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NOTE: UPDATED AS OF JUNE 21, 2009. Cleaning house a bit.
As promised, here is a list of small press/large press/ebook publishers for your terrific manuscript. Where noted, the publishers are only accepting agented submissions. I'll try to keep this updated, so please let me know if any of the links don't function. Good luck with your next sale!
Atlantic Bridge Publishing
Liquid Silver Books & Molten Silver (erotica) Imprints
Small Press/Ebooks & Trade Paperback
Standard Royalty: 40% of list-ebooks; 30% of net/print
Guidelines: http://www.liquidsilverbooks.com/guidelines.htm
Avalon
Large Press/Print
Standard Royalty: 10% of list
Guidelines: www.avalonbooks.com/wrtgdl.html
Avon/HarperCollins
Large Press/Print
Standard Royalty: 8% of list
Guidelines: http://www.harpercollins.com/imprints/avon/SubmissionGuidelines.aspx
Awe-Struck Books/Heat Wave Romance
(Includes Inspirational and Regency lines)
Small Press/Ebook
Standard Royalty: 35% of list (after discounts) except on sales from own site, which is 40% of list
Guidelines: http://www.awe-struck.net/asubmit/authsub.html
Baker/Bethany House/Revell
Christian/Inspirational Imprint
Small Press/Print
Standard Royalty: 8% of net
Guidelines: "http://www.bakerbooks.com/ME2/Audiences/dirmod.asp?sid=9FC2E1F4E2464E5EADE1430BB2DF94E0&type=gen&mod=Core+Pages&gid=7F623735BC6548ADA400EDEBF235C8E4"http://www.bakerbooks.com/ME2/Audiences/dirmod.asp?sid=9FC2E1F4E2464E5EADE1430BB2DF94E0&type=gen&mod=Core+Pages&gid=7F623735BC6548ADA400EDEBF235C8E4
Ballantine/Ivy/Knopf/Fawcett
Large Press/Print
Standard Royalty: 6% - 8% o flist
Guidelines: http://www.randomhouse.com/BB/bpgmail.html#submit
Bantam/Dell/Spectra
Large Press/Print
Standard Royalty: 8% of net
Guidelines: Agented only
Barbour & Co.
Inspirational Imprint: Heartsong Presents
Small Press/Print
Standard Royalty: 8% of list
Guidelines: http://www.barbourbooks.com/pages/writersguide.aspx
Barbour & Co.
Romance Novellas
Small Press/Print
Standard Royalty: 2.5% of list
Guidelines: http://www.barbourbooks.com/pages/writersguide.aspx
Bella Books
Lesbian Romance
Small press/Print
Standard Royalty: Searching
Guidelines: Unable to find on site. Found "contact page" that will probably require you to email them. http://www.bellabooks.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=ADS_CF&Store_Code=bella
Berkley/Jove
Category Imprints
Large Press/Print
Standard Royalty: 4% - 8% of list
Guidelines: Agented only
Berkley/Jove
Single Title Imprints
Large Press/Print
Standard Royalty: 6% - 8% of list
Guidelines: Agented Only
BET Books/Arabesque/Kimani/Sepia (now imprints of Harlequin)
Large Press/Print
Standard Royalty: 4% - 6% of list
Guidelines: http://www.eharlequin.com/articlepage.html?articleId=538&chapter=0
Black Lace Romance
UK/Small Press/Print
Standard Royalty: Unknown
Guidelines: http://www.virginbooks.com/contact.php
Black Velvet Seductions
Small Press/Ebook & Trade Paperback (coming)
Standard Royalty: 50% of list-ebooks sold on site; 50% of net-ebooks sold elsewhere; 10% of list-print (after discount)
Guidelines: http://www.blackvelvetseductions.com/Submit Material.html
Brown Skin Books
Multi-Cultural Erotica
UK/Small Press/Print
Standard Royalty: £1500 fee/novels; £150-200/stories; doesn't appear to pay subsequent royalties except on subsidiary right sales
Guidelines: http://www.brownskinbooks.co.uk/guidelines.htm
Cerridwen Press (Mainstream imprint of Ellora's Cave)
Small Press/Ebook & Trade Paperback
Standard Royalty: 40% of net/ebook; 7.5% print
Guidelines: http://www.jasminejade.com/t-writerscircle.aspx
Champagne Books
Small Press/Ebook & Trade Paperback (mass market coming soon)
