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Submission Guidelines for writers
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It is very important that
you follow our submission guidelines precisely. First of all; you MUST send
your works to our Italian offices in The new postal
regulations intended to safeguard the mail have dramatically increased the
burdens on us in getting out the mail. We want all our prospective
clients to have a response from us. We can only make that happen
through your cooperation. If you included the
amount for the stamps (same amount as you paid to send us your work), you
will receive a response. The Post Office will discard or return mail that has
no return address or mailed improperly. If you do not follow
these instructions precisely, we cannot guarantee you will receive a
response. Also, please do not call
to check up on your submission; due to the large volume of submissions we
receive, we cannot track them individually. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR: We are actively looking for established and new writers in a wide
range of genres. We're interested in all kinds of commercial fiction, including
thrillers, mysteries, children's, romance, women's fiction, ethnic, science
fiction, fantasy and general fiction. We are also interested in
literary fiction as long as it has a strong narrative. In nonfiction, we are interested in current affairs, health, science,
psychology, cookbooks, new age, spirituality, pop-culture, adventure, true
crime, biography and memoir. We are also open to reviewing other genres
and topics, as long as the material is for a trade or general audience and
not scholarly. We do accept unsolicited manuscripts and seriously consider all
submissions, including first time writers. HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR WORK: We only accept finished manuscripts (at least 90% complete). Please do
not submit ideas or
treatments. Please, always include the amount for the stamps (same amount as you
paid to send us your work). We do not respond to submissions that aren't accompanied by the amount
for the stamps. We will not return any material unless the amount for
the stamps accompanies the submission. Additionally, because of new postal regulations, we cannot use metered
mail for returns. All self-addressed envelopes must have the amount for the
stamps, not meters. Also, please make sure you include an envelope, just
because you send amount for the stamps does not mean you will receive a
response. Please send only paper submissions; no disks or CDs. We do accept queries via email. However, we will not download
attachments and will only respond to emails that we are interested in. We normally respond to email queries within one week. If we haven't responded after one week, we are either not interested
in the material or have not received the email. For illustrators, please visit the Submission
Guidelines for Illustrators. Due to new postal regulations, all self-addressed envelopes must
follow these guidelines. Send us the amount for postal stamps
only. No metered mail. Envelopes must be addressed and
include our address as the return address in the top left corner of the
envelope. Use self-sealing envelopes. We prefer
business-sized (#10) envelopes (and like sized envelopes) that will be used
for our response only— all submission material will be discarded. If
you want your manuscript returned to you, large mailing envelopes with
sufficient amount for postage are acceptable. Please keep in mind that this
is a courtesy; we do our best to make sure you receive your manuscript back
but cannot guarantee it. Because of the large volume of submissions that we receive, we will
only respond to those that follow the above guidelines. Submissions made that do not follow our protocol will be discarded. The address to send submissions to is: Authors
Selection Dept. via
G. Boni, 10 20144
Milano – Italy Please, take note that, with our free reading service,
we do not give comments or suggestions; we only value if your work is
suitable for our Publishing Company. Thank
you for considering us as Publishing Company. We
look forward to reading your work. |
