Vision and Inspiration

This section of our website presents both a vision as well as an inspiration.

Because we are a small press that does not need to make a profit, we have a great deal of flexibility in the types of books we publish. We want to make sure that we keep to the spirit of ehipassiko by encouraging investigation but are not fixed to any particular style. One way we do this is to favor publications that have places built into them for reflection.

Taking an idea for a publication and developing the interactive reflection we favor might not be your area of expertise, it is our speciality. We will work with you to develop the reflective portion of your book.

Reflective Journal Series

We launched Ehipassiko Press with the "A Dhamma Talk and Reflective Journal Series." We would like to use the Dhamma Talk series as the model for other religious and secular series.

For each of these series, we would like to find someone who could serve as editor. The editor would recruit and work with authors on these three series. An editor is also desired for the Dhamma Talk series.

Student Anthologies

We were approached about publishing an anthology of high school writing and art. Because of the positive educational value for the students involved, we decided that we were interested.

Essay Collections

Although we are open to publishing traditional books, we are more likely to publish collections of essays either written by a single person or several people on a single theme. Reflection will be build into these collections.

Creative Writing, Poetry, Creative Non-Fiction

We are open to publishing short story collections and poetry either written by an individual or as an anthology by a variety of authors. Although we are not listing novels as an interest, we are open to being convinced that a novel can promote investigation as we understand the concept of ehipassiko and we ought to publish it. Creative Non-Fiction could also include memories.

Experimental Publications, Zines, Comics, Graphic Novels

We are interested in working with authors who want to experiment with the written word or produce materials that are not in a traditional format. Pitch your ideas to us.

Publications Not in English

Although we primarily publish in English, if we have a relationship with an author it is possible for us to bring out books in a language other than English.

Other Ideas

Do you have an idea that fits our goals but doesn't exactly fit what we have described as our interests? Please send us a brief proposal.


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