Standard Royalty: Searching
Guidelines: http://www.champagnebooks.com/submissions.htm
Cobblestone Press
Small Press/Ebook
Standard Royalty: Searching
Guidelines: http://www.cobblestone-press.com/submissions.htm
Crescent Moon Press
Small Press/Ebook
Standard Royalty: Unknown
Guidelines: http://www.crescentmoonpress.com/submissions.html
D C Thomson
My Weekly Story Magazine
UK/Scotland/Magazine
Stories/Novellas of sweet, contempory and/or historical romance with mystery (think Mills and Boon, but shorter)
30K-35K in length
Payment terms: £200 on acceptance
Direct queries, which include synopsis and 3 chapters (3,000 words/approx.) to: Dorothy Hunter, DC Thomson and Co., Ltd., Albert Square, Dundee Scotland DD19QJ
Delacorte/Random House
Large Press/Print
Standard Royalties: 8% of list
Guidelines: Agented only
Dial Press
Large Press/ Print (Trade Paperback)
Standard Royalties: Searching
Guidelines: Agented only
DiskUs
Small Press/Ebook
Standard Royalty: 40% of list
Guidelines: http://www.diskuspublishing.com/submission.htm
Dorchester/Leisure
Large Press/Print
Standard Royalty: 4% - 6% of list
Guidelines: http://www.dorchesterpub.com/Dorch/SubmissionGuidlines.cfm
Draumr Publishing
Dangerous Curves Imprint (BBW--including lesbian--romances)
Small Press/POD Print
Standard Royalty: Searching
Guidelines: https://www.draumrpublishing.com/submissions.php
Eirelander Publishing NEW! Opening 10/09
Small Press/ebook
Standard Royalty: Unknown
Guidelines: http://eirelanderpublishing.com/ContestsandOpenCalls.aspx
Ellora’s Cave
Single Title
Small Press/Ebook & Trade Print
Standard Royalty: 40% of net/ebook; 7.5% print
Guidelines: http://www.ellorascave.com/writing.asp
Ellora’s Cave
Anthologies/Novellas
Small Press/Ebook & Trade Print
Standard Royalty: varies by number of authors
Guidelines: http://www.ellorascave.com/writing.asp
Fiction Works
Small Press/Ebook
Standard Royalty: 30% of list
Guidelines: http://www.fictionworks.com
Five Star/Thorndike
Small Press/Print
Standard Royalty: 10% of list
Guidelines: http://www.gale.cengage.com/pdf/imprints/fivestar/08SubmissionsGuidelines.doc
Genesis Press
Indigo/Tango Two/Black Coral racial-interracial Imprints
Small Press/Print
Standard Royalty: 6% of "invoice"
Guidelines: [URL="http://www.genesis-press.com/owInfoPage.asp?idPage=6[/URL][/COLOR]%20%3Cbr%20/%3E%0A%3Cbr%20/%3E%0A[B]Grand%20Central%20Publishing[/B]%3Cbr%20/%3E%0ALarge%20Press/Print%3Cbr%20/%3E%0AStandard%20Royalty:%208%%3Cbr%20/%3E%0AGuidelines:%20[URL=%22http://www.genesis-press.com/owInfoPage.asp?idPage=6"]http://www.genesis-press.com/owInfoPage.asp?idPage=6
HardShell Word Factory
Small Press/Ebook
Standard Royalty: 30% of list
Guidelines: http://www.hardshell.com/custom.aspx?id=8
Harlequin
Category Imprints
Large Press/Print
Standard Royalty: 4% - 6%
Guidelines: http://www.eharlequin.com/articlepage.html?articleId=538&chapter=0
Harlequin/HQN/Luna/Mira/Red Dress Ink
Single Title Imprints
Large Press/Print
Standard Royalty: 7% - 8%
Guidelines: Note: HQN/Luna/Mira agented only. Red Dress Ink accepting only queries. http://www.eharlequin.com/articlepage.html?articleId=538&chapter=0
Harper-Collins/Morrow
Large Press/Print
Standard Royalty: 8%
Guidelines: Agented Only (except Avon, above)
Hatchette Book Group
Faithwords Inspirational Imprint
Large Press/Print
Standard Royalty: 8%
Guidelines: Agented Only
Headline Book Publishing
Little Black Dress Imprint
UK/Medium Press/Print
Standard Royalty: Unknown (but looking)
Guidelines: We are looking for well-written, contemporary, romantic fiction with structured plots and great characters. The word count should not exceed 80,000 words.
