Rider Green’s driving purpose is this: to give clergy, religious professionals and talented lay people their own publishing house. In a nutshell, Rider Green exists to help people like you successfully navigate the chaotic world of book publishing. We do it by using a business model that departs from that of traditional publishing houses, denominational presses, subsidy publishers and typical self-publishing services.

It starts with a secret that few, if any, of today’s publishers and printers tell you up front: When you, as an author, publish a book, you start a business. You become an entrepreneur! In practical terms this means that, beyond the creative work of writing a book, you also must invest something more of yourself to assure the book’s success.

This is where Rider Green comes in. Our model for publishing the work of religious professionals is based on the principle of affinity funding: Each book project is treated as a start-up business funded by those who believe in you and the value of your written work: private benefactors, foundations, churches (perhaps your own), charitable organizations, civic associates and other sources of seed money for worthy projects.