A modern approach to publishing timeless stories.
Through our relationship with Partners Media and as part of The Stable Book Group, Shearline Press operates as an innovative, author-driven press with the same reach and infrastructure as the largest traditional publishers.
We love the feel and experience of a printed book. That matters. It will continue to matter. We stand for that.
We also love another feeling and experience — when our authors’ stories come alive in podcasts or in short videos, in a bingeworthy series or in a groundbreaking film.
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Partnerships
The best authors no longer need to choose between influence and ownership.
The infrastructure that once belonged only to major publishers — distribution networks, retail relationships, real-time sales data — is now available to independent publishers. Shearline unlocks that access through two key partnerships.
Partners Media
Partners Media serves as our production partner.
Led by Paul Johnson, a renowned financial professional, award-winning professor, and successful author, and Myles Thompson, a 40-year publishing veteran who built Columbia Business School Publishing and published million-copy bestsellers including Fooled by Randomness (Nassim Nicholas Taleb), Against the Gods (Peter Bernstein), and The Warren Buffett Way (Robert Hagstrom), Partners Media brings world-class business and publishing expertise to every Shearline Press title.
Yet unlike traditional publishing — where the publisher owns the content and keeps most of the income — working with Partners Media means our authors retain their rights and share in the rewards rather than handing over ownership for a fraction of the upside.
The Stable Group
The Stable Book Group is our distribution partner.
It was built on a simple premise: independent publishers deserve the same infrastructure as the Big Five. Led by a team of trade-sales veterans, publishing entrepreneurs, and hybrid-publishing pioneers, The Stable gives independent presses access to Hachette's distribution network and coverage across every major retail channel. Through this partnership, Shearline Press titles are distributed by Hachette, reaching Amazon, Barnes & Noble, indie bookstores, Target, Walmart, Costco, and library wholesalers.
That is immensely valuable for Shearline authors, but there are also other benefits. The Stable Group provides our authors with real-time sales data, automated metadata distribution, and a platform that unifies everything from inventory to royalties — giving them knowledge that most publishers keep to themselves.