If you would like to submit your novel to us, please send us the first three chapters together with a synopsis, printed on single sided A4 paper, double spaced and in Times New Roman 12 point. Please also include a stamped, self-addressed envelope if you would like us to return your material after consideration, to: Catherine Cobain, Editor, Little Black Dress, Headline Book Publishing, 338 Euston Road, London NW1 3BH.
Highland Press
Small Press/Ebooks (Trade Paperback-coming soon)
Standard Royalty: 30% of list
Guidelines: http://highlandpress.org/submissionguidelines.htm
Howard Publishing
Inspirational Imprint
UK/Small Press/Print
Standard Royalty:
Guidelines: Now a division of Simon & Schuster- Agented only
Imajinn
Small Press/Ebook
Standard Royalty: 8% of list
Guidelines: http://www.imajinnbooks.com/guidelines.htm
Juno Books
Small Press/Print
Standard Royalty: 8% of List
Guidelines: http://www.juno-books.com/guidelines.html
(Note: While this publisher accepts fantasy romance, their books are SHELVED in fantasy, like Luna.)
Keene Publishing/Moo Press
Small Press/Print
Standard Royalty: Searching
Guidelines: http://www.keenebooks.com/subs.php
Kensington/Zebra/Dafina
Large Press/Print
Standard Royalty: 6% - 8.5%
Guidelines: http://www.kensingtonbooks.com/finditem.cfm?itemid=14298
L & L Dreamspell New!
Small Press
Standard Royalty: Unknown
Guidelines: http://www.lldreamspell.com/Guidelines.htm
Linden Bay Romance
Small Press/Ebook & Trade Paperback
Standard Royalty: Searching
Guidelines: Presently closed for submissions, but watch for reopening soon http://www.lindenbayromance.com/submissions.html
Little, Brown
YA Romance Imprint
Large Press/Print
Standard Royalty: 8%
Guidelines: Agented Only
Loose ID
Small Press/Ebook & Trade Paperback
Standard Royalty: 35% of cover price on ebooks sold through their own website, 50% of net on ebooks sold through distributors. One year option on print rights
Guidelines: http://www.loose-id.com/submissions.aspx
Loveland Press
Small Press/Print
Standard Royalty: Unknown
Guidelines: Agented only
Medallion Press
Large Press/Print
Standard Royalty: 6% - 8.5%
Guidelines:
Moody Publishers
Inspirational Romance
Medium Press/Print
Standard Royalty:
Guidelines: http://www.moodypublishers.com/Publishers/default.asp?SectionID=7DBC91EEDCDB487DBBD484EFB3F40D86
Mundania Press
Small Press/Ebook & Trade Print
Standard Royalty: 50% of net/ebook; 15% of net/print
Guidelines: http://www.mundania.com/submissions.php
New American Library (NAL)/Dutton/Signet/Onyx/Accent
Large Press/Print
Standard Royalty: 6%
Guidelines: Agented only
New Concepts Publishing
Novels & Novellas/Small Press/Ebooks & Trade Paperback
Standard Royalty: 9.5% - 40% ebook; 4% - 11% print
Guidelines: http://www.newconceptspublishing.com/submissionguidelines.htm
Pocket
Large Press/Print
Standard Royalty: 8%
Guidelines: Now Agented Only
Razorbill
YA Romance Imprint of Penguin
Large Press/Print
Standard Royalty: Searching
Guidelines: Agented Only--except for open submissions, which are announced from time to time here
Red Rose Publishing NEW!
