An afterlife for grave-robbed books.

Resurrection Men is a reprint press that focuses solely on keeping out-of-print books alive for a second life. We grave-rob select books from dead presses, closed catalogs, expired contracts, and public domain obscurity—especially unique and literary works—to keep the titles in print for the next generation.

What Was a Resurrection Man?

Resurrection Men gets its name from the historical “polite society” occupation title given to grave robbers and body snatchers, those who secretly exhumed dead bodies in order to sell them, beginning in the late 18th century, when there was a high demand for cadavers in medical education but a limited legal supply. Now, our cadavers are books, and we’re rescuing them from the grave.

New Acquisitions, Releases, & Reprints

We will be acquiring our first titles soon. When we have new titles, they will appear here.

Dig Up Your Dead

Once we have our first acquisitions, we will have search terms here for easy navigation of our available books.

News

8-4-25: We’ve launched the site to give the press a landing page, but not all the buttons and links are working yet. Please have patience for the new site, and check back later if something isn’t working yet. Submissions will open in August or September.

Past News

There is no past news here yet, but when we have news to archive, we’ll list it here.

Submissions

For all authors or representatives with one title or a small number of titles to move, Resurrection Men accepts submissions year-round via Submittable. We accept submissions of REPRINTS only, meaning books that have gone out of print, presses that have shuttered their doors, or authors who have otherwise lost their original presses in some manner. We do not publish or distribute anything else except reprints. We will do our best to respond within a few weeks, but please don’t follow up excessively; reading submissions takes a lot of time. Authors: don’t submit via email; our inbox is for correspondence only. Agents: you may send pitches via email.

For any single author with a substantial number of back titles or any press that has a large catalog to move, please email us specifics at resurrection.men.press @ gmail.com.

Please note that we don’t pick up books that went out of print for problematic reasons. If you lost your contract because you were a bad human, we don’t want that title here, either. Don’t be a bad human.

Code of Conduct: Resurrection Men expects its authors to be kind literary citizens within the industry and to conduct themselves with decency in the public sphere, which includes social-media profiles. We reserve the right to sever ties and contracts with authors who target or harass others; use racist, homophobic, xenophobic, ableist, or otherwise derogatory remarks toward others in public media; publish external material that is harmful to others; or otherwise conduct themselves in a way that would reflect poorly on our press. Literary citizenship is important to us, and the literary community is small and tight-knit. We all need one another, and we rise by lifting others.

Distribution, Sales, & ARCs

Our books can be ordered and shelved globally in paperback, ebook, and audiobook (if applicable) anywhere books are borrowed or sold. They are available via all major online retailers, including Amazon, Kindle, Nook, Kobo, eBooks.com, Barnes & Noble, Books-a-Million, Waterstones, and Blackwell’s; from your favorite bookstore, library, or university via Ingram, Asterism Books, OverDrive, Hoopla, Baker & Taylor, and Bookshop; and in-person at bookfairs and author events around the United States.

Booksellers: please order through Ingram at 55% discount with returns accepted and sign up on our bookstore list if you want tips for shelving, displaying, and promoting our books and authors around certain holidays, topical events, or local interests. Industry buyers and rights acquirers: please email us for any information you need. ARCs and review materials are available to anyone interested in reviewing or promoting one of our titles; please email for review copies and sign up on our publicity list to be notified when new ARCs are available to promoters.

Branding: Our colors are hex #953417 (dark rusty red), #B66431 (orangish red), #BF8049 (brownish orange), #948376 (brownish steel gray), #D6D6D2 (light gray), and #F9F2E4 (cream). Our high-res logo can be downloaded here, and our round icon logo can be downloaded here.

Author & Press Events

Masthead

Ed Krassler is the managing editor of Resurrection Men. He thinks his dad-jokes are hilarious and that this illustrated avatar makes him look 10 years younger than he is.

Leah Angstman is the editor-at-large of Resurrection Men. She has dedicated her life to preserving voices in the indie press and is excited about this new home for lost books. She does lots of stuff, but if you can’t find her, she’s probably reading a really nerdy biography or out playing hockey.