Ebooks that are not clearly in the U.S. public domain. If it’s not on Gutenberg, we’ll probably decline it.
Extremely short works, like pamphlets or individual short stories. For example, we wouldn’t accept Jonathan Swift’s “A Modest Proposal” or Philip K. Dick’s “Mr. Spaceship.” However we are interested in complete compilations of short stories, for example our ebook of all of Philip K. Dick’s public domain short stories.
+Individual short works that could instead be collected in a larger omnibus, like individual pamphlets, essays, or short stories. For example, we wouldn’t accept individual ebook productions of Jonathan Swift’s “A Modest Proposal” or Philip K. Dick’s “Mr. Spaceship.” However we do want complete compilations of those kinds of short works, for example our ebook of all of Philip K. Dick’s public domain short stories.
Non-fiction that is “dated” or not relevant to a modern reader. This includes obscure histories that are not otherwise notable and have been superseded by modern research; old-timey cookbooks, books of medicine, and textbooks; biographies of long-forgotten people that are not notable; non-fiction periodicals, magazines, or journals; legal documents, including codes of law and constitutions; and so on. Note that “notable” means we may make exceptions, for example for The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire or The Gallic Wars or The Life of Samuel Johnson.