Small press/ebook
Standard Royalty: Unknown
Guidelines: http://redrosepublishing.com/bookstore/submissions.php
Red Sage Publishing
Small Press/Print
Standard Royalty: Still searching
Guidelines: http://www.eredsage.com/Submissions-sp8.html
Samhain Publishing
Small Press/Ebook (Trade Paperback coming soon)
Standard Royalty: 40% of list
Guidelines: http://www.samhainpublishing.com/submissions
Secrets
Romantic erotica novellas
Small Press/Print
Standard Royalty: Searching
Guidelines: http://www.eredsage.com/Submissions-sp8.html
Severn House
UK/Small Press/Print
Standard Royalty: Unknown
Guidelines: Agented only
St. Martin’s Press
Large Press/Print
Standard Royalty: 8%
Guidelines: Agented only
Silhouette
Category Imprints
Large Press/Print
Standard Royalty: 6%
Guidelines: http://www.eharlequin.com/articlepage.html?articleId=538&chapter=0
Simon & Schuster
Touchstone Books & Downtown Press imprints
Large Press/Print
Standard Royalty: 8% mass market; 10% hardback
Guidelines: Agented Only
Sourcebooks
Casablanca imprint
Large Press/Print
Standard Royalty: (searching for)
Guidelines: http://www.sourcebooks.com/our-authors/romance-fiction-submission-guidelines-2.html
STARbooks Press
Gay/Lesbian/Transgender romance
Small Press/Trade Print
No Advance
Standard Royalty: Varies
Guidelines: http://www.starbookspress.com/submission.php
Thomas Nelson
Love Inspired Christian Imprint
Medium Press/Print
Standard Royalty: Searching
Guidelines: Agented Only
Steeple Hill
Love Inspired Christian Imprint
Medium Press/Print
Standard Royalty: 6%
Guidelines: http://www.eharlequin.com/articlepage.html?articleId=538&chapter=0
Tor/Forge
Tor Romance Imprint - paranormal & suspense
Large Press/Print
Standard Royalty: 8%
Guidelines: http://us.macmillan.com/Content.aspx?publisher=torforge&id=255
Torquere Press
Hard Liquor Pulp Fiction - NEW imprint for 2008
Gay/Lesbian erotic romance
Small press/ebook
Standard Royalty: 35% on ebook sales on the Torquere site, 25% on distributor sales, and 8% on print books
Guidelines: http://www.torquerepress.com/submissions/guidelines.html
Treble Heart Books
Small Press/Ebook & Trade Print
Standard Royalty: 40% of list, ebook; 15% - 35% of net, print
Guidelines: http://www.trebleheartbooks.com/files/Submissions_Guidelines.pdf
Tyndale Books
Christian/Inspirational Romance
Medium Press/Print
Standard Royalty: Searching
Guidelines: http://www.tyndale.com/faq.asp?id=2
Urban Christian
Christian/Inspirational Romance
Medium Press/Print
Standard Royalty: Searching
Guidelines: Now agented only
WaterBrook Press/Shaw Books
Inspirational Imprint of Random House
Large Press/Print
Standard Royalty: Searching
Guidelines: Agented Only
Whiskey Creek Press
Standard Royalty:
Guidelines: http://whiskeycreekpress.com/submissions.shtml
The Wild Rose Press Not new, but new to this list for some reason. Oops. My bad...
Small press/ebook
Standard Royalty: Searching
Guidelines: http://thewildrosepress.com/publisher/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=33&Itemid=44
Woman's World
Short Stories (800 words)
Standard Royalties: $1,000 flat for story
Guidelines: Fiction editor is Johnene Granger - They pay $500 for the Solve It Mysteries and $1000 for the 800 word romances. Woman's World will consider unsolicited queries, articles, photos, etc. that are sent to: Woman's World, Editorial Department, 270 Sylvan Avenue, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632. Material not accompanied by a self addressed stamped envelope will not be returned. Woman's World accepts no obligation to return material.
Zondervan Books
Inspirational Romances
Medium Press/Print
Standard Royalty: Searching
Guidelines: http://www.zondervan.com/Cultures/en-US/Company/Policy/Submission.htm?QueryStringSite=Zondervan
Zumaya Publications
Small Press/Ebooks
Standard Royalty: Searching
Guidelines: http://www.zumayapublications.com/guidelines.php
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That should keep you all busy for awhile! Feel free to add any to this that you've discovered on your own. Good luck!
