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SUBMISSION
GUIDELINES
 FOR ALL NOVELS...small
or large
CLASSIC
IMPRINT
for submissions 80-95,000
words and up...
AND
our popular
NOVELETTA
IMPRINT for
smaller books commonly 2500-85,000 words and up
but not
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YOUR MANUSCRIPT...
Many factors determine whether we proceed
to read your full manuscript... size, and the quality
of the writing, genre and the storyline, and our assessment
of marketability... all influences our investment
attitude. Manuscripts must be the author's own work and
stories containing scenes or plot lines bearing an obvious
resemblance to other published works which may breach copyright
laws, will be rejected. Not all manuscripts are of the quality
we demand for publication and we regretfully reject a percentage
of submissions.
The completed, FULL MANUSCRIPT should
be forwarded as part of the initial submission, allowing
us to read as much of your work as we require. Do not make
a submission if your manuscript is unfinished - send an
enquiry email instead. Whilst we respond to all emails,
we do not provide any assessment or review of a title.
Only DIGITAL SUBMISSIONS as an attachment to an email
are acceptable. We do NOT accept paper submissions.
We read most FICTION, thrive on historical
and true crime and we love adult and YA romance and a good
story... and we accept a limited number of true-life, self-help
and an occasional biography. If in doubt -- enquire.
We welcome submissions from Literary Agents, but send an
enquiry email first.
SUBMISSION
requirements...
SEND A SINGLE EMAIL
In the
SUBJECT LINE
put your surname then the TITLE name - eg
SMITH_ThreeStooge
In the BODY include the
following. BOLD items are mandatory. Information is not
for publication
1. Author's FULL
Legal Name Note your PEN-NAME if you are using one.
2..Age or if you prefer, Age group <20, 21-30, 31-40,
41-50, 51-60, 61-70, +70
3..Country, city or
town, and state or territory.
4..Word Count
to nearest 500
5..Genre - main genre you see
it.
6..Informal
information about yourself in a paragraph or two - include
ANY previous publishing
experience? Titles/ dates/ publishers/self published.
PLUS
in a separate file as
an ATTACHMENT to the email
The completed MANUSCRIPT IN FULL should
be on A4 in font style Times New Roman 12pt or
Garamond 12pt, in WORD .doc, .docx or .rtf, single
or 1.5 line spacing. Do not use any font larger than 18pt
-- anywhere. Manuscripts should have been spell-checked.
You may wish to include a maximum half page SYNOPSIS...
it helps us assign the right editor to read and assess.
We do not need a PITCH... that may come later.
Do NOT send any
unrequested information at this time.
NEED HELP WITH YOUR MANUSCRIPT? CLICK HERE
EMAIL US IF YOU
HAVE ANY QUESTIONS...
Within 1-4 weeks, we usually read sufficient to make a decision to REJECT-
If we decide NOT to proceed, we will advise you and destroy
the manuscript.
If no rejection is received in that time, you may assume
we are proceeding to a full review and possible publication.
Enquire at any time.
 The
email address for submissions is
submissions@custombookpublications.com
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