Be part of our revolutionary experiment
in generosity-based publishing

Our second novel, Push Comes to Shove by acclaimed writer Wesley Brown, is out now and making its way around the world. We’re giving away all 2,000 copies via this website and our network of independent bookstores. All we ask of readers is that they make a voluntary donation to a charity or someone in need. And pass their book along so others can give. It’s a new kind of publishing based on generosity. And it’s been getting attention:

"This tiny startup publisher is making waves within the industry by re-conceptualizing the very goals of publishing."- ForeWord Magazine

"A project that could revolutionize the publishing industry."
- The Independent on Sunday (UK)

"The nonprofit publishing house Concord Free Press operates on an unusual Robin Hood-style publishing model.” –Los Angeles Times

Our readers have already made $60,000+ in donations around the world—tell us where you gave

Push Comes to Shove

Peggy P. of Poughkeepsie, NY gave $40 to Community Works

Pnina R. of New Jersey gave $25 to Puppies Behind Bars

Will A. of Walthamstow, London gave £15 to Action Duchenne

Janel T. of New York City, NY gave $100 to Girls Quest

Angela R. of Portland, OR gave $30 to Sisters of the Road

Carrie M. of Virginia gave $10 to a homeless man

Ashley F. of Woodridge, IL gave $40 to The November Coalition

Margaret G. of Montreal, Quebec gave $100 to The Stephen Lewis Foundation

Joyce K. of Old Orchard Beach, ME gave $25 to KIVA

Chuck G. of Fort Lauderdale, FL gave $51 to a neighbor for a digital tv converter

Julie B. of Laguna Beach, CA gave $40 to 4 ALS

Gary W. of El Cajon, CA gave $20 to the local Arts Guild

Jamie C. of London, England gave £5 to WaterAid

Marilyn S. of Queens, NY gave $15 to the Fresh Air Fund and $20 to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children

Robert D. of Portland, ME gave $250 to Portland Trails

Angus C. of Kirriemuir, Scotland gave £20 to Cancer Research, Dundee

Olga K. of Wellfleet, MA gave $15 to the Cape Cod Time Bank

Nicole S. of New Tripoli, PA gave $25 to Global Partners for Development

Diana C. of Cayey, Puerto Rico gave $25 to Hogar Nueva Mujer

Tessara D. of Portland, OR gave $20 to the Abraham Fund

Jane H. of Spencertown, NY gave $100 to Spencertown Academy

Francesca M. of New York City, NY gave $35 to Human Rights Campaign

Elsie A. of White Plains, NY gave $25 to Easter Seals

Shifra R. of Montclair, NJ gave $100 to Isaiah Brown

Kathryn of Boston, MA gave $15 to Peru Emergency Fund and New England Wildlife Fund

Murray G. of Cleveland, OH gave $25 to the Cleveland Food Bank

Lee D. of Valatie, NY gave $50 to The Berkshire Fringe

Alice van B of Santa Fe, NM gave the contents of a Paris apartment to friends in need

Amy C. of Hannibal, NY gave $25 to the New York State Trooper Association

Sumanth P. of Boston, MA gave $100 to Little Friends

S. R. of Hudson Valley, NY gave $15 to a local high school scholarship fund and $25 to the local public radio station

Jessica O. of Indiana gave $250 to The Nature Conservancy

Zachary S. of Olivebridge, NY gave $100 to the Page & Eloise Smith Scholarship Fund, UC Santa Cruz

Kate C. of Jersey City, NJ gave $15 to Film Forum

Bruce S. of Winchendon, MA gave $5.00 to Sara's Smiles

Jan R. of Seattle, WA gave $150 to the American Cancer Society

Tania A. of Alabama gave $40 to the Alys Stephens Performing Arts Center

Phyllis C. of Wappingers Falls, NY gave an $80 grocery gift card to someone in need

Andy J. of Alexandria, VA gave $75 to the Literacy Council of Northern Virginia

Joan Y. of Portland, ME gave $25 to Kiva

Joe. J. of Seattle WA gave $35 to WorldVision

Jason J. of Pittsburgh, PA gave $10 to Baghdad Pups

Valerie M. of Tustin, CA gave $50 to Heifer International

Cynthia H. of Pelham, MA gave $40 to Big Brothers, Big Sisters, The Nature Conservancy, and the vets at the mall