As promised, here is a list of small press/large press/ebook publishers for your terrific manuscript. Where noted, the publishers are only accepting agented submissions. I'll try to keep this updated, so please let me know if any of the links don't function. Good luck with your next sale!
Atlantic Bridge Publishing
Liquid Silver Books & Molten Silver (erotica) Imprints
Small Press/Ebooks & Trade Paperback
Standard Royalty: 40% of list-ebooks; 30% of net/print
Guidelines: http://www.liquidsilverbooks.com/guidelines.htm
Avalon
Large Press/Print
Standard Royalty: 10% of list
Guidelines: www.avalonbooks.com/wrtgdl.html
Avon/HarperCollins
Large Press/Print
Standard Royalty: 8% of list
Guidelines: http://www.harpercollins.com/imprints/avon/SubmissionGuidelines.aspx
Awe-Struck Books/Heat Wave Romance
(Includes Inspirational and Regency lines)
Small Press/Ebook
Standard Royalty: 35% of list (after discounts) except on sales from own site, which is 40% of list
Guidelines: http://www.awe-struck.net/asubmit/authsub.html
Baker/Bethany House/Revell
Christian/Inspirational Imprint
Small Press/Print
Standard Royalty: 8% of net
Guidelines: "http://www.bakerbooks.com/ME2/Audiences/dirmod.asp?sid=9FC2E1F4E2464E5EADE1430BB2DF94E0&type=gen&mod=Core+Pages&gid=7F623735BC6548ADA400EDEBF235C8E4"http://www.bakerbooks.com/ME2/Audiences/dirmod.asp?sid=9FC2E1F4E2464E5EADE1430BB2DF94E0&type=gen&mod=Core+Pages&gid=7F623735BC6548ADA400EDEBF235C8E4
Ballantine/Ivy/Knopf/Fawcett
Large Press/Print
Standard Royalty: 6% - 8% o flist
Guidelines: http://www.randomhouse.com/BB/bpgmail.html#submit
Bantam/Dell/Spectra
Large Press/Print
Standard Royalty: 8% of net
Guidelines: Agented only
Barbour & Co.
Inspirational Imprint: Heartsong Presents
Small Press/Print
Standard Royalty: 8% of list
Guidelines: http://www.barbourbooks.com/pages/writersguide.aspx
Barbour & Co.
Romance Novellas
Small Press/Print
Standard Royalty: 2.5% of list
Guidelines: http://www.barbourbooks.com/pages/writersguide.aspx
Bella Books
Lesbian Romance
Small press/Print
Standard Royalty: Searching
Guidelines: Unable to find on site. Found "contact page" that will probably require you to email them. http://www.bellabooks.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=ADS_CF&Store_Code=bella
Berkley/Jove
Category Imprints
Large Press/Print
Standard Royalty: 4% - 8% of list
Guidelines: Agented only
Berkley/Jove
Single Title Imprints
Large Press/Print
Standard Royalty: 6% - 8% of list
Guidelines: Agented Only
BET Books/Arabesque/Kimani/Sepia (now imprints of Harlequin)
Large Press/Print
Standard Royalty: 4% - 6% of list
Guidelines: http://www.eharlequin.com/articlepage.html?articleId=538&chapter=0
Black Lace Romance
UK/Small Press/Print
Standard Royalty: Unknown
Guidelines: http://www.virginbooks.com/contact.php
Black Velvet Seductions
Small Press/Ebook & Trade Paperback (coming)
Standard Royalty: 50% of list-ebooks sold on site; 50% of net-ebooks sold elsewhere; 10% of list-print (after discount)
Guidelines: http://www.blackvelvetseductions.com/Submit Material.html
Brown Skin Books
Multi-Cultural Erotica
UK/Small Press/Print
Standard Royalty: £1500 fee/novels; £150-200/stories; doesn't appear to pay subsequent royalties except on subsidiary right sales
Guidelines: http://www.brownskinbooks.co.uk/guidelines.htm
Cerridwen Press (Mainstream imprint of Ellora's Cave)
Small Press/Ebook & Trade Paperback
Standard Royalty: 40% of net/ebook; 7.5% print
Guidelines: http://www.jasminejade.com/t-writerscircle.aspx
Champagne Books
Small Press/Ebook & Trade Paperback (mass market coming soon)
Standard Royalty: Searching
