Veiled Glass Press is a Subsidiary of Michael Ferber Educational Consulting
Veiled Glass Press began as a response to a set of questions that took shape for me during the summer of 2025. I had been working with AI tools for several years, mostly in my teaching and research, and I found myself returning again and again to the social and environmental implications of the technology. In my work in sustainability and international development, questions of human flourishing, environmental cost, and economic transformation are always close at hand. AI raised all of these concerns at once. Conversations about energy use, water consumption, job displacement, and social disruption were becoming more common. At the same time, I noticed how often AI was being described in theological language, sometimes as a kind of modern idol that we had fashioned for ourselves. AI will be the savior to redeem us from our many social and environmental sins.
The book isAIah emerged from this blend of voices, my own and the AI’s, represented under the pseudonym “Ekim the Prompter.” It was important to me to be transparent about this dual authorship and to invite questions about creativity and publishing in the new AI world. When a traditional publisher backed out due to concerns about AI content, I realized I could simply create my own press. As a Dean of Business with no need for external validation, I found it surprisingly easy to set up Veiled Glass Press and offer the book as a Creative Commons work. It’s been a fun business journey as I now control the means of production and the entire supply chain of this book, and it cost me exactly $0 to fully publish it as an ebook and a softcover.
Although isAIah is the first book published through Veiled Glass Press, it will not be the last. This small imprint gives me room to explore ideas that sit at the crossroads of sustainability, ethics, spirituality, and social imagination. Several future projects are already taking shape, including a book that introduces my sustainability tetrahedron framework in a more accessible form. The press provides a home for work that may not fit neatly within traditional academic publishing, yet still contributes to the broader conversations that matter for students, communities, and anyone interested in the forces that shape our common life. My hope is that Veiled Glass Press becomes a place where thoughtful, curious writing can be shared freely and without barriers, inviting readers into ongoing reflection rather than offering final answers.