About Us
Minted Prose Nonfiction, Science Fiction, Travel, and Children’s Books
Find your next adventure. The book is just the beginning.
Our Inspiration
We publish what we find interesting and illuminating. Here’s what that looks like:
Nonfiction that makes you a self-driving reader.
Science fiction that shows the wonder only one dimension away.
Travel that shows life as the adventure it is.
Children’s stories that celebrate people, animals, and their dreams.
Welcome aboard.
Our Story
Minted Prose is an independent press in New York City, founded by Linda Fischer in 2003. We publish a select number of books on interesting, fun, and illuminating topics.
We’ve evolved with the book trade — first offering our titles through a national distributor, and later on our own through Amazon. We’ve never been Luddites, even as technology has come to play such an important role in bookmaking.
In our new book, You Are AI’s Best Friend, we share what came of years of world travel and a deep investigation into technology — a project that grew so large it overtook our original plan for a culinary adventure. Somehow the two converged, and we saw a symbiosis in how people live and enjoy life as they fold new technologies into their traditions.
You Are AI’s Best Friend isn’t the only one of our books that begins in a real place. The Memory Book started with a century-old keepsake I found in a Budapest antique shop. The book chronicles my years-long search for the girl who once owned it and the world as she saw it.
Our other titles in science fiction and children’s books are every bit as special to us, to be enjoyed by everyone. And even Sled Dog Dachshund originated from travel. At a dog sledding demonstration in Denali National Park, Alaska, Phil turned to me and said, “Wouldn’t it be funny if a dachshund could win a sled race?” Author Laura Atkins responded with a witty repartee, which was the book.
The U.S. Library of Congress has Julia and the Dream Maker, Green Eyes in the Amazon, The Memory Book, A Dachshund’s Wish, and Grandma and her Chocolate Labrador in its collection. We can’t wait to send them You Are AI’s Best Friend once it publishes on June 30, 2026.
~Linda Fischer
