Amber Quill Press, LLC

[dgkgoldberg]

Does anyone know anything about this press?

[bentbrains]

It does sound familiar, but I cannot recall it. I checked my AOL search but nothing worth much came up. Good luck!
-Frank J. Middleton:jump

[AnneMarble]

They're an e-publisher specializing in romance and in sensual/erotica romance (although not as well known as Ellora's Cave).

Their URL is AmberQuill (http://www.amberquill.com/)

According to their web site, they're closed to submissions until 2005. As far as I know, they are legit and don't charge a fee. I think some of their titles were once published by another company that folded, and there is a legal notice on the site involving that. AmberQuill Legal Notice (http://www.amberquill.com/piracy.html)

[Roger J Carlson]

Their newest submission guidelines:

http://www.amberquill.com/submissions.html

[MadScientistMatt]

Amber Quill has now branched out into selling paperbacks as well as E-books. They do seem a little pricey, though - I wonder if they use POD technology, even though they don't seem to be fee based. In fact, they still appear to be closed to unsolicited manuscripts, with a note that they'll consider a few querries.

[inkkognito]

I found Amber Quill Press while searching smaller publishers of animal-related non-fiction. It doesn't look like they do a lot, although they have a dog care book. I have other, more specialized publishers in mind but my book is kind of niche-y (is that a word?) so I want to research every potential market. Amber Quill says it only accepts submissions by invitation and doesn't even accept queries. That's a new one for me! How does one even go about getting an invitation for their non-fiction categories? All the website talks about is how to get it for fiction via their contests.

[triceretops]

Hmmm...this is a closed shop publisher. Invitation only, except for a Jan opening when they allow subs.

What does that mean? I've haven't seen this before except with some agents.

Was this a company started by a tight group of friends or a writing club that specifically published its members only? Sounds reasonable. Very strange.

Tri

[para]

The only thing I've been able to find out about them is this old interview from 2002 (http://www.fictionforum.net/writers/toolbox/a-look-inside-publishing-with-amber-quill-press-166.html)

[jennontheisland]

I think the invite only is a way to avoid the deluge of unsolicited manuscripts that most erotica/romance epubs have to deal with. I think it was to cut down on editorial costs, and to allow editors to work with writers, rather than read submissions.

Their annual Amber Heat Wave contest is a short story contest. Winners are notified, no feedback to others. Once you've got a short in, you can sub other lengths.

[veinglory]

As mentioned, they solicit new authors via the contest. They are reasonably well known and in the area of erotic romance ebooks seem to have better than average sales although I wouldn't put them in the top 3.

[jennontheisland]

As mentioned, they solicit new authors via the contest. They are reasonably well known and in the area of erotic romance ebooks seem to have better than average sales although I wouldn't put them in the top 3.


Out of curiosity, who would you put in the top 3?

[veinglory]

Heh. You know what, I just checked my figures and I probably *would* put them in the top three. Ellora's Cave is clearly #1, Loose Id may be #2. I was thinking probably Samhain or Liquid Silver from there but my own data set contradicts me: http://www.erecsite.com/SALES.html by showing Amber Quill is coming in a clear #3.

[jennontheisland]

Good to know, veinglory. Thanks!

[smlgr8]

It is good to know since I am one of the winners of the contest 2008 and my book, The Squire, comes out this weekend.

They have been lovely to work with so far and I am contracted for three more stories going into 2009. So we will see how it goes!