About Temple Seven
Books that deserve a second life.
Temple Seven is an independent publisher restoring overlooked works from the public domain — and reissuing them in editions worthy of the originals.
What we do
Our catalog focuses on titles that were widely read in their day, fell out of print, and have since become difficult or expensive to find — or that survive only as poorly-scanned PDFs floating around the internet. We take those scans, clean them up, typeset them, give them a proper cover, and bring them back as print-on-demand paperbacks and downloadable PDFs. The original voice stays intact. The presentation gets the care the book deserved the first time.
How we find books
We work across the public domain — philosophy, history, religion, mythology, esoterica, fiction, science, and anything else that passed copyright before 1929. Candidates come from a mix of sources: Internet Archive, Project Gutenberg, suggestions from readers, and our own research into what's worth bringing back. Anything we publish has to clear two bars: it has to be in the public domain, and the source scan has to be clean enough to produce an edition worth owning. If both check out, it joins the queue. Readers can request a specific title at /request-book. If it's public domain and we can source a clean scan, we'll move it up.
Print & digital editions
Every title is offered as a perfect-bound paperback printed on demand and shipped tracked, and as a PDF that mirrors the printed edition exactly. Each book page lists what's available — some PDFs are free, some are paid, and Premium members get the in-browser reader on top of either.
Membership
Two optional subscription tiers support the restoration work and unlock extras. Plus saves up to 200 books to your library and downloads PDFs across the catalog. Premium adds our in-browser PDF reader — highlights, sticky notes, drawing tools, full-text search, dark mode, and reading position synced across devices. See /subscribe for current pricing.
Gift cards
A Temple Seven gift card lets the recipient pick whichever titles speak to them. Delivered by email with a redemption code that applies at checkout — codes never expire and roll over across multiple orders. Buy one at /gift.
Affiliate program
Writers, podcasters, and reviewers who cover the kind of work we restore can apply to the Temple Seven Affiliate Program at /affiliate-program. Approved affiliates get a personal promo code that gives their audience a discount and pays them a share of the profit on every order — tiered up the more they sell.
Get in touch
Questions about a book? A bulk order for a class? Press inquiry? Reach out at /contact — we read everything that comes in.