A shelf is being assembled here, one volume at a time.

Independent books with a point of view, a sense of place, and enough nerve to leave the extension cords showing.

More Taste Than Fortune Books is an independent publisher based in Twain Harte, California. Our first book is Embracing the Local: Extension Cords and All by Glen Cantrell. Browse the shelf →

Founded by author and organizational strategy consultant Glen Cantrell, the press is small on purpose and built to support books, ideas, and the people who put them to work.

Glen is a member of the Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA).

A good book remains.

A small statement of intent from a small press with no interest in pretending to be larger than it is.

Taste is easier to recognize than to define.Fortune comes and goes.A good book remains.

Every book asks something of its reader: time, attention, trust.Costly gifts, not to be asked for lightly.

Some books fill a season.A fortunate few become old friends, the kind you annotate, argue with, and lend reluctantly.We publish the second kind, as often as we can tell the difference.

We would rather keep faith with the reader than keep pace with the market.

We publish sparingly.We hope you’ll return often.

Our name comes from an essay Denis Diderot wrote in 1768 and circulated the following year, “Regrets for My Old Dressing Gown, or, A Warning to Those Who Have More Taste Than Fortune.”We thought the warning worth keeping.