Judy S. of St. Louis, MA gave $100 to the St. Louis Area Food Bank

Jacqueline J. of Brooklyn, NY gave $200 to the Cave Canem Foundation

Sylvia C. S. of Berkeley, CA gave $40 to the Berkeley Humane Society and street people

Margeaux M. of Freeport, ME gave $10 to Feeding America

Jeanette A. of Teaneck, NJ gave $40 to The Children's Art Carnival in NYC

Jane P. of Oaxaca, Mexico gave $25 to Ojo de Agua

Sherry Q. of St. Paul, MN gave $50 to CaringBridge

Linda P. of Castleton-on-Hudson, NY gave $500 to the United Jewish Federation

Sarah K. of the UK gave £10 to "a local mums and tots group."

Rick K. of Castleton, NY gave $50 to Doctors Without Borders

Daniela K. of Ellenbrook, WA gave $20 to the Breast Cancer Foundation

Anna G. of the UK gave £10 to the British Heart Foundation

Kay E. of Australia gave $25 to the Day of Difference Foundation

Marilyn K. of Minneapolis, MN gave $25 to the Community FoodBank of New Jersey

Kellie J. of New York City gave $175 to WBGO

Deborah P. of West Tisbury, MA gave $400 to a South African elementary school

Esther L. of Brooklyn, NY gave $50 to the Brooklyn Museum

Toby G. of Exeter, NH gave $50 to the NH SPCA

Garry T. of Central Square, NY gave $50 to the North Shore Food Bank

Cheryl T. of New York City gave $50 to the Teachers & Writers Collaborative in memory of Bill Kough

Fern S. of Chatham, NY gave $25 to Think OutWord

Debra J. of Harlem, NYC gave $50 to the Teachers & Writers Collaborative

L. Nevai of Averill Park, NY gave $25 to the Amanda Moon Children's Theater Scholarship Fund

Douglas D. of St. Petersburg, FL gave $100 to the Susan B. Komen 3-Day Walk

Gunnel R. of Chatham, NY gave $20 to the Southern Poverty Law Center

Ann M. of Minneapolis, MN gave $100 to Penumbra Theatre

Nina S. of Stone Ridge, NY gave $25 to the Family of Woodstock Food Bank

Cathy G. of Spencertown, NY gave $40 to the Spencertown Academy Arts Center

Jaimee W. of New York gave $25 Environmental Defense Fund, $20 to the Natural Resources Defense Council and $15 to the Humane Society

Gayla T. of Lubbock, TX gave $25 to the League House of Abilene

Judy S. of St. Louis, MO gave $100 to the St. Louis Area Food Bank

Michael S. of Lansing, MI gave $35 to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

Karen J. of Spencertown, NY gave $25 to Spencertown Academy

Jane L. of Chatham, NY gave $100 to the Seva Foundation

Give + Take

Catherine S. of London gave £5 to the RSPCA

Will A. of Walthamstow, London gave £15 to Action Duchenne

Stewart M. of Cambridge, MA donated $13,100 in free graphic design services to the GreenLight Fund, a donation directly inspired by Give + Take and the Concord Free Press.

Daniel of Bratislava, Slovakia gave €100 to A4 Cultural Association

Clark S. of Cincinnati, Ohio gave $100 to the InterParish Ministry

Loveina K. of Stockholm, Sweden gave 250 Swedish Krona to Stadsmissionen, to help homeless people in Sweden

Sarah J. of Cambridge, MA gave $50 to the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America

Todd M. of Traverse City, MI gave $30 to unemployed poets

Anton S. of San Francisco, CA gave $50 to the Community Foundation of Greater Lorain County

Jamieson W. of Ontario, Canada gave $10 each to three homeless men

Betsy S. of Cincinnati, Ohio gave to $100 to the Madisonville Education and Assistance Center

Tim R. of Concord, MA gave $100 to the New Entry Sustainable Farming Project at Tufts University

Robin G. of Wilmette, IL gave $25 to LAVA

Jennifer T. of Scottsdale, AZ gave $100 to the Arizona Animal Welfare League

Susan M. of Boston, MA gave $20 to Augie's Quest – Second donation for Book #803.

