How the house works

Editorial standards

The standards below govern every Archive House title. They are what a reader, a reviewer, or a subject of the books can hold the imprint to.

Sourcing

Every factual claim is sourced to public material a reader can check: contracts, filings, court records, trademark records, archived pages, recordings, and the published statements of the people involved. Where a source is online, it is cited so it can be found; where a source could move or vanish, an archived copy is kept.

Record, claim, and testimony kept apart

The books keep separate four things that are usually blurred: what the public record establishes, what a subject says of themselves, what a system claims in its own terms, and what named witnesses testify. Each is labeled for what it is, so a reader always knows which they are reading.

Criteria, not verdicts

Where a question cannot be settled from the record, the books say so. They set out criteria a reader can apply rather than delivering a verdict the evidence does not support. The register is documentary: the aim is to show accurately what happened and what is claimed, not to persuade.

Corrections

When the record supports a correction, the correction is made: in the online editions promptly, and in the printed editions at the next printing. Every correction is logged, with its date, in the public corrections log.

Independence

Archive House has no affiliation with, and no financial interest in, any of the organizations, schools, or authors its books document. No subject is approached for approval, and none has any control over what the books say. See about the imprint.

Rights and quotation

The imprint takes a generous view of fair use, consistent with its own method, and licenses subsidiary rights straightforwardly. See rights & permissions and the rights guide.