Who We Are

Mid-Atlantic Law Publishers is the publishing imprint of the Mid-Atlantic Law Project. We were built on the same conviction that drives everything the Project does — that knowledge worth sharing should not be locked behind the gates of money, connection, and industry credentialing.

For most of the people who have something important to say, traditional publishing is simply closed. The major houses want established names, predictable subjects, and authors who arrive with an agent and a platform already built. The economics are brutal. Authors typically receive ten to fifteen percent of royalties while the publisher takes the rest, and the path from manuscript to finished book runs eighteen to twenty-four months under editors who often rewrite content to fit a house style that flattens the author’s own voice.

Self-publishing was supposed to solve that problem, and in some ways it did. The author keeps control and a much larger share of the revenue. But the writer is then left alone to figure out editing, cover design, professional formatting, ISBN registration, distribution, and marketing — work that most writers are neither trained nor inclined to do well. The result is that good books from honest writers often look amateur, sell a hundred copies, and never reach the readers who needed them.

Mid-Atlantic Law Publishers sits in the space between those two failures. We do the production work the writer should not have to do alone, we charge a fair and transparent price for it, and we leave the author in control of the work and the majority of the revenue. We are here for the writers who have something real to say but who have been priced out, shut out, or worn out by an industry that was never built with them in mind.

What We Publish

We are a legal publisher by origin and by editorial expertise, but our scope is broader than the name suggests. We publish work that explains, advocates, informs, or empowers — on any subject where a serious writer has something the reading public needs to hear.

Our core list reflects where we began. That includes immigration law, criminal defense, civil rights, consumer protection, tenants’ rights, workers’ rights, small business law, family law, and personal injury — practitioner handbooks, public-facing self-help guides, investigative case studies, policy analysis, and works of advocacy.

Beyond that core, we welcome proposals in any subject where a writer knows the material from the inside and wants the work to reach the people it was written for. History, public affairs, business and entrepreneurship, professional development, trade and technical subjects, memoir and biography of public significance, investigations, security, aviation, firearms law and training, home and property ownership, personal finance, education, faith, and the working life of ordinary communities are all subjects we are open to.

We have a particular interest in bilingual publishing. The communities most in need of accessible information are often communities in which English is a second language, and we treat Spanish-language editions as a core part of our mission rather than an afterthought.

What we look for is not a particular subject. It is a serious writer with something genuinely worth saying, written in a way that respects the reader’s time and intelligence.

Who We Publish For

We publish first and foremost for the writers traditional publishing has overlooked. The practitioner who has spent twenty years in a field and finally has the time to write down what they know. The advocate who has watched the same injustice repeat itself and wants to put a real guide into the hands of the people facing it. The investigator, the tradesman, the teacher, the small business owner, the working professional, the community organizer, and the citizen with a story or a body of knowledge that deserves a book.

These are not hobby writers and we do not treat them that way. They are people who have lived their subject. Our job is to make sure their work reaches the page and the reader looking like the serious book it deserves to be — at a cost that does not require a small fortune to pay.

What We Offer Our Authors

We do the work writers should not have to do alone, at a price ordinary writers can actually afford.

• Editorial review and development. Every manuscript we accept is reviewed by editors with practitioner backgrounds. We are not copy-editing for grammar alone. We read for argument, accuracy, structure, and clarity, and we work directly with the author to strengthen what is already there. The author’s voice stays the author’s voice.
• Professional production. Cover design, interior layout, typography, and formatting are handled by experienced book designers, not by software templates. The finished product looks and feels like a serious book because it is one.
• ISBN registration and metadata. We register each title with its own ISBN, assign proper Library of Congress and BISAC subject codes, and prepare the metadata that makes a book discoverable through library systems, retailers, and academic databases.
• Distribution. Our titles are distributed digitally through major online retailers and made available in print on demand through global fulfillment networks. Authors do not need to manage inventory, shipping, or returns.
• Bilingual production. When a title is appropriate for bilingual release, we handle the translation, the parallel typesetting, and the dual-edition release as part of a single coordinated project.
• Affordable, transparent economics. We will tell you exactly what the project will cost and exactly what share of the revenue you keep before any contract is signed. There are no hidden charges, no surprise fees, and no industry games. Our pricing is set to be reachable for working writers — not for trust-fund hobbyists and not for established names with publishers chasing them. Authors retain the majority share of net royalties on every copy sold.

We are not a vanity press. We do not accept every manuscript that comes through the door, and we will not put our name on work we do not believe in. What we offer is the chance for a serious writer of ordinary means to publish a real book through a real imprint, at a real price, and to keep what they earn from it.

How to Submit

We accept submissions on a rolling basis. There are no agents to go through and no submission fees of any kind.

Send a brief description of your project, your background, and the audience you intend to reach. If you have a draft, sample chapters, or a working outline, include what you have. We review every submission personally and respond to every inquiry, whether or not we are able to take the project on.

We are especially interested in proposals that address underserved communities, that fill gaps in the existing literature, or that bring inside knowledge into the hands of general readers. Bilingual proposals are encouraged. First-time authors are welcomed.

Current Catalog

The Mid-Atlantic Law Project’s Practitioner’s Bilingual Library is published under this imprint and currently includes:

• Green Card Guard — A Legal Guide for Permanent Residents (English and Spanish)
• Yes to Us — A Complete Guide to Marriage-Based Immigration (English and Spanish)
• The New American — A Complete Guide to United States Naturalization (English and Spanish)
• Recovery and Rights — A Complete Guide for Personal Injury Victims (English and Spanish)

Additional titles are in development.

Contact

Email: info@midatlanticlaw.org Phone: 800-596-4003 Web: www.midatlanticlaw.org

Mid-Atlantic Law Publishers is an imprint of the Mid-Atlantic Law Project.