Manuscript Publishers

Shell Education: Accepting Book Proposals

Shell Education is a new imprint of Teacher Created Materials, which also runs Free Spirit Publishing. Shell Education focuses in on publishing “professional resources that build educator instructional capacity, content-area knowledge, and confidence”. They are a new imprint, and their website is new at the time this review was published. It still includes minor errors,…
Manuscript Publishers Non Fiction

Ten Manuscript Publishers Open to Submissions in March 2025

This list focuses on ten publishers that we are excited about that are open to submissions this month. Some are only open for a short period of time, others will be open the whole month and beyond. At least four of these are presses we have not covered previously. Please note that if a publisher…
Issue Six Hundred Fourteen Manuscript Publishers

Harlequin Intrigue: Accepting Manuscript Submissions

Harlequin Intrigue is an imprint of Harlequin Romance, which is an imprint of Harper Collins. We have also reviewed a number of their other imprint previously, including Afterglow Books, Carina Press, Mills & Boon, Love Inspired & Love Inspired Suspense and Harlequin Historical. All of the different imprints have clear focuses, and separate submission guidelines,…
Manuscript Publishers Mystery Romance Uncategorized

Enchant: Accepting Manuscript Submissions

Enchant is the Romantasy focused imprint of Entwined Publishing, which we have reviewed here. For those unfamiliar with the term, Romantasy is a very popular genre currently, which is focused on a blend of Romance and Fantasy. At my local big box bookstore, Romantasy is currently dominating the fantasy genre by a large margin. They…
Fantasy Manuscript Publishers Romance

Graveside Press: Now Seeking Submissions

Graveside Press is the Horror imprint of Paper Angel Press, which you can learn more about here. It’s important to read that review as well, as it covers more of how the press as a whole operates. They are a relativity new imprint having been founded in October 2024. You can already get a good…
Horror Manuscript Publishers

ORO Editions: Accepting Book Proposals

ORO Editions publishes beautifully presented illustrated books with a focus on architecture, urbanism, landscape, art photography, academia & applied research among other things (they recently published a tarot deck, for example). Before reading any further I would suggest you visit their catalog here. It should make it abundantly clear if your proposal would be a…
Manuscript Publishers Non Fiction

Tuttle Publishing: Accepting Book Proposals

The Tuttle Publishing company was originally founded in 1832 in Vermont. This makes it one of the oldest American publishers still in operation. In 1948, the company established a publishing outpost in Japan, and since then they have become much more focused on producing English-language books about the arts, languages and cultures of Asia. In…
Manuscript Publishers Non Fiction

65 Specialized Publishers Open to Manuscript Submissions

All of the presses on this list meet all of our guiding principles, but most of them have such a specific focus that we cannot justify writing a full review and sending it to our full list of subscribers. But they are still good publishers. Instead, we have compiled this list of mini-reviews. I have also…
Fiction Special Issue

Hurst: Accepting Manuscript Submissions

Hurst is a UK-based independent publisher that was founded in 1969. They only publish nonfiction and the core of their list focuses on “African Studies, Islamic & Middle Eastern Studies, South Asian Studies, History, War & Conflict, and International Relations.” Nonfiction work outside of those areas of study are not a good fit for them….
Manuscript Publishers Non Fiction

Harlequin Historical: Accepting Manuscript Submissions

Harlequin Historical is an imprint of Harlequin Romance, which is an imprint of Harper Collins. We have also reviewed a number of their other imprint previously, including Afterglow Books, Carina Press, Mills & Boon, Love Inspired & Love Inspired Suspense. All of the different imprints have clear focuses, and separate submission guidelines, and clear word…
Historical Fiction Manuscript Publishers Romance

Rockpool Publishing: Accepting Submissions

Rockpool Publishing is an established press with international distribution, largely through Simon & Schuster. They are based in Australia and their primary imprint is focused on “Mind Body Spirit; Health and Wellness; Self-help and Gift titles”. They publish books as well as Tarot, Oracle, and Affirmation card sets. Through their Gelding Street Press imprint they…
Manuscript Publishers Non Fiction Self Help Spirtual

Hashtag Press: Accepting Manuscript Submissions

Hashtag Press was established in the UK in 2016 by Abiola Bella and Helen Lewis. They focus on publishing “commercial fiction books for young people that are plot driven with relatable, inspiring characters and great friendships”. You can get a feel for what they publish here. They very much prioritize stories about characters from underrepresented…
Manuscript Publishers Young Adult

Cupid’s Arrow Publishing: Accepting Submissions

An imprint of Paper Angel Press, they are open to submissions, both of novel-length work and shorter pieces, in the Romance genre. For more information about how their press operates overall, please read our full review of Paper Angel Press, which we link to above. They are interested in all kinds of romance stories except…
Manuscript Publishers Romance

Verso: Accepting Proposals

Verso is the largest independent, radical publishing house in the English-speaking world. They publish 100 books a year, and have editors based in Brooklyn, London, and Paris. They participate in all of the major book fairs. The majority what they publish is is nonfiction, and they are not open to unsolicited submissions of fiction of…
Manuscript Publishers Non Fiction

Quills & Quartos Publishing: Accepting Submissions

Quills & Quartos Publishing was founded in 2019. They started with a very specific vision, to focus on publishing the best Austenesque romance fiction. This is of course a niche market within a niche market, so if this is not the right fit for your work, please don’t submit or read further. However if you…
Manuscript Publishers Romance

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