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HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR BOOK

Please fill in this form below as a first step.

We will get back to you within 2 weeks with a request for your full manuscript and your full book proposal, or novel synopsis.

Make sure you have documents ready, as they help you to refine your own concept and market. It would be very useful to read the two articles below which guide you on how to do this.

We will schedule a chat to discuss the next publishing steps.

Note that we publish mainly non-fiction in the areas of Self-Help, Mind-Body-Spirit, New Thought, Metaphysical, Spirituality, Psychology, Health/Wellness, Business, Finance, and Inspirational Memoirs.

Subjects include social issues, food and nutrition, education, nature/the environment, alternative health/medicine, money/personal finance, entrepreneurship, tarot/oracle/affirmation card decks, religion, men’s and women’s health, spiritual growth, and fitness.

Write a great back cover book blurb for your novel

Think of your back cover blurb like a movie trailer. There is a good reason movie trailers are not made by the writer. It’s so hard as writer to think of your book as a product. It feel like an oversell and a bit awkward to hype it so much right? Not true. This tight piece of writing needs to be SO crafted and SO clever. It also needs to make your book seem dramatic and desperately exciting (far more than it really is). Look, no book – or movie – can sustain that level of exc

Should I traditionally publish or indie publish?

One of the biggest questions I hear from authors is this. Should I traditionally publish or indie publish? Since 2013 Jane Friedman has been regularly updating her informational chart about the key book publishing paths. She addresses this question in her website Publishing Trends and I have pasted the chart below. She says this: "Should I traditionally publish or indie publish?" This is an increasingly complicated question to answer because: There are now many varieties of

How to Write a Solid Novel Synopsis (With Example)

*** This is a revised and updated version of this blog or lesson. I always keep this current as it never gets old! ** Writing your synopsis can be even tougher than writing your entire novel. Or it certainly feels that way. The reason is that it is often done after the fact when you just want the book over and done with. But there’s no escape – to send off your book you HAVE to write one. And you have to nail it. In fact, a good synopsis sells your book. This is what you wi

How to write a sellable non-fiction book proposal

You may have written (or want to write) a non-fiction book that is based on your professional expertise. Or a memoir (also a non-fiction by the way). Or perhaps it's an illustrated children’s book, a cookbook or a photographic travel book. Enough? Not quite. If you want to get a publisher or agent you are not going to send them your whole book. You need to drill down your entire book into a shorter document that captures its essence. Most books are commissioned by publi

HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR BOOK

Write a great back cover book blurb for your novel

Should I traditionally publish or indie publish?

How to Write a Solid Novel Synopsis (With Example)

How to write a sellable non-fiction book proposal

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