Name

New Degree Press

Legal name

New Degree Press

Website

https://newdegreepress.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Washington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Operations

Revenue model

1. Author Development Programs: Full-service publishing and author development programs including strategic positioning, writing systems, editorial services, design, production, distribution, audience development, presales, and launch strategy. Authors retain creative control and rights while working within a structured, professionally guided publishing system.
2. Enterprise & Corporate Solutions: Custom partnerships with companies, institutions, and leadership teams to develop books, frameworks, and thought-leadership platforms that scale internally and externally.
3. Codex AI Tools Subscription: AI-enabled authoring tools accessible to authors in their ecosystem, designed to support writing without replacing the author's voice.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

New Degree Press operates as Manuscripts, a modern hybrid publishing and author development partner that helps professionals write, publish, and market books. The company offers structured publishing programs (MAOS, MPOS, Enterprise) alongside an AI-enabled authoring platform (Codex), serving executives, founders, coaches, consultants, professors, and corporate clients.

Product overview

Manuscripts operates as a modern hybrid publishing and author development platform offering a system-based approach with four integrated programs: Modern Author Operating System (MAOS) for writing, Modern Publishing Operating System (MPOS) for publishing, Codex for AI-powered authoring tools, and Enterprise/Corporate solutions for organizational clients. All books developed through Manuscripts are written by the author, professionally edited, 100% author-owned, and designed to generate ROI beyond book sales. The platform serves 3,500+ professionals including executives, founders, professors, coaches, and consultants.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Modern Author Operating System (MAOS): A guided, end-to-end system for experts, executives, coaches, consultants, physicians, professors, and founders who want to write and leverage a serious nonfiction book
• Modern Publishing Operating System (MPOS)
• Codex
• Author Intelligence

Products and services

• MAOS (Manuscripts Author OS) Structured author development and hybrid publishing program for professionals seeking to write, publish, and market a book.
• MPOS (Manuscripts Professional OS) Extended professional publishing program for individuals pursuing more comprehensive author and thought-leadership development.
• Codex AI-enabled authoring platform designed to help authors draft and develop their manuscripts.
• Enterprise / Corporate Publishing Solutions B2B publishing and author development solutions delivered to enterprise clients and corporate teams.

Quantifiable outcome

• 90% manuscript completion rate for authors who enter the system
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability2 records

Feature3 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Greenleaf Book Group: Greenleaf is an independent hybrid publisher focused on business, self-help, and nonfiction authors seeking a middle path between traditional publishing and self-publishing. It directly competes with Manuscripts for the same executive and thought-leader customer segment.
• Advantage Media Group (Forbes Books): Advantage Media Group operates the Forbes Books imprint, providing hybrid publishing and author development services for executives and business leaders. It is the most direct competitor to Manuscripts in the 'book as thought-leadership platform for professionals' category.
• Scribe Media: Scribe Media was a direct competitor offering done-for-you book writing, publishing, and marketing services for business leaders before shutting down in 2023. It remains the closest historical analog and benchmark for Manuscripts' service model.
• Berrett-Koehler Publishers: Berrett-Koehler is an independent publisher of business and professional nonfiction, working closely with authors on positioning and audience development. It overlaps with Manuscripts on the executive/business nonfiction publishing mission.
• Lioncrest Publishing: Lioncrest is a hybrid publisher serving business authors and nonfiction professionals with editorial, design, and distribution services. It competes with Manuscripts on a similar premium, services-led model for busy executives.

Emerging players

• Reedsy: Reedsy is a marketplace connecting authors with vetted editors, designers, and ghostwriters, plus a self-publishing distribution service. It overlaps with Manuscripts in the author-services value chain but with a marketplace model rather than an integrated system.
• BookBaby: BookBaby offers self-publishing services including editing, design, distribution, and marketing for independent authors. It addresses a more price-sensitive segment than Manuscripts but competes for the same underlying author demand for professional publishing support.

Broad incumbents

• Wiley (Business & Personal Finance imprints): Wiley publishes a large catalog of professional and business books across multiple imprints and offers structured author development for executives. It is a broader incumbent whose business-author programs overlap with Manuscripts' positioning.
• HarperCollins Leadership: HarperCollins Leadership is a major imprint publishing business and self-help books by executives and thought leaders. It competes with Manuscripts for the same end-reader and author pool, but at much larger scale and with traditional publishing economics.
• Penguin Random House (Portfolio, Crown Business): Major trade publisher with leading business nonfiction imprints (Portfolio, Crown Business) competing for the same executive and thought-leader authors. Operates at much larger scale with traditional publishing economics.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/newdegreepress
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/new-degree-press

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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