Becky S. of Londonderry, NH gave $800 to Bike and Build – Third time around for Book #130!

Elinor T. of Tampa, FL gave $100 to National Public Radio

Scott P. of Windsor, England gave £10 and free books to Thames Hospicecare

MB of Greenport, LI gave $100 to the Polycystic Kidney Disease Foundation

David of Montgomery, MD gave $60 to WETA and the Manna Food Center

Pete of Joliet, IL gave $20 to the Morningstar Mission

Trish W. of Jamaica Plain, MA gave $100 to a relative in need

Lisa G. of Concord, MA gave $30 to the Alzheimer's Association

Ahmet J. of Tunisia gave $10 to a poor man on the streets of Tunis

Sev. O. of Princeton, NJ gave $100 to the Friends of the Princeton University Library

Harlyene G. of Methuen, MA gave $40 to a stranger short on cash at the grocery store

Priscilla C. of Sag Harbor, NY gave $50 to the National Marfan Foundation

Jay V. of Concord, MA gave $15 to street musicians in Mexico

Patricia of Weymouth, MA gave $50 to the Histiocytosis Association of America

Kevin A. of Boston, MA gave $50 to the children of Gaza

Diana D. of California gave $5 to the VFW

Sally H. of Hilton Head, SC gave $100 to Alcoholics Anonymous

Steve J. of Huntington, CT gave cash donations to the Huntington Library, Order of Nuns, and other groups

Jonathan L. of Los Angeles, CA gave $100 to Children of the Night

B. R. of Dalkey, Ireland gave £77 to the Society of St. Vincent de Paul

Donald P. of Cambridge, MA gave $75 to Respond in Somerville, MA

LTK of New York City, NY gave $500 to the Children's Magical Garden on the Lower East Side

Jo J. of London, UK gave £20 to the Royal British Legion

Derek H. of Manchester, UK gave £10 to the Sick Kids Friends Foundation in Edinburgh, Scotland

Dan G. of Tokyo, Japan gave 10,000 yen to the Tyler Foundation for pediatric cancer

James R. of Newburyport, MA gave $500 to repair a home in Pittsfield, MA

Rich of Concord, MA gave $15 to Green for All

Debbie B. of Concord, MA gave $10 to Concord Cares

Andrej of Bratislava, Slovakia put 100 Euros in the mailbox of a seriously ill neighbor

HJB of Harvard gave pizza to hungry people on the streets of Chicago

Nadia A. of Paris, France gave 75 Euros to Les Restaurants du Coeur

Claire K. of Somerville, MA gave $20 to the Somerville Homeless Coalition

Richard P. of Princeton, NJ gave $100 to Done and Done, which provides food and support to the homeless

Marge H. of Quakertown, PA gave $20.95 to VITA Education Services

Sheldon R. of Portage, WI gave $100 to Playgrounds for Palestine

Brandon R. of Somerville, MA gave $25 to the Central Asia Institute and $25 to the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA)

Sheila of New York City gave $50 to the New York Times Neediest Cases

Nick B. of Ann Arbor, MI gave $30 to Child's Play

Susan of Bozrah, CT gave $200 to the Sung Ro Won Babies Home in Seoul, South Korea

Gary S. of New Hampshire gave $100 to the First Congregational Church to help build a handicap lift.