Guidelines: http://www.champagnebooks.com/submissions.htm
Cobblestone Press
Small Press/Ebook
Standard Royalty: Searching
Guidelines: http://www.cobblestone-press.com/submissions.htm
Crescent Moon Press
Small Press/Ebook
Standard Royalty: Unknown
Guidelines: http://www.crescentmoonpress.com/submissions.html
D C Thomson
My Weekly Story Magazine
UK/Scotland/Magazine
Stories/Novellas of sweet, contempory and/or historical romance with mystery (think Mills and Boon, but shorter)
30K-35K in length
Payment terms: £200 on acceptance
Direct queries, which include synopsis and 3 chapters (3,000 words/approx.) to: Dorothy Hunter, DC Thomson and Co., Ltd., Albert Square, Dundee Scotland DD19QJ
Delacorte/Random House
Large Press/Print
Standard Royalties: 8% of list
Guidelines: Agented only
Dial Press
Large Press/ Print (Trade Paperback)
Standard Royalties: Searching
Guidelines: Agented only
DiskUs
Small Press/Ebook
Standard Royalty: 40% of list
Guidelines: http://www.diskuspublishing.com/submission.htm
Dorchester/Leisure
Large Press/Print
Standard Royalty: 4% - 6% of list
Guidelines: http://www.dorchesterpub.com/Dorch/SubmissionGuidlines.cfm
Draumr Publishing
Dangerous Curves Imprint (BBW--including lesbian--romances)
Small Press/POD Print
Standard Royalty: Searching
Guidelines: https://www.draumrpublishing.com/submissions.php
Eirelander Publishing NEW! Opening 10/09
Small Press/ebook
Standard Royalty: Unknown
Guidelines: http://eirelanderpublishing.com/ContestsandOpenCalls.aspx
Ellora’s Cave
Single Title
Small Press/Ebook & Trade Print
Standard Royalty: 40% of net/ebook; 7.5% print
Guidelines: http://www.ellorascave.com/writing.asp
Ellora’s Cave
Anthologies/Novellas
Small Press/Ebook & Trade Print
Standard Royalty: varies by number of authors
Guidelines: http://www.ellorascave.com/writing.asp
Fiction Works
Small Press/Ebook
Standard Royalty: 30% of list
Guidelines: http://www.fictionworks.com
Five Star/Thorndike
Small Press/Print
Standard Royalty: 10% of list
Guidelines: http://www.gale.cengage.com/pdf/imprints/fivestar/08SubmissionsGuidelines.doc
Genesis Press
Indigo/Tango Two/Black Coral racial-interracial Imprints
Small Press/Print
Standard Royalty: 6% of "invoice"
Guidelines: [URL="http://www.genesis-press.com/owInfoPage.asp?idPage=6[/URL][/COLOR]%20%3Cbr%20/%3E%0A%3Cbr%20/%3E%0A[B]Grand%20Central%20Publishing[/B]%3Cbr%20/%3E%0ALarge%20Press/Print%3Cbr%20/%3E%0AStandard%20Royalty:%208%%3Cbr%20/%3E%0AGuidelines:%20[URL=%22http://www.genesis-press.com/owInfoPage.asp?idPage=6"]http://www.genesis-press.com/owInfoPage.asp?idPage=6
HardShell Word Factory
Small Press/Ebook
Standard Royalty: 30% of list
Guidelines: http://www.hardshell.com/custom.aspx?id=8
Harlequin
Category Imprints
Large Press/Print
Standard Royalty: 4% - 6%
Guidelines: http://www.eharlequin.com/articlepage.html?articleId=538&chapter=0
Harlequin/HQN/Luna/Mira/Red Dress Ink
Single Title Imprints
Large Press/Print
Standard Royalty: 7% - 8%
Guidelines: Note: HQN/Luna/Mira agented only. Red Dress Ink accepting only queries. http://www.eharlequin.com/articlepage.html?articleId=538&chapter=0
Harper-Collins/Morrow
Large Press/Print
Standard Royalty: 8%
Guidelines: Agented Only (except Avon, above)
Hatchette Book Group
Faithwords Inspirational Imprint
Large Press/Print
Standard Royalty: 8%
Guidelines: Agented Only
Headline Book Publishing
Little Black Dress Imprint
UK/Medium Press/Print
Standard Royalty: Unknown (but looking)
Guidelines: We are looking for well-written, contemporary, romantic fiction with structured plots and great characters. The word count should not exceed 80,000 words.
