About us

Built so authors can keep writing.

Foss Publishing exists for the semi-professional author who can write a wonderful book but shouldn't have to become a marketer to get it read.

Our thesis

Publishing has unbundled. Authors can reach readers directly — but the work of actually reaching them, fast, across ads, reviewers, schools, listings and a dozen other channels, is more than any one author can run well alone. So we built a single launchpad that fires every channel at once and gets the book in front of real readers quickly. We do that work end to end, and we only win when the author wins.

How we're different

Author-first, £0 upfront

No setup fees. We earn a share of the sales we drive — our incentives are your incentives.

One launchpad, every channel

We fire every channel in parallel — meeting your book where readers already are, instead of betting everything on one storefront.

Speed and convenience

The launchpad is the product: your launch runs in days, not months, and you never manage a channel yourself — we run every one for you and show you what's working in a single view.

Readership-led, whatever the genre

Every book has its own readership — the engine learns who's actually buying, reviewing and borrowing yours, and builds for them.

Get in touch

For authors who'd like Foss to run their book: karl.hobbes.world@gmail.com.

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