Meghan of Medford, MA gave $15 to Habitat for Humanity

William K. of Chicago, IL gave $80 to Christ Orphanage in Ghana

Cheryl R. of Chicago, IL gave $150 to Obama for America

Joanne H. of Massachusetts gave $25 to the Salvation Army and a local food bank

Jason of Chicago, IL gave $25 to 826 Chicago

Betsy Y. of Concord, MA continues her relentless local giving spree by giving $500 to the Emerson Umbrella Center for the Arts and $100 to the Concord Museum

Allison of San Mateo, CA gave $100 to Second Harvest Food Bank

BGK of Houston, TX gave $15 to Heroes at Home

Betsy of Concord, MA gave $25 in hats and gloves to St. Stephen's Church, Boston

Lee of Koenigswinter, Germany gave $20 to iThemba Labantu Care Centre in Cape Town, RSA

Suzanne L. of Connecticut gave $10 to the Danbury Animal Welfare Society

Brian L. of Maryland gave $25+ to a co-worker who fell ill recently

Michelle C. of Washington, DC gave $50 to the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop

Debbie of Westford, MA gave $150 to a mother in need with two toddlers

Jason J. of Pittsburgh, PA gave $20 to the Salvation Army

Matt B. of Ann Arbor, MI gave $35 to Child's Play

Mike A. of Brighton and Hove, England gave $10 to two homeless people in his city

Lisa of Cornwall, England gave $20 to Medecins Sans Frontieres

Miguel E. of Valladolid, Spain gave $75 to Kiva

David S. of Honolulu, HI gave $20 to the Salvation Army

Chris of St. Louis, MO gave $10 to the guy who always plays saxaphone outside his apartment

Marie H. of Aarhus, Denmark gave 300 Danish kroner to DanChurchAid

Paul R. of Montpelier, VT gave $80 to PINS (Xmas gift for a foster child)

Philip W. of Seattle, WA gave $50 to Treehouse

Lyn P. of Vermont gave $120 to the Feed 100 program at Whole Foods

Rich F. of Milton, PA gave $40 to his brother with heart problems

Dwayne M. of St. John's Newfoundland made a second donation of $120 to Heifer International

Mary W. of Rapid City, Iowa gave $40 in fabric to the Sioux YMCA

Vicky and Neal K. of Concord, MA gave $250 to Democracy Now

Nick J. of Dublin, Ireland gave $20 to Kiva

Michelle B. of Ann Arbor, MI gave $20 to Heifer International

Dwayne M. of St. John's, Newfoundland, gave $250 to the Office of Letters and Light

Wesley B. of Spencertown, NY gave $50 to the Middle Collegiate Church Food Pantry

GWM of Haverhill, MA gave $26.95 to a blind person in a nursing home, to help buy a "talking watch"

Wendy K. of Quinebaug, CT gave $10 to the Daily Bread Food Pantry

Neal T. of Melbourne, Australia gave $50 to The Dining Room Community Meal for the Homeless, Poor, and Lonely in Croydon

Max of Concord, MA gave $100 to Gaining Ground and $100 to the Concord Free Public Library

Ann Z. of Houston, TX gave $50 to the Houston Center for Photography

Sandy K. of Chicago, IL gave $200 to Project Kesher

S. of Connecticut gave $25 to Voice for Joanie

Ammous S. of Tunesia gave away 5 dinars in Tunis

Joanne B. of Medfield, MA gave $30 to the Medfield Music Program

A reader in Austin, TX gave $25 to Austin Free-Net

Mehdi L. of Tunis, Tunisia gave $10 to a homeless person in Tunis

Vicki H. of Hollywood, FL mailed 26 lbs. of textbooks (value: $109) to young people in Costa Rica

Daniel L. of Ohio gave $10 to Save Ohio Strays

A reader in Vermont gave a turkey to a family for Thanksgiving dinner

Kate A. of Concord, MA gave $80 to One Family, Inc.

Adam R. of Baltimore, MD gave $5 to Capitol Letters Writing Center

P. C. McG. of Denver, CO gave $20 to Chabad India

Jeanne Y. of Granby, MA gave $30 to the Granby Senior Center Food Pantry

Douglas D. of St. Petersburg, FL gave $50 to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation

Linda V. of Somerville, MA gave $25 to the Mark Sandman Music Education Fund

Liza D. of Somerville, MA gave $100 to Heifer International

Tarah T. of Brooklyn, NY gave 3 boxes of new books to the Bushwick Impact Family Center

Dana of Australia gave $140 to RSPCA/Victoria

Molly G. of Ohio gave $25 to NORML

J. A. T. of Colorado gave $10 to the InsideOut Literary Project

Stuart W. of Concord, MA gave $500 to Orchard House

SRO of South Dakota gave $100 to Love, Inc.