If you would like to submit your novel to us, please send us the first three chapters together with a synopsis, printed on single sided A4 paper, double spaced and in Times New Roman 12 point. Please also include a stamped, self-addressed envelope if you would like us to return your material after consideration, to: Catherine Cobain, Editor, Little Black Dress, Headline Book Publishing, 338 Euston Road, London NW1 3BH.
Highland Press
Small Press/Ebooks (Trade Paperback-coming soon)
Standard Royalty: 30% of list
Guidelines: http://highlandpress.org/submissionguidelines.htm
Howard Publishing
Inspirational Imprint
UK/Small Press/Print
Standard Royalty:
Guidelines: Now a division of Simon & Schuster- Agented only
Imajinn
Small Press/Ebook
Standard Royalty: 8% of list
Guidelines: http://www.imajinnbooks.com/guidelines.htm
Juno Books
Small Press/Print
Standard Royalty: 8% of List
Guidelines: http://www.juno-books.com/guidelines.html
(Note: While this publisher accepts fantasy romance, their books are SHELVED in fantasy, like Luna.)
Keene Publishing/Moo Press
Small Press/Print
Standard Royalty: Searching
Guidelines: http://www.keenebooks.com/subs.php
Kensington/Zebra/Dafina
Large Press/Print
Standard Royalty: 6% - 8.5%
Guidelines: http://www.kensingtonbooks.com/finditem.cfm?itemid=14298
L & L Dreamspell New!
Small Press
Standard Royalty: Unknown
Guidelines: http://www.lldreamspell.com/Guidelines.htm
Linden Bay Romance
Small Press/Ebook & Trade Paperback
Standard Royalty: Searching
Guidelines: Presently closed for submissions, but watch for reopening soon http://www.lindenbayromance.com/submissions.html
Little, Brown
YA Romance Imprint
Large Press/Print
Standard Royalty: 8%
Guidelines: Agented Only
Loose ID
Small Press/Ebook & Trade Paperback
Standard Royalty: 35% of cover price on ebooks sold through their own website, 50% of net on ebooks sold through distributors. One year option on print rights
Guidelines: http://www.loose-id.com/submissions.aspx
Loveland Press
Small Press/Print
Standard Royalty: Unknown
Guidelines: Agented only
Medallion Press
Large Press/Print
Standard Royalty: 6% - 8.5%
Guidelines:
Moody Publishers
Inspirational Romance
Medium Press/Print
Standard Royalty:
Guidelines: http://www.moodypublishers.com/Publishers/default.asp?SectionID=7DBC91EEDCDB487DBBD484EFB3F40D86
Mundania Press
Small Press/Ebook & Trade Print
Standard Royalty: 50% of net/ebook; 15% of net/print
Guidelines: http://www.mundania.com/submissions.php
New American Library (NAL)/Dutton/Signet/Onyx/Accent
Large Press/Print
Standard Royalty: 6%
Guidelines: Agented only
New Concepts Publishing
Novels & Novellas/Small Press/Ebooks & Trade Paperback
Standard Royalty: 9.5% - 40% ebook; 4% - 11% print
Guidelines: http://www.newconceptspublishing.com/submissionguidelines.htm
Large Press/Print
Standard Royalty: 8%
Guidelines: Now Agented Only
Razorbill
YA Romance Imprint of Penguin
Large Press/Print
Standard Royalty: Searching
Guidelines: Agented Only--except for open submissions, which are announced from time to time here
Red Rose Publishing NEW!
