Knowledge and stories, carried into bookshops, media and screens, augmented by innovation.
For our 2027 lists, we are opening our reading to a hundred voices: those just starting out as well as those who already have a track record and are looking for a publishing home. Novels, narrative non-fiction, essays, children’s books, comics, art books, photography, illustrated books, sport, entrepreneurship, spirituality.
Published or not Answer within 6 weeks Manuscripts in French and English
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All Blue World is the first startup studio of publishing and the cultural industries. We design, fund and grow publishing houses, brands, cultural products and the startups reinventing these sectors, drawing on forty years of experience in literature, bookselling, the press and innovation.
Publishing begins with passing something on. Choosing a text, supporting it, getting it read: the job consists of putting knowledge, stories and experience into circulation, and connecting those who write with those who read. That conviction governs everything else. The model and the technology serve two purposes: more authors published, better defended, books that find their readers, and innovations that move publishing and bookselling forward. The companies we support are not tools serving the list: their success is a goal in itself.
Every project starts as a startup, with its own team, targets and business model, then joins the group network to gain immediate access to a catalogue, bookshops and distribution channels. That is how an idea becomes a book, a series, a store or an animated show without starting from scratch at every stage.
Innovation runs through all four divisions, technological as much as conceptual: in-house management tools, connected bookshops, augmented reality, new reading and subscription formats, editorial forms that did not exist before us. Our lists open onto human values, knowledge, sport, entrepreneurship and intercultural dialogue, without ever leaving literature, art and entertainment behind. One conviction guides us: never underestimate the power of books.
A startup studio gives every project a team, a method and shared resources. We apply that model to books: each title becomes a project in its own right, with its own framing, timeline and targets, and it draws on the resources of the whole group.
You are looking for support and the best conditions to grow your project. Our startup studio is specialised in publishing, bookselling and the cultural industries: one hundred thousand euros of services to spend with us, the seven Ctrl+Alt+Create platforms, the networks of eight cities across five continents, and a playing field nobody else can offer, our lists, our bookshops, our readers.
The Ctrl+Alt+Create call for applications runs from 21 September to 20 December 2026. All Blue World reviews projects in publishing, bookselling and the cultural industries.
All Blue World becomes the cultural and creative industries startup studio of the global venture studio Ctrl+Alt+Create. Transaction led by Meridian Advisory Capital.
The Ctrl+Alt+Create group opens its call for applications. All Blue World selects the projects in publishing, bookselling and the cultural industries.
Published or not, across every collection. A synopsis, a statement of intent and an extract are enough. The reading committee replies within six weeks.
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