DeWard Publishing Company

K. Victoria Chase · Jun 26, 2012

Looks like it has been around for a few years. Publisher of religious-themed books (nonfiction and fiction).

http://deward.com/

Here is a sample contract:

http://www.dewardpublishing.com/DeWardAuthorContract.pdf

Deb Kinnard · Jun 27, 2012

They're a known, if smaller, press in the Christian fic market. They put out two of Sandi Rog's historical romances, IIRC. I read the first of those, and the production values were good.

K. Victoria Chase · Jun 27, 2012

I'm not diggin' that annual royalty payment schedule...

TWErvin2 · Jun 28, 2012

The 10% royalty based on wholesale price seems a bit low, even if it bumps up to 12.5% after the first 10,000 copies sold. Add that to authors purchasing own copies at only 40% discount plus shipping, and royalties paid out only once a year...

Not the best, but could possibly be negotiated.

K. Victoria Chase · Jun 28, 2012

Deb Kinnard said:
They're a known, if smaller, press in the Christian fic market. They put out two of Sandi Rog's historical romances, IIRC. I read the first of those, and the production values were good.

I see her titles won both the Christian Small Publisher book of the year for both 2011 and 2012. I subbed. Perhaps the contract can be negotiated. We'll see how it goes!

K. Victoria Chase · Jun 28, 2012

E-ject on a query 1 hour later.

Deb Kinnard · Jun 29, 2012

What? They couldn't have read anything in that short of a time. I always wonder about these insta-Rs.

K. Victoria Chase · Jun 30, 2012

I didn't send them any pages. No interest in interracial romance set in the 1960s South. Figures... Their two fiction titles are Biblical so I should have known better.

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