AM Ink is a Western Massachusetts based press that publishes quality biographies, children’s books, novels, and short story collections. They’ve published more than 60 titles, including bestsellers. They have also as sold television rights, and had movies made from their books.
They have two imprints. Dark Ink, their horror imprint, has released everything from celebrity biographies like Kane Hodder, to novels and short story collections. Most of what they publish falls under the Dark Ink Imprint.
Spooky Ink, their children’s imprint, publishes scary picture books for children and young adult novels.
They also publish work directly under the AM Ink name, presumably, because there are books in their store that don’t fall clearly into either category. You can see these books here.
Their book covers vary wildly, in terms of quality.
They do not publish fantasy, romance, sci-fi, poetry, religion or political based books. All other genres are open for submissions.
Novels, non-fiction, and short story collections must be over 60,000 words to be considered and they only consider children’s books that have been fully illustrated.
They do not disclose distribution on their website.
Only submit if you feel like your work would be a good fit for them. They ask that all submissions be made through the form on their website and that submitters only send a standard query letter. They will respond within two to four weeks.
To learn more, go here .
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