Subject
AI and search
How discovery works now: AI search, answer engines, large language models, and what it takes to be found and cited by any of them.
Independent publisher · Kaufman, Texas
Technical books by the people who do the work
Hartzer Press publishes technical, marketing, and digital marketing books by practitioners — working consultants, engineers, marketers, and expert witnesses who write about what they do rather than what they have read.
What we publish
Six subjects, treated seriously
We publish in the areas where a book still beats a search result: subjects deep enough to need a structure, and technical enough that getting them wrong is expensive.
Subject
Technical SEO
Crawling, indexation, site architecture, canonicalization, structured data, rendering, Core Web Vitals, and log file analysis.
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Website development
Building, migrating, and maintaining sites that hold up — architecture, performance, accessibility, and the infrastructure underneath them.
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Domain names and DNS
Domain strategy, valuation, portfolio management, DNS, registrar and registry practice, domain security, and domain recovery.
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Digital marketing
Paid and organic acquisition, campaign architecture, analytics, attribution, and the measurement that decides what actually worked.
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Reputation and risk
How organizations and individuals are judged online, what the record actually says about them, and what can be done about it.
The standard
Written by practitioners, not by observers
The test for a Hartzer Press book is simple: has the author actually done this, and can a reader do something with it on Monday morning?
Authorship
The author has done the work
Our authors write from engagements, migrations, audits, investigations, and campaigns they ran themselves. Cases, tools, and platforms are named. Composite anecdotes are not evidence.
Editorial
The author keeps the argument
We edit for clarity, structure, and accuracy. We do not sand a book down until it agrees with everyone, and we do not pad a manuscript to hit a page count.
Approach
Plain English, no filler
Technical subjects explained without buzzwords and without sacrificing accuracy. Every chapter has to earn its place for a reader who is short on time.
For authors
We are open to proposals
Hartzer Press publishes other people’s books, not only its founder’s. If you work in one of our subjects and have a book in you, we would like to see the proposal.
Who
Working professionals
Consultants, engineers, marketers, agency leads, and expert witnesses. A platform helps. Having genuinely done the work matters more.
What you get
A real publisher
An ISBN registered to the imprint for every format, editing, interior and cover design, four editions, Ingram and Amazon distribution, and metadata that booksellers and libraries can actually use.
How
A proposal, not a manuscript
Send a one-page overview, a chapter outline, and one sample chapter. We read every proposal that fits the list and reply either way.
How we work
An independent press, run like a practice
Distribution
Available wherever books are sold
Print titles are distributed to the trade through Ingram, which reaches Barnes & Noble, independent bookstores, libraries, schools, and international wholesalers. Amazon is served directly. Ebook and audiobook editions go to the major platforms.
Metadata
Catalogued properly
Every edition carries its own ISBN registered to Hartzer Press, correct BISAC subject codes, and consistent metadata across every channel. Librarians and booksellers should not have to guess which record is the right one.
Booksellers, librarians, and reviewers
Trade ordering, review copies, permissions, translation rights, and bulk orders are all handled directly by the press.