Angie of Berkshire, England gave £5 to Children in Need

J. McGee of Hamilton, NY gave $50 to Farm Sanctuary/Watkin's Glen

Pat S. of Illinois gave $100 to the Coalition to Salute America's Heroes

Jonathan D. of Vermillion, SD gave $25 to Reading Is Fundamental

DJM of East Greenbush, NY gave $150 to Doctors Without Borders

A reader in West Amwell, NJ gave $20 the West Amwell School

Stacey of Cary, NC gave $25 to SPCA of Wake County

Norman F. of London, England gave £50 to Prostate Cancer Charity

Brooke W. of Brewton, AL gave $15 to Paralyzed Veterans of America

Jerome D. of Carlisle, MA gave to Right Turn, Inc.

Jill Nelson of Ohio gave $20 to the American Cancer Society

Ying C. of Concord, MA gave $50 to Soldier's Angels

B. McAfee of Franklin, TN gave $20 to Kiva

A reader in Boston, MA gave $15 to the Pine Street Inn

Cat H. of Loch Lomond, Scotland gave £30 to Monkey World

Julia G. of Concord, MA gave $100 to Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy

Micky of Boston, MA gave $60 to Billy, a homeless person in Central Square

John F. gave $50 to the Salvation Army

Andrea of Colorado gave $35 to the SPCA

Norm M. of Albuquerque, NM gave away $100

Bill C. of West Concord, MA gave $50 to Doctors Without Borders and $50 to Bikes Not Bombs

Patrick D. of Chicago, IL gave $20 to Amnesty International

Jessie of Portland, OR gave $100 to Medical Teams International

Wim M. of Kutztown, PA gave $25 to Kiva

Bernie P. of Rapid City, Iowa gave $100 to the CornerStone Rescue Mission

Rose B. of Marlboro, MA funded Thanksgiving dinner at a local food bank

Susan and Dirk K. of Cambridge, MA gave $200 to a Tibetan shop owner

Jennifer F. of La Crosse, WI gave $100 to Wells College

Marianne L. of Harvard, MA gave $50 to Christopher's Haven

Linda L. of Tennessee gave $200 to a friend who needed help

Jennifer C. of Michigan gave $20 to Southwestern Michigan College

Beth W. of Oklahoma City gave $30 to a regional food bank

Don P. of Allerdt, TN gave $50 to Second Harvest

Lori D. of West Hartford, CT gave $40 to WFCR public radio

Gale S. M. of Houston, TX gave $60 to St. Clare Church Thanksgiving Adopt-A-Family Project

Dean C. of Sudbury, MA gave $375 to The Jimmy Fund

W. Tucker L. of Roanoke, VA gave $50 to Second Harvest

Don H. of Marblehead, MA gave $50 to the William P. Kincaid Scholarship Fund

Ying C. gave $20 to Gaining Ground

Edmond C. of Boston, MA gave $25 to the Lucy Parsons Center

C. Rand of North Hampton, NH gave $15 to Amnesty International

P. and D. Goar of Concord, MA gave $300 to Gaining Ground

Eleanor McC. Of Cincinnati, Ohio gave away $150 in Gulf Shores, Alabama

Lois D. of Peabody, MA gave $20 to Health for Abused Women & Children (HAWC)

Tracy W. of Concord, MA gave $500 to Gaining Ground

Brian H. of Boston, MA gave $25 to Community Servings

Erika B. of London, UK gave £20 to the Alzheimer's Society

Giselle of Cambridge, MA gave $8 to a Harvard Square busker and $20 to NPR

Emily W. of Concord, MA gave $50 to the San Marcos Sister Cities Committee

Anita Y. of Georgia gave $25 to the American Cancer Society

April B. of Foley, AL gave $650 to a family member in need

Caroline and Jimmy McC. of Concord, MA gave $100 to Open Table

Jessica deB. of Providence, RI gave $25 to Farm Fresh Rhode Island

Doug J. of Edinburgh, Scotland gave £20 to Marie Curie Cancer Care

Jenny S. of Plymouth, NH gave $10 to the New Hampshire Humane Society

Edward T. of NYC gave $100 to the Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center