Small press/ebook
Standard Royalty: Unknown
Guidelines: http://redrosepublishing.com/bookstore/submissions.php
Red Sage Publishing
Small Press/Print
Standard Royalty: Still searching
Guidelines: http://www.eredsage.com/Submissions-sp8.html
Samhain Publishing
Small Press/Ebook (Trade Paperback coming soon)
Standard Royalty: 40% of list
Guidelines: http://www.samhainpublishing.com/submissions
Secrets
Romantic erotica novellas
Small Press/Print
Standard Royalty: Searching
Guidelines: http://www.eredsage.com/Submissions-sp8.html
Severn House
UK/Small Press/Print
Standard Royalty: Unknown
Guidelines: Agented only
St. Martin’s Press
Large Press/Print
Standard Royalty: 8%
Guidelines: Agented only
Silhouette
Category Imprints
Large Press/Print
Standard Royalty: 6%
Guidelines: http://www.eharlequin.com/articlepage.html?articleId=538&chapter=0
Simon & Schuster
Touchstone Books & Downtown Press imprints
Large Press/Print
Standard Royalty: 8% mass market; 10% hardback
Guidelines: Agented Only
Sourcebooks
Casablanca imprint
Large Press/Print
Standard Royalty: (searching for)
Guidelines: http://www.sourcebooks.com/our-authors/romance-fiction-submission-guidelines-2.html
STARbooks Press
Gay/Lesbian/Transgender romance
Small Press/Trade Print
No Advance
Standard Royalty: Varies
Guidelines: http://www.starbookspress.com/submission.php
Thomas Nelson
Love Inspired Christian Imprint
Medium Press/Print
Standard Royalty: Searching
Guidelines: Agented Only
Steeple Hill
Love Inspired Christian Imprint
Medium Press/Print
Standard Royalty: 6%
Guidelines: http://www.eharlequin.com/articlepage.html?articleId=538&chapter=0
Tor/Forge
Tor Romance Imprint - paranormal & suspense
Large Press/Print
Standard Royalty: 8%
Guidelines: http://us.macmillan.com/Content.aspx?publisher=torforge&id=255
Torquere Press
Hard Liquor Pulp Fiction - NEW imprint for 2008
Gay/Lesbian erotic romance
Small press/ebook
Standard Royalty: 35% on ebook sales on the Torquere site, 25% on distributor sales, and 8% on print books
Guidelines: http://www.torquerepress.com/submissions/guidelines.html
Treble Heart Books
Small Press/Ebook & Trade Print
Standard Royalty: 40% of list, ebook; 15% - 35% of net, print
Guidelines: http://www.trebleheartbooks.com/files/Submissions_Guidelines.pdf
Tyndale Books
Christian/Inspirational Romance
Medium Press/Print
Standard Royalty: Searching
Guidelines: http://www.tyndale.com/faq.asp?id=2
Urban Christian
Christian/Inspirational Romance
Medium Press/Print
Standard Royalty: Searching
Guidelines: Now agented only
WaterBrook Press/Shaw Books
Inspirational Imprint of Random House
Large Press/Print
Standard Royalty: Searching
Guidelines: Agented Only
Whiskey Creek Press
Standard Royalty:
Guidelines: http://whiskeycreekpress.com/submissions.shtml
The Wild Rose Press Not new, but new to this list for some reason. Oops. My bad...
Small press/ebook
Standard Royalty: Searching
Guidelines: http://thewildrosepress.com/publisher/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=33&Itemid=44
Woman's World
Short Stories (800 words)
Standard Royalties: $1,000 flat for story
Guidelines: Fiction editor is Johnene Granger - They pay $500 for the Solve It Mysteries and $1000 for the 800 word romances. Woman's World will consider unsolicited queries, articles, photos, etc. that are sent to: Woman's World, Editorial Department, 270 Sylvan Avenue, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632. Material not accompanied by a self addressed stamped envelope will not be returned. Woman's World accepts no obligation to return material.
Zondervan Books
Inspirational Romances
Medium Press/Print
Standard Royalty: Searching
Guidelines: http://www.zondervan.com/Cultures/en-US/Company/Policy/Submission.htm?QueryStringSite=Zondervan
Zumaya Publications
Small Press/Ebooks
Standard Royalty: Searching
Guidelines: http://www.zumayapublications.com/guidelines.php
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That should keep you all busy for awhile! Feel free to add any to this that you've discovered on your own. Good luck!
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