ROOT / 001
Root EditionsThe Way of FirePractice at the edge of pressure
WHOLE BODY PRESS · 🜁The Way of Fire
A field manual for embodied attention, clean action, and presence that holds under pressure.
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●FIRST EDITIONS · SPRING 2027●AUTHOR-OWNED · 100% COPYRIGHT●ACID-FREE PAPER · FOIL-STAMPED SPINES●DIGITAL · TRADE · HARDCOVER · HAND-BOUND●NO DRM · NO PLATFORM DEPENDENCY●THE WRITER EATS FIRST●FIRST EDITIONS · SPRING 2027●AUTHOR-OWNED · 100% COPYRIGHT●ACID-FREE PAPER · FOIL-STAMPED SPINES●DIGITAL · TRADE · HARDCOVER · HAND-BOUND●NO DRM · NO PLATFORM DEPENDENCY●THE WRITER EATS FIRST
THE PUBLISHING CODE
We do not own the signal.
We carry it.
Whole Body Press publishes texts that function as durable companions: rooted in practice, made with physical care, and designed to compound value over time.
Authors retain their copyright, translation rights, and adaptation rights. We earn on production and distribution—never on ownership. The writer eats first.
NEW & FORTHCOMING
First editions.
DESERT / 001
Desert PressFeed FirstAn economy that remembers the maker
WHOLE BODY PRESS · 🜁Feed First
A practical inversion of extraction economics for artists, builders, authors, and guilds.
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Root EditionsDesert CeremoniesPractices for open sky
WHOLE BODY PRESS · 🜁Desert Ceremonies
A carefully held collection of seasonal, communal, and solitary practices for desert life.
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Desert PressLiving Earth Vol. 1Field notes from practiced ground
WHOLE BODY PRESS · 🜁Living Earth Vol. 1
Measured accounts of land, water, food, shelter, and community infrastructure in practice.
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VIEW TITLE →UPCOMING
Meet at the page.
ReadingMarch 15, 2027 · 2:00 PM PST
Desert Fire Reading
Desert Studio · Morongo Valley, California
FREEREGISTER →LaunchApril 9, 2027 · 5:00 PM PST
Feed First: Launch Discussion
Proton Meet · Private link sent after registration
$15REGISTER →WorkshopMay 22, 2027 · 11:00 AM PST
Binding the First Edition
Desert Studio · Morongo Valley, California
$45REGISTER →100GACID-FREE / UNCOATED
🜁BOOK CLOTH / GOLD FOIL
SMYTH-SEWN / THREAD
THE CRAFT
Made to be used,
loved, kept.
Every Press edition begins with acid-free uncoated paper. Hardcover editions add cloth, ribbon markers, and foil-stamped spines. Limited editions are stitched, numbered, and signed.
We do not optimize every thought for a screen. Some ideas deserve weight, texture, and permanence.
SEE PRODUCTION PROCESS →THE EDITIONS
Choose the object.
One text can move through six physical expressions without surrendering ownership.
Digital Edition
$9–15DRM-free PDF + EPUB
Trade Paperback
$18–28Perfect bound · acid-free
Hardcover First
$35–55Cloth-bound · foil-stamped
Hand-Bound Limited
$125–300Hand-stitched · numbered
Ceremonial Edition
$250–500Custom embossed · ritual materials
Archive Edition
$500–1,200Archival paper · linen · slipcase
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Six fields of work.
Enter by subject, then follow the author, imprint, or material that carries you further.
SUBMIT YOUR MANUSCRIPT
We publish texts
that do not expire.
Rooted in practice. Written for return. Strong enough to become a paperback, a hardcover, or an object made by hand.
SUBMIT MANUSCRIPT →- Practice lived before it was written
- Respect for the reader’s intelligence
- 25,000–100,000 words, with exceptions
- Multiple formats handled gracefully
- Author-owned, non-exclusive distribution
FEED FIRST / PUBLISHING
The old world rented the writer their own voice.
Whole Body Press inverts it. Authors retain copyright, translations, audio, and screen rights. We earn on production fees and distribution commission—never on ownership.
The writer eats first. Always.