List
The Catalog
Four properties in active publication. Each developed over years, not months.
Available
A trilogy in three volumes.
Literary Fiction / Espionage
The Zero Margin Trilogy
By Daniel Strade
Three novels that follow long-running operatives, civilian-cover networks, and the families who carry the consequences. Compared to le Carré, Joseph Kanon, and Mick Herron. The series is set across four decades of intelligence work and is read as a study of what institutions decide to protect and what they spend.
A working playbook for founders, executives, and private equity operators scaling companies past the inflection where instinct stops being enough. Built from twenty-eight years of CEO, COO, and managing director work across construction, manufacturing, and PE-backed businesses. No abstractions. No decks. The book that gets passed around inside the team.
Wes walks the same route to work for nine years. One October morning, a shop appears that was not there the day before. It sells one thing, and the price is always the same, time, taken from the end. A short novel about the small trades a person makes without noticing, and the one cost that can never be bought back.
A six-volume series that shows how the physical world is actually made, with five subjects in every volume. Roads, bridges, modular homes, ships, tunnels, water systems, power grids. Written with the rigor of a working professional and the clarity of a teacher.
Volume 1 of six. Five more volumes in development.
Coming next
Five volumes in development
Coming soon
InfrastructureVolume 2
Coming soon
Transportation SystemsVolume 3
Coming soon
Industry & ManufacturingVolume 4
Coming soon
Cities & SystemsVolume 5
Coming soon
Future, Technology & Problem-SolvingVolume 6
A book either earns its readers or it doesn't. Marketing can introduce a title. It cannot make a book endure. That is the work of the writing, and the work of the editor who refuses to let a manuscript leave before it is ready.
Editorial Position
For Writers
Submissions
Coby Press is open to a limited number of submissions across three categories: literary fiction, narrative nonfiction, and children's nonfiction. The list is small and the bar is high. We do not require an agent, but we expect a writer who has done the work before approaching us.
OpenLiterary Fiction
OpenNarrative Nonfiction
OpenChildren's Nonfiction
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Fiction
Literary fiction with structural ambition. We are interested in espionage, crime, historical, and literary work that holds together as a complete piece of writing. We do not publish poetry, romance, fantasy, or science fiction. Send a query of one page, a synopsis of two pages, and the first fifty pages of the manuscript.
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Nonfiction
Business, operating, and narrative nonfiction grounded in lived experience. We do not publish self-help, memoir without external argument, or general advice. Send a query of one page, a chapter outline, and two complete sample chapters. A short author background covering relevant operating experience helps.
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Children's Nonfiction
Books for readers ages seven to twelve that respect the intelligence of their audience. We are particularly open to series concepts in science, engineering, and how-the-world-works categories. Send a one-page series concept, a list of proposed volumes, and one complete sample manuscript. Picture books are not currently a category we publish.
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How we respond
If your work fits the list, we reply within thirty days with notes. If it does not, we reply within sixty days with a brief decline. We do not run contests, charge reading fees, or hold work hostage to consideration windows. Send to info@cobypress.com with the category in your subject line.
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Six volumes that show how the physical world is actually made, with five subjects in every volume. Each subject is covered with the rigor of a working professional and the clarity of a teacher. Volumes are released as their editorial work is completed.
VolumesSix volumes, five subjects each
ReaderAges 7 to 12
StatusVolume 1 available
Available now
The complete series
One available · Five in development
Available now
Volume 1
Buildings & Structures
Five stories, five builds. A building, a road, a bridge, a house, and a school, from breaking ground to the finished structure.
The systems that keep our world running. Water, electricity, sewers, power plants, and dams.
Coming soon
Volume 3
Transportation Systems
The networks that connect our world. Airports, railways, subways, and ports.
Coming soon
Volume 4
Industry & Manufacturing
The products we use and the jobs that build them. Factories, cars, steel, concrete, and factory homes.
Coming soon
Volume 5
Cities & Systems
Complex places, connected systems, built together. Cities, neighborhoods, safety, teams, and smart systems.
Coming soon
Volume 6
Future, Technology & Problem-Solving
Preparing today, solving tomorrow. Robots, 3D-printed houses, AI, and how teams solve big problems.
Volume 1 available now. Five more volumes in development, each covering five subjects, released as their editorial work is completed.
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To request a review copy, send the following to press@cobypress.com: your name and outlet, the title or series you are covering, your intended publication date, and a working email address. We respond within five business days.
What we provide on request
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Book cover images in print and digital formats
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Embargoed publication dates and territory information
Author interview availability and contact routing
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Currently available rights
Translation and foreign editions / Available worldwide outside the United States and Canada for selected titles. Requests evaluated case by case.
Audio rights / Coby Press produces its own audiobook editions for primary titles. Audio sub-licensing is available in selected territories.
Dramatic and screen rights / Adaptation rights for the Zero Margin Trilogy are available subject to negotiated agreement. Inquiries are read by the press director and the author's representative.
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Educational use / The How Things Get Built series is available for institutional licensing for school and library use. Contact the rights desk for the institutional rate sheet.
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We do not license merchandise rights, video game rights, or theme park rights at this time. Audio sub-licensing in the United States, the United Kingdom, and English-language Canada is reserved.
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