| SubmissionsThank you for your interest in Sparkling Books. We welcome authors whose writing is well thought out and of a high standard. All proposals and submissions must be made through this process. Do not telephone us or send anything by post. We particularly welcome broad interest non-fiction, crime, thriller, detective and mystery novels, and young adult fiction. Please do not submit children's books, illustrated books, biographies, poetry, plays or short stories. The steps in our submission process are: ProposalComplete our online proposal form. You will be asked for the following details:
When we have read your proposal form, we may ask you to send us three sample chapters as an email attachment. Submission of three sample chaptersThe first two chapters and the final chapter. These must be in Microsoft Word, Lotus Word-Pro or OpenOffice.org Writer format. All texts must have numbered pages in A4 size. Submission of complete manuscriptIf we find your proposal form and three chapters of interest, we will ask you to send us a complete typescript as an email attachment. If applicable, you will also need to send a list of quotations that are in copyright and (for Perspectives) a list of reference sources. Your submission will be reviewed and, if accepted, we will offer you a publishing contract. |
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