Kitsune Books

Kitsune Books

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

NOW CLOSED TO SUBMISSIONS
Reopens: June 5, 2012

General Information

Before submitting, always check this page for updates.
NO hardcopy submissions - email only:
1. Send email query that states the book title, genre, word count (if fiction or nonfiction), and intended audience. You can also include a short summary of the plot and any details about yourself that you feel are relevant.
2. Attach the complete ms. to your query as a Word 2003 or 2007 file - no partial submissions.
3. Send to Ms. Lynn Holschuh, Acquisitions Editor: lynn at kitsunebooks dot com
4. You will receive an acknowledgement that your submission has been logged in. Response time for ms. review is typically 5-6 months. (If you haven't heard from us beyond that period, you may email us to check on the status of your ms.)

Prose Requirements

Actively seeking: literary/experimental/satirical/mainstream fiction (novels or short story collections); nonfiction (literary criticism, literary memoir)
Not seeking: genre fiction, biography, how-to, religious guidance, YA fiction, children's picture books
Gray area: We occasionally publish books that don't fit anywhere. Rarely.
No previously published novels or self-published material.
Preferred prose ms. length: 65,000 – 100,000 words. No novellas (45,000 and under)
Editorial style: Kitsune Books follows the Chicago Manual of Style for editorial guidance, and our spelling standard is the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary series.
File format: Microsoft Word 2003 or 2007
Font: Use a readable font such as New Times Roman 12 pt or Courier New 12 pt.
Title page: Include title of the work, approximate word count, your name, street address, phone number, e-mail address, and website URL (if available)
Header: Include author identification and book title in a running header on every page; number pages consecutively.
Prose line spacing: double-space or 1.5-space
Thoroughly edit and proofread your manuscript before submitting. We are not an editing service.

Poetry Requirements

Actively seeking: We prefer poetry collections loosely based around a theme or particular focus, or consisting of sections with such a focus, but we'll consider any collection that knocks our socks off!
We don't publish chapbooks. Do not submit collections that are under 100 ms. pages. Note that we are looking for mature collections of your BEST work, not just all the poems you've written to date.
Do not double-space your poetry manuscript.
Be mindful that long lines written in 8x10 draft mode will all break (some badly) when typeset in print layout of 4.5" line length.
Include a table of contents (with part-title pages if necessary).

Contract Information

Kitsune Books is not a vanity press, subsidy press, self-publisher, printing company, literary agency, editing service, or publicity agency. We are a small-press literary publisher and offer standard publishing contracts to authors on whose works we are willing to take a chance.

As an independent publisher, we offer royalty payments for net sales of both print and ebook format. Authors receive 10 free copies of the book upon publication and 50% discount if they wish to purchase copies for their own use and resale. Each book gets a limited initial print run, and when those are sold, the book switches to print on demand.

We will help with promotion (creating a press kit, supplying ARCs to reviewers, submitting your