Recognition
What Founding Author Status Means
Founding Authors are among the first five authors approved for publication at Making Sense Press. Their books help establish the character, voice, and standards of the press from the very beginning.
Founding Author status is permanent. Founding Authors receive recognition on their Making Sense Press author profile, a Founding Author badge, and inclusion in a dedicated Founding Authors section of the catalog — a lasting acknowledgment that they were among the first authors selected to help shape what Making Sense Press would become.
Author profile badge
Author benefit
Keep your royalties. Keep control. Making Sense Press takes 0% of your author royalties.
Your retailer or publishing-platform royalties are paid directly to you through your own account. Making Sense Press does not collect, hold, calculate, administer, or distribute your royalties.
Founding Authors keep their royalties too — MSP takes 0%.
Apply for Publication
The application is free. Authors apply through the regular publication process — there is no separate Founding Author application.