Entangled Publishing

QA is Quality Assurance. Others might use QC or Quality Control.

Cathy C said:

Could someone explain what a "QA" is? I'm not familiar with the abbreviation. Some possibilities:

Question & Answer?
Quality Assurance?
Questionable Assistance?

It's being bandied about but I can't find it discussed in the thread. Thanks.

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Sorry! Quality Assurance

QA: Quacking Abysmal.

At least it's Quacking Abysmal when an author's made to rewrite an entire book at that stage, even though it's already gone through a minimum of two sets of full-on edits. But clearly that's not Entangled's fault for not training their editors correctly from the outset. Nothing's Entangled's fault. Their system is perfect. Exactly as I said in my very first post.

Has anyone seen a full list of 'acceptable' tropes for Entangled anywhere?

I found their examples, but not a complete list. Does it exist?

I don't think a complete list exists that's specifically Entangled's, but tvtropes.org is pretty helpful. Here's the romance novel specific link: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LoveTropes

Hi all-

Does anyone have information regarding Entangled's submission response turnaround time?

Thanks!

GigiPup said:

Hi all-

Does anyone have information regarding Entangled's submission response turnaround time?

Thanks!

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I submitted a ms to Entangled after I met an editor at a conference and she requested the ms. I received a response about 6 months later.

GigiPup said:

Hi all-

Does anyone have information regarding Entangled's submission response turnaround time?

Thanks!

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I have submitted a few things to Entangled via Submittable in the past year or two, and I believe I always heard back within 1-2 months.

GigiPup said:

Hi all-

Does anyone have information regarding Entangled's submission response turnaround time?

Thanks!

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With my second EP book, I subbed Oct 27 and got the acceptance email Jan 20. (I nudged twice.)

I submitted earlier this week, and after skimming through this thread started obsessively checking the status. I went from "Received" to "In-Progress" tonight! Yippee!

Aw, never mind, got the R today. My stats, in case anyone was curious:

Submitted: 5/11/15; Moved to In-Progress: 5/15/15; Rejected: 5/26/15. Really quick, overall.

Jeneral, sorry for the R. My circumstances were almost identical to yours. I was really, really looking for an acceptance from E. It was not to be.

Never surrender, wot?

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I'm trying to be pleased that my project at least caught their attention, and that's something. I guess?

Jeneral said:

I'm trying to be pleased that my project at least caught their attention, and that's something. I guess?

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It's a positive. Lots of little positives can add up to help with meaningful progress. Wear any badge you can get.

I've had a sub out since June 27th. It went to "In progress" within the first 24 hours, so from what I've gathered, with Entangled, no news is good news. I have just thrown myself into my new WIP to get my mind off of it, otherwise it's easy to go stir crazy. Good luck to everyone waiting to hear back. I think they're a bit swamped at the moment with conferences and a lot of submissions, so sit tight and pray. And write.



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Contemporary Romance, 111,800 words - submitted June 27th
Paranormal Romance - WIP (15,000/60,000)
Dystopian YA - WIP

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I just wish I would have hooked up with this pub house. As far as a SP, they seem to be doing everything right.

Oh, Small Press. Although they might be considered to be a substantial independent. They sure don't seem to be a shoestring, mom and pop boutique.

I don't really think of Entangled of being that small. More like a mid-sized independent. They publish quite a few books a year and have pretty good sales.

I submitted my last book to them.They passed, but I liked that I got to submit the whole manuscript. They got back to me after about 28 days.

How long does it usually take for a response time with Entangled?
I queried after a fav on #pit2pub and received a full request on 7/19 (sent it same day) and haven't heard anything since. Not even a "we received your full". I mean...it's only been a month but I still worry like 'what if she didn't get my full? what if it got lost in the junk pile?'. I sent it with the subject REQUESTED MATERIALS: (TITLE)/ genre.

Hi hsavage, the consensus I've seen (from what I've read) is usually 1-2 months, I think. I've been at in-progress for 46 days. I'll gently nudge at day 60 if I haven't heard anything, but honestly I think it's a hurry up and wait sort of deal. If you sent it through submittable, they got it. My best advice is write your head off in the meantime. I've been working through a new MS, and it's helped get my mind off of it. Best of luck to everyone waiting, though, it's nail-biting torture.

Thanks RDHoward. It wasn't through submittable, it was a direct email with one of the editors. But I'll just wait :-S hahaha

Hi, all! I submitted to Entangled through Submittable on 6/21/15 and it went to "In Progress" the next day. So, I'm at day 52 in the waiting game. So, if I don't hear back by day 60, I'm going to nudge them as well. They provide an email for "nudging" if it's been 60 days, thank goodness. The waiting has been excruciating, to say the least. Good luck to everyone still waiting. Fingers crossed...

Hi Lee Ann, it sounds like we're in the same boat! Good luck and hang in there, I have a feeling we'll both be hearing back soon enough. Fingers crossed, indeed - and arms, and toes, and eyes!