Natalie L. of Portland, ME gave $52 to Seeds of Peace

Eric G. of Cambridge, MA gave $50 to Gaining Ground

Bruce G. of NYC gave $50 to Accion New York

Pat K. of Dunkirk, NY gave $500 to a local family who lost everything in a fire

Marie S. of Carver, MA gave $20 to Autism Speaks

Sebastian S. of Cambridge, MA gave $25 to the Animal Rescue League of Boston

Emma P. of West Chester, PA gave $10 (in socks) to a local homeless shelter

Ron S. of Milton MA gave $100 to the St. John’s Shelter for Women

Elinor T. of Tampa, FL gave $35 to National Public Radio

Judith of Carver, MA gave $90 to the Ronald McDonald House

Brian F. of Sudbury, MA gave $100 to Gaining Ground and $100 to the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Carol K. of Concord, MA gave $100 to the Verrill Farmstand Fund

Constance H. of Bryan, TX gave $30 to the Twin City Mission

Anon of Cambridge, MA put $20 in a cafe tip jar and gave $20 to a homeless man in Central Square

Ruth S. of Englewood, Florida gave $25 to the University of Miami

Laura H. of London, England gave $20 (Au) to a blind Aborigine on the streets of Alice Springs

Bill of Concord, MA gave $50 to Amnesty International

Lauren W. of Arlington, MA gave $25 to Women for Women International and $25 to Obama for President 2008

Sarah L. of Portland, ME gave $50 to Cultivating Community

Smitty of Middlebury, VT gave $50 to Shareheat

Denis N. of Portland, ME gave $100 to Central Africa Vision and $50 to Obama for President 2008

Deb F. of Los Gatos, CA gave $150 to the American Cancer Society

Dave S. of Wilmette, IL gave $25 to Feeding America

George J. of Eden, NC gave $90 in groceries to a family in need

Katherine K. of Stow, MA gave $50 to the Volunteer Humane Society of Lancaster, MA

Amy Y. of South Dakota gave $30 to the
Society for the Advancement of Native Interests—Today (SANI-T)

Debra S. of Concord, MA gave $500 to a family to pay for heat this winter

Karyn M. of New York City gave $2 to someone who
needed bus fare at the F train station

Tom McA. of Norman, OK gave $200 to the Women’s Resource Center

Jett P. of Orange Beach, AL gave $300 to a couple in need

Valerie F. of New York City gave $250 to Gaining Ground

Debra S. of Concord, MA gave ingredients for organic
chicken soup to 25 families ($500)

Simon H. of Edinburgh, Scotland gave $100 to Amnesty International

Barbara F. of Cincinnati, OH gave $100 to someone in Washington, D.C.

Anon. in Concord, MA gave $250 to Verrill Farm

Gregory M. in Concord, MA gave $50 to the Green Belt Movement

MMJ of Scotland gave £10 to Lupus UK

Phil N. of Watertown, MA gave $50 to the Dana Farber Cancer Institute

Jerry W. of Derry, PA gave $50 to the Knights of Columbus

Murry G. of Cleveland, OH gave $25 to the Cleveland Hunger Network

Kara S. of San Diego, CA gave $15 to Obama for President 2008

Ariel of Phoenix, AZ gave $3 away on the street in Boston, MA

Ron K. of West Roxbury gave $100 to Oxfam

Janet M. of Somerville, MA gave $100 to the Vermont College of Fine Arts

Lisa B. of Falls Church, VA gave $35 to Feeding America/2nd Harvest

Bill C. of Concord, MA gave $100 to The National Marfan Foundation

Verena W. of Concord, MA gave $35 to Weave A Real Peace

David K. of Ullapool, Scotland gave away £9 on the streets of Edinburgh

Jennifer H. of Concord, MA gave $100 to the PAIR Project

Deborah F. of Concord, MA gave $100 to WBUR - National Public Radio

Megan S. of Watertown, MA gave $50 to Obama for President 2008