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Books made with care, and kept by their authors.

Culver is the Old English word for a dove. It is also the oldest spelling of the family name Collver, and Three Doves is the name Albert and Terra Collver have kept over everything they have made together, from a kennel to a household to this small press.

Three Doves Press publishes Albert’s own books: scholarship, church history, and the family’s four centuries. Its imprint, Captive Conscience Press, publishes books by other authors, made with the same care and remaining the author’s own.

Three Doves Press

Albert B. Collver III's own books, in scholarship, church history, and the history of the Collver family.

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Captive Conscience Press

Books by other authors, published under the imprint of Three Doves Press.

The imprint and its books →

New and forthcoming

Cover of We Are Doves

We Are Doves

Four Centuries of the Collver–Culver Family

Three Doves Press · December 2026

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We prepare a manuscript for print and e-book, make the cover, register the book, and put it on sale, for a flat fee. The author keeps the copyright and receives the royalties, and the copyright page says plainly how the work was done.

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