Big publishing is broken, but it doesn’t need to be fixed. It needs to be disrupted and dismantled. What no longer works begs to be torn down, reimagined, revolutionized.

Row House is that disruption and a new way to publish. Our leaders are authors who know how to put the author first, front, and center. We believe in equity and activism and that books—and the culture around them—have the potential to transform the universal conversation around what it means to be human.

Row House is raising the volume on voices that matter.

We have created an equitable publishing model representing the values and diversity of the authors and audience we embrace, and that acts as a conduit for their powerful voices.

Founder Rebekah "Bex" Borucki established Row House in late 2020 after leaving her former publisher. Their lack of interest in serving communities beyond what their C.E.O. called "an affluent audience" led Rebekah to make it her mission to create something new. She built a house that would be a safe and fair intersection of personal development and social justice, a home for the silenced, and a refuge for creatives that have been pushed to the margins.

She chose to call it Row House in tribute to her humble beginnings of growing up in a brick row house in a working-class town in New Jersey. Rebekah knows that though these modest homes might look alike on the surface, each home—like a book—contains its unique personality, story, and brand of magic.

Row House’s innovative model offers equitable publishing deals (40/40 investment) and a team that coaches, supports, and helps authors develop the best platform, community, and campaign to share their work. Row House attracts both the established author seeking more substantial royalty returns and the emerging author in need of a more reasonable advance to fund their marketing efforts, grow their platform, and establish their audience.

Bringing together a diverse publishing council, Row House leads with a formidable team of publishing, marketing, antiracism, and personal development experts. This council will guide Row House’s strategy and form the initial publishing list launching in January 2022 with bestselling author and popular online personality Juliet Diaz.

Through this new publishing model, along with commitments from established and emerging diverse talents, Row House is committed to a future that is at once profitable and equitable.