- All material must be typed and double-spaced.
- Name, address, phone number and e-mail of the author should be on the first page of the manuscript.
- A header for subsequent pages should contain the author's name and the book title.
- Our review process typically takes 2-4 weeks for proposals 2-4 months for requested manuscripts.
- Do not submit work on disk, tape, or other media; do not submit work by mail. We only accept email submissions at this time.
- Submit only the first three chapters of your book, and a synopsis of the entire book. (We're not big on query letters, since we can't tell whether we'll like the book until we see a large proportion of the manuscript.) Please make sure you send the first three chapters. No matter how good your synopsis is, it's difficult for us to know what your book is like from chapters 2, 20, and 43.
- Your cover letter should state the genre of the submission, and previous sales or publications if relevant.
- In addition, your name, the manuscript title, and the page number should appear on every page of the manuscript.
- Format your manuscript, double-spaced, 12-point font, Courier or Times New Roman preferred.
- Save your file as an MS Word, or a text file only.
- Please do not use a fancy font (this is almost impossible for anyone to read), and please make sure you use a font large enough to read easily.
- Please turn off margin justification and proportional spacing; pages with ragged right margins are easier for us to read, and easier for our production department to set.
- Please allow at least two to four months for your manuscript to be reviewed.
- If you haven't heard from us after four months, and wish to make sure we received your manuscript, please send us an email stating the genre, the date of submission, and the title of the manuscript. We will respond as soon as possible.
