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Old 05-15-2008, 06:29 AM   #1
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Sam's Dot Publishing
Hi folks,

Can anyone here tell me about Sams Dot Publishing? I'm considering submitting a novella to them. I'm specifically looking at the submission guidelines for one of their stand-alone magazines, Sams Dot Cameos. Here's the link:

http://www.samsdotpublishing.com/cameoGL.htm

...and the following URL has a listing for the submission guidelines of their assorted magazines, in case you want to check those out:

http://www.samsdotpublishing.com/guidelines.htm

Any info appreciated-and thanks for your time!
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Old 05-15-2008, 06:38 AM   #2
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The editor is very nice to work with, and they are prompt to respond to queries, send payment, etc for short stories in their mags, but I don't know that they have any distribution in place for books.

Edited to add: I don't think they do any editing, either, based on their novel submission guidelines page.
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Old 05-15-2008, 06:40 AM   #3
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I've never seen any of their books or magazines in a bookstore, including a SF/F-specific bookstore (which I frequent). That's my only datapoint on them, but I'm strongly of the "I want to be published with someone who has decent enough distribution that I can find their books or magazines in specialty bookstores in Boston and New York" persuasion.

On the other hand, it's hard to find markets for novellas.
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Old 05-15-2008, 09:04 AM   #4
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I reviewed one of their magazines and one of their anthologies for Tales of the Talisman and they were both decent.

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Old 05-15-2008, 09:18 PM   #5
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Thanks so much for the responses-they are really appreciated.
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Old 05-15-2008, 09:47 PM   #6
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I've had stories published and included in an annual Best of... Two chapbooks out and a couple of novellas scheduled. I like them. They treat writers fairly and pay promptly.
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Old 05-19-2008, 08:44 PM   #7
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Here's their front page, since there isn't any "home" link on the sub pages. </peeve>
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Sam's Dot Publishing
Does anyone know anything about this publisher? From what I see, they do a lot of Sf/F.

http://www.samsdotpublishing.com/contents.htm

Guidelines : http://www.samsdotpublishing.com/guidelines.htm

They seem to have a lot of anthologies going on right now according to Duotrope.
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Old 04-21-2012, 02:06 AM   #9
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On more than one occasion, I haven't received any replies to them on queries or partials. I'm wondering if they're a non-responder. Any info?
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Old 05-01-2012, 08:22 PM   #10
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Sam's Dot was acquired by White Cat Publications:
http://www.whitecatpublications.com/?p=1514
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Old 10-09-2012, 08:56 AM   #11
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Approached by Sam's Dot...
Hello all. Recently an acquisitions editor for Sam's Dot approached me at a convention. She expressed an interest in picking up my published urban fantasy novel. But I'll admit I can find very little information, other than their website, on this publisher. Does anyone have anything additional on them? Or does anyone know about the status of their merge with White Cat?

Any help is appreciated.

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Hello all. Recently an acquisitions editor for Sam's Dot approached me at a convention. She expressed an interest in picking up my published urban fantasy novel. But I'll admit I can find very little information, other than their website, on this publisher. Does anyone have anything additional on them? Or does anyone know about the status of their merge with White Cat?

Any help is appreciated.

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Old 05-09-2013, 01:49 AM   #13
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It looks like some of the Sam's Dot magazines (Scifaiku and Illumen) have also gone to Alban Lake: http://albanlake.com/guidelines-illumen/

Which is a new publisher I think, and doesn't yet have a thread here.
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