A First Readers campaign isn't a promise to publish. It's a transparent way to build evidence — for authors, for editors, and for the cultures asking for a book — that the demand is real.
Every reader who joins moves the campaign closer to the next stage. Each stage unlocks more support from Imagine We Publishers.
Pitch a book before you write it. Build a waitlist. Hear, in real readers' words, what they want from your book — long before chapter one.
Back the books you've been waiting for. Call for a book from someone you wish would write one. Become a first reader of something that wouldn't exist without you.
Imagine We Publishers uses these signals — never the other way around — to make better, fairer, more reader-led publishing decisions.
We don't sell your data. We don't share your email outside Imagine We. The campaign creator only ever sees public counts, comments you choose to share, and the city you optionally provide.