Ink and Paper Group LLC

There are some hopeful signs--for instance, all the partners are alumnae/i of a graduate publishing program. However, they are brand new and don't as yet appear to have published anything. I'd be cautious on principle of submitting to a publisher with no publishing history. The failure rate for small presses is high, and this can result in unpleasant rights situations for authors under contract. Your friend might want to wait to approach this publisher until it actually has some books or comics on the market. This will not only prove the publisher can take a project all the way to publication, it'll make it possible to judge the quality of the books, and how (or if) the company is marketing and distributing them.

- Victoria

As Victoria stated, the staff seems educated and suited to the job. They are brand new. I tipped my agent off to them. The only thing distressing I see is that they want a full hardcopy manuscript sent in the mail right from the gate, disposable of course. I don't see any request for queries, the synopsis, or even chapters. I've seen many publishers request fulls, but in the email vein. But very few who want the whole paper nine yards. That's a very expensive proposition for agent/authors. Just MO.

Tri

I had trouble navigating and finding email contacts. Then when I tried the SF imprint, which I found at ANOTHER imprint, it came back delivery failure. So I tried the SF imprint (Cameron) again, only this time taking a period (dot) out of the URL. It seems to have gone through. I'm specifically asking them about questions pertaining to emailing, queries, synopsis, and partials. Rather confusing. I'm am not going to send a full hardcopy manuscript (disposable) and nothing else.

Tri

Lots of imprints can be a warning sign--sometimes just of inexperience. If you take a look at established small publishers, they don't tend to split themselves up so much. One reason is that it's easier to establish yourself if you have a more narrow focus, at least to start. Another is that it's harder to build name recognition for your company when you're issuing books under several different names.

- Victoria

Hi, I'm actually an intern there, working with Bowler Hat Comics (and my current job is redesigning their website...)

Anyways, part of the reason for the different imprints is the different interests of those working at the press. It is a small press, but we are growing rapidly and I would encourage you to submit if you are interested in comics especially.

Our submission guidelines are being redone, and we have not been aggressively seeking submissions until recently.

It's a fun place to work, and I'm in the graduate program at PSU also. If anyone out there is thinking about going into publishing and doesn't want to go the NY intern route, you learn a lot in the PSU program.

So if you have any questions, please feel free to ask me ^_^

~Cassie Richoux