Cool Springs Press was founded in Nashville more than 30 years ago. They initially only focused on gardening in Tennessee and the region surrounding it. However they were successful and started to expand even before they were acquired by The Quarto Publishing Group. Quarto incorporated its existing line of DIY focused book into Cool Springs catalog.
Cool Springs Press currently focuses on publishing step-by-step how-to books for both DIY gardening and home improvement. They publish a lot of state and local gardening books that are tailored to specific regional environments across the United States. They also published a series of home improvement books. They are currently only open to submissions of gardening and DIY focused books.
You can get a better feel for their history here, and you can see their catalogue here.
You can review their proposal guidelines here. They are listed as part Quatro’s general submission guidelines.
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