AUSTIN ROWLADER

I truly believe that words on paper are still the most powerful weapon on earth. Anyone who can find a piece of paper and a pencil can change the world.

For the last 16 years I have immersed myself in the life of a writer. I have written for magazines, newspapers, as well as online content. To this day, I subsist on a meager diet of #2 Ticonderoga pencils, wide-rule notebooks, and oatmeal. I do this because I believe in the power of writing.

In 2024, I published my debut novel, Ordinary Time. After spending 8 years perfecting my manuscript, I decided to use my ingenuity and entrepreneurial spirit to bring my book to life in a whole new way. Instead of relying on questionable self-publishing companies, or submitting to the corporate publishing juggernaut, I developed a machine to help me hand-bind my novel on an industrial scale. In this way, Arrow Publishing was born.

Using my machine, a single person can bind almost 100 books in a day with very little out-of-pocket costs. My machine has been demonstrated at universities, libraries, bars, music festivals, art shows, and many other events.

I have dedicated my life to empowering authors to fight back against the literary-industrial complex and return the sanctity of the book industry to the people who write them.