The house is edited by Ron Smith, CM&AA, whose work on family business appears in
Cordis House · Publishers · Est. 2026
A small house. A few titles a year, printed to order, made to be read more than once.
The house is edited by Ron Smith, CM&AA, whose work on family business appears in
The books worth making are the ones a family keeps. Read at bedtime and asked for again. Handed across a kitchen table when a hard decision has to be made. Cordis House publishes for both of those rooms, and we publish well.
Cordis House publishes a small number of books each year. Not because we are precious about it, but because we would rather bring a few meaningful things into the world than a lot of forgettable ones.
Ron Smith · Illustrations by Cordis Studio · Inaugural Cordis Studio title
For the kids who hear the truck before anyone else. Whose dads come home with worn boots and rough hands. Whose own small hands will, someday, fix and build and hold the world too.
The illustrated imprint. Picture books about the work and the people a child sees every day.
The business imprint. Books for owners of founder-led businesses who are not selling, or not selling yet.
The spoken-word imprint. In preparation: an audiobook of Buyer-Ready and a read-along of Hands Like Daddy’s, with the pages turning.
The recorded-music imprint. Original songs and scores that accompany the house's books.
Ron Smith, released on Cordis Music · CM·001 · June 21, 2026
The companion song to the book. A house that runs a Studio and a Music imprint records the work as well as prints it, so the story has a version you can play in the truck.
Cordis House is an independent publishing house. We publish across four editorial imprints (Studio, Press, Audio, and Music). Hands Like Daddy’s is available to order from booksellers and libraries worldwide.
The house is the publishing imprint of Cordis Global LLC. We publish a small list each year and edit each title to a single standard: the design, dignity, and permanence the working world has long deserved.
The Cordis Letters. Occasional notes from the editorial office on what we're publishing, reading, and what's coming next. Written by Ron Smith.
