[Publisher] Loose Id

Does anyone know if they accept simultaneous submissions?

AFAIK, they do.

Thanks, slashedkaze, that helps. Anyone know for sure?

To expand, a few pages back in this thread someone sim-subbed them and then notified them of an offer received elsewhere without trouble. (They still considered whether they wanted to make an offer too.)
Also, when I first subbed my editor told me to let her know if I received other offers, so I'd guess they don't have a rule against sim-subs.

(I suspect they'd say so in their guidelines if they did.) So you should be fine.

Okay, good to know! (BTW, I went through pages 5-16 of this thread and did a search for the word simultaneous but didn't find it, which is why I asked. Guess they used a different word. Sorry to ask something previously covered!)

Back in 2012, Loose Id didn't mind me simultaneously subbing to six other publishers. Most of the bigger e-rom houses don't seem to mind, as long as you let them know if you get an offer elsewhere. Like agent-queries, I think it's assumed that writers will query multiple publishers in the erotic romance genre. The romance pubs that take unagented subs are not that stuffy.

Over in SFF-land, it's different. That's really why I finagled an agent: *she* can do multiple subs, where I can't.

Has anyone subbed to them recently? I subbed to them on 12/19 and haven't heard a thing. On their submissions page they say you will receive a confirmation in one week, if not then to contact their Editor-in-Chief, Treva Harte. When I didn't receive a confirmation email, I followed up after the holidays and emailed Treva on 1/7 - but I have not received a confirmation from her either. Any insight?

They're probably a bit busy at the moment. I know my editor sent an update of books coming out, or in process, so I can see a bit of their final-stage workload. Lots of writers tend to sub around holidays or the new year, so there's a large influx in the general slushpile. Given the time-frame, wait at least until mid-Feb before you get too antsy.

Do you send both emails from the same addy?

I sent a sub to Loose Id on 12/05, which included the 3 chapter sample, and received a request for the full on 12/29 from Katrien Knights. That's the most recent communication from Loose Id. I'm waiting hopefully for a positive outcome.

Thanks for the quick responses!

Filigree said:

They're probably a bit busy at the moment. I know my editor sent an update of books coming out, or in process, so I can see a bit of their final-stage workload. Lots of writers tend to sub around holidays or the new year, so there's a large influx in the general slushpile. Given the time-frame, wait at least until mid-Feb before you get too antsy.

Do you send both emails from the same addy?

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I figured between the holidays they may have been backlogged. I'm not looking for a particular response from them regarding the submission, just a confirmation that they received it. I subbed to several other publishers during this time and have received confirmation receipt emails. I didn't think it would take 2 months just to receive a confirmation email, given their guidelines on their website.

Yes, both emails I sent were sent using the same email addy - I haven't had an issue with this email address before. Do you think I should re-submit?

Maddie said:

I sent a sub to Loose Id on 12/05, which included the 3 chapter sample, and received a request for the full on 12/29 from Katrien Knights. That's the most recent communication from Loose Id. I'm waiting hopefully for a positive outcome.

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Fingers crossed for you Maddie! Did you send your sub to their general email or to Katrien directly?

Sibyl696 said:

Yes, both emails I sent were sent using the same email addy - I haven't had an issue with this email address before. Do you think I should re-submit?

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Might be worth it. Sometimes someone's ISP or other email provider takes against all mails from a particular domain and blocks them.

You should have received a confirmation mail, I believe. Unresponsiveness is not something I associate with LI in any way. I'd resend from a different email address (maybe from a different provider.) No one will be mad at you.

Also, good luck, Maddie!

Looking at the time elapsed, yes, re-send from a different address. Maybe with a note explaining you didn't get a confirmation the last time. They usually respond, so maybe it got lost.

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Fingers crossed for you Maddie! Did you send your sub to their general email or to Katrien directly?

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I sent the sub to the general submissions email. When Katrien replied, she apologized for the delay due to the holidays.

Thank you for your responses! It is good to hear that they are not normally unresponsive. I will send the query again from another email address.

Someone at LI is clearly as lacking in patience as I am - Jock Auction wasn't meant to come out until January 27th, but they've jumped the gun and put it up today!

Good luck to everyone with submissions in. I also found out today that there's a tentative April 14th release in mind for my second story that they said yes to.

-A.

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Someone at LI is clearly as lacking in patience as I am - Jock Auction wasn't meant to come out until January 27th, but they've jumped the gun and put it up today!

Good luck to everyone with submissions in. I also found out today that there's a tentative April 14th release in mind for my second story that they said yes to.

-A.

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I got the same tentative release date for my second story with them.

Good luck with sales and reviews on your new release!

Just wanted to thank everyone for their suggestions. I sent my MS to them via my work email and received a response that they never received the original submission - but they responded to my personal email (the one I originally subbed under but didn't get a response). Now fingers crossed....

Good luck with your submission!

Ah, the vagaries of email. Sometimes it just vanishes into a wormhole in spacetime, I swear.

Good luck with your submission.

Timeline

For anybody that's curious, here's my own timeline with LI so far:

1/4: Query Sent
1/5: Awesome followup (not generic!) regarding my pronouns, as I am trans.
1/6: MS sent to editor for further consideration
1/19: Full request received [!!] with 1-2 week turnaround time stated.
1/21: Full MS sent
2/9: Followed up. No Reply.
2/16: Nudge status email sent. Received reply that it's still being looked at.

And now, to wait some more. Nervous about the delay and keep considering the hundreds of things that are potentially wrong with my MS.

Breathe. It can take them over a month sometimes, depending on how many unedited NaNo novels they got in January. That they requested a full is a very good sign.

Timeline of my latest submission. Sent on 25th of January - I'm already one of their authors, so just send the synopsis and full, not partial, straight to my editor, so that speeds things up. I got an acceptance yesterday, 18th February.

That was a pretty fast turnaround! I'd barely developed a facial tic yet! The one prior to that, in Autumn last year was around five to six weeks. So it's variable, even for people who've published with them several times before.

I'll be submitting next one shortly (I am on fire with the editing right now.)

Turn-around time from full to acceptance was about six weeks for both my books with them. (Though, of course with the second one I hadn't sent a partial first. And with the first I got the full request after about three days, so sending a partial first didn't add much to my wait-time.)

Got an R&R--as I had suspected, their idea of erotic and mine aren't QUITE meshing yet. They said if I made some changes, they'd like to see it again. Good sign, all around.