Services

Financial Library

Paid catalogue assessment and shelf review

The library is new and building visibility. We therefore offer an introductory £150 fee for authors and publishers who want a formal editorial read, honest feedback, and—only if the work meets our shelf standard—a permanent catalogue entry plus a published structured shelf review. Payment does not guarantee publication on the site.

What books we review for this pathway

We only consider titles that belong on a professional financial-markets shelf, in the same spirit as the rest of the catalogue: rates and credit, FX and commodities, equities and listed derivatives, funding and liquidity, market and institutional risk, regulation and policy where it matters to practitioners, quant methods and market analytics, treasury and market infrastructure, and closely related operations, fintech, or economic history where the intended reader is a markets professional, serious student, or institution.

We look for: non-fiction (or clearly professional educational) intent; coherent structure and readable English; arguments and claims that are proportionate to evidence—no substitute for independent judgement on the desk; an edition you are entitled to submit (you hold or represent the rights); and production quality we can work with (a clear electronic text—not only an unusable scan if we are to assess fairly). An ISBN-13 (or ISBN-10) is strongly preferred so we can align metadata, retail links, and discovery.

Usually not a fit: general self-help or lifestyle titles; fiction except where the brief is narrowly and credibly tied to markets practice; purely promotional "systems" or get-rich framing without analytical substance; spirituality, politics, or other topics far outside the library mandate; or material we believe would mislead readers or damage the shelf's reputation for rigour.

Fee, deposit, and refunds

• Fee: £150 (introductory rate, UK VAT where applicable). The full amount is taken upfront as the deposit for the assessment and editorial work.
• If we decide not to list the book after our editorial review (quality, fit, or accuracy concerns), we refund 50% of the fee (£75) and provide a clear written explanation of why it did not meet our bar. The remainder covers the time spent on the read and feedback.
• If we prepare a draft shelf review and you do not agree to its publication as written, we do not refund the fee (0%), but we supply full written feedback on the draft. No catalogue page and no public review goes live in that case.

Exact terms, timelines, and invoicing are confirmed in email before payment. The figures above are the policy we apply to this introductory offer.

If we accept the title for the library

• A durable catalogue page (metadata, topics/audiences where appropriate, editorial descriptions)
• A published structured shelf review, after you have approved the draft in writing
• Integration with browse, topics, and reviews on this site

What we need from you

• Electronic copy in a common format (PDF, EPUB, Word, etc.)
• Cover image (high-resolution file or publisher asset; we may crop for the web)
• Core bibliographic data: ISBN, imprint, publication date, author list as it should appear
• Optional: a retail link (e.g. Amazon) for the buy button, or we can use ISBN-based search links

Gift copy: we love physical books. A complimentary paperback or hardcover of the edition we list is welcome but not required for the service—if you would like to send one, we will confirm a postal address when we engage.