Digital ID & The Banned Book Company Authors, and why we are open to new writers.

Cafe’s Locked Out Mailing List · Jan 5, 2026 · 1h 32m

Cafe Locked Outs Banned Book Company is a specialist marketing and sales concept for self-published authors whose manuscripts have been rejected, censored, or deemed too controversial by mainstream Australian publishers.

We do not publish, edit, or print books. We simply provide aggressive, professional marketing and a high-converting sales platform. Authors retain 100% ownership and control while keeping 80% of every sale.

John Stapleton was born in Bangalow on the New South Wales north coast on 21 June 1952. The first money he ever made out of writing was in 1974 when he was co-winner of a…