About
Publishing Support for Incarcerated Authors and Implementation Partners
Aurora International Publishing provides structured, ethical publishing support for incarcerated authors and justice-impacted voices. Our work focuses on meaningful books, workbooks, journals, educational resources, and creative projects that support accountability, personal development, reintegration, family stability, and long-term community impact.
AIP is intentionally selective. We are a small publishing operation and currently focus on two areas: publishing support for incarcerated authors and partnerships with organizations, programs, institutions, and community partners that can use or implement AIP resources in real-world settings.
We are not a vanity press. We do not sell false promises, guaranteed sales, or unnecessary publishing packages. We publish responsibly, with clear expectations, professional standards, and respect for both authors and implementation partners.
Who We Work With
- Incarcerated authors with serious, developed projects
- Formerly incarcerated authors whose work aligns with AIP’s mission
- Justice-impacted writers creating books, workbooks, journals, or educational resources
- Families or representatives assisting an incarcerated author
- Organizations, programs, institutions, and community partners interested in using or implementing AIP resources
Current Focus Areas
- Publishing support for incarcerated authors
- Justice, reintegration, and personal development resources
- Workbooks, journals, guides, and structured program materials
- Implementation partnerships with organizations, programs, and institutions
- Long-term catalog development for mission-aligned work
How AIP Works
AIP works carefully and selectively. Every publishing project and implementation inquiry is reviewed before moving forward. We consider mission fit, author readiness, manuscript condition, production needs, intended audience, possible use cases, and available capacity.
Incarcerated-Author Publishing Support
For selected incarcerated-author projects, AIP may provide structured publishing support, ISBNs, production coordination, formatting, cover preparation, distribution setup, and ongoing catalog support.
Selected royalty-based projects may qualify for AIP-covered core publishing costs. Under that model, the author receives 70 percent of net sales. Acceptance depends on readiness, mission fit, and available publishing capacity.
Implementation Partnerships
AIP is seeking relationships with organizations, programs, institutions, and community partners that can implement, distribute, recommend, or integrate AIP books, workbooks, journals, and educational resources into their existing work.
Partnerships may include pilot use, group implementation, resource distribution, institutional ordering, curriculum support, reentry programming, family support, education, restorative justice work, or long-term program development.
Responsible Capacity
AIP is intentionally small. That means we do not take on more projects than can be handled responsibly. Publishing and implementation work require careful communication, review, editing, formatting, production checks, metadata preparation, distribution setup, partner coordination, and post-publication support.
This approach protects authors, partners, readers, and the quality of the final publication.
What We Do Not Do
- No general open-call publishing
- No broad author-service intake at this time
- No sales guarantees
- No rush production
- No exploitative contracts or unnecessary upsells
- No acceptance without project review
- No promises of bookstore placement, bestseller status, or media coverage
How to Start
Use the contact form to submit an incarcerated-author inquiry, family or representative inquiry, or implementation partnership inquiry. Include a brief explanation of the project, the author’s current situation if relevant, the type of resource involved, estimated length if a manuscript exists, and how the book or resource may be used.
For manuscript review, Google Docs, Microsoft Word, or OneDrive links are preferred. PDFs may be useful for reference, but editable files are required for editing, formatting, and production work.