Samhain Publishing

Good luck RHT.

Ohh dare I? Dare I?


I dare! *girds loins*

Best of luck, IRS.

Hi, I'm new!

I've just submitted a contemporary romance with a family history/genealogy twist to it to Samhain so let's see how that goes down with them! I hope there's enough romance in it to satisfy.

Anyway, fingers and toes crossed!

Good Luck Lorna.

I'm in too

I submitted mine too, just about an hour ago. It's an old-fashioned family saga/romance, completely out of style. Gah! I've fallen in love with all my characters, though, and I have no judgment.

Just submitted my paranormal romance. Any word Kiwi, Lorna or Linda?

JamieB said:

Just submitted my paranormal romance. Any word Kiwi, Lorna or Linda?

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Samhain rejected almost immediately but the full MS is now under consideration by The Wild Rose Press so fingers crossed.

Good luck with your submission!

Lorna

Oh I see this popped back up. I'd forgotten this was the spur that got me to query them. They requested the full, and asked for some revisions, which I've just sent back. Fingers crossed.

Good luck to you both!

Good luck, Lorna.

I also write family sagas!

Best of luck to everyone still waiting. I struck out on this one. Wonderful people to deal with though. A real shame they've had to narrow their list.

kiwiauthor said:

A real shame they've had to narrow their list.

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Do you mean list of accepted/published genres?

Please explain.

thanks.

from their site:

Samhain Publishing is now open to general submissions of all genres of romance and erotica, as well as fantasy, urban fantasy and science fiction with strong romantic elements. We are refocusing our efforts and will no longer be accepting submissions in other genres for the time being.

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I think they did accept fantasy etc without romance, but now there must be some romance.

IdiotsRUs said:

I think they did accept fantasy etc without romance, but now there must be some romance.

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Okay, I did know that...I thought maybe something else had changed recently. Thanks IRU.

Which means if you have a fantasy with a romantic subplot, you can submit. I think. Doesn't have to be out-and-out Romance - sweet romance, for example, has no sex (is that right?) - but there are the mushy feelings.

jennontheisland said:

Do you mean list of accepted/published genres?

Please explain.

thanks.

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Yes. Samhain used to accept a far wider genre range. Since Christmas they've returned to the romance niche they famous for. That said, they do consider/accept other genres as long as they have a romantic element--as other's have noted.

Best of luck.

Christine N. said:

Which means if you have a fantasy with a romantic subplot, you can submit. I think. Doesn't have to be out-and-out Romance - sweet romance, for example, has no sex (is that right?) - but there are the mushy feelings.

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Sweet romances tend to allude to sex, but in 99% of the time you're left with them "going into the bedroom and shutting the door". Oh yeah, the reader knows what's going on in there, but you don't see it. How ya doin', Christine?

I'm allrighty - working on the next book in the series and a game plan to promote the print release of the first this winter.

How's the fam?

They're doing great. The dh got a promotion. Yay! More writing stuffies for me...

As not to hijack the thread, I wish everyone good luck in their submissions. My first book was through Samhain, but was rejected for my last two. They're fabulous people to work with.

Question about Samhain

I have a question about this publisher. I understand that they are primarily an e-publisher but they do seem to do books in print as well. I have actually bought a few and read them. However, what dictates which books will be an e-book and which will be put into print?

I would love to submit to them, they seem very approachable. I have to admit, I don't have a lot of interest in being an "e-book" writer. Maybe that's a little selfish of me and I appologize but it's just how I feel.

Any how, if anyone can give me a little insite I would be very appreciative.

Thanks

All their books are released as ebooks first. I don't know what the print criteria is. Perhaps their thread will have more info.

Or just check out their site: http://samhainpublishing.com/

Usually it's length that determines what goes into print. At least that's the current criteria, as I understand it. Novella length does not get put into print, but novel length does. I think the cutoff was somewhere in the neighborhood of 60,000 words.

And you'd be surprised - some of the ebooks do remarkably well.

Samhain has an agreement with Kensington publishing. At least 6 books from Samhain will be released in print by Kensington as part of a "Samhain" line (like they ahve the Zebra line for historicals and the Aphrodesia line for erotics).

No word on which books, or when exactly but it is expected to be within the next year.

If you google Samhain Kensington you should find the announcement made in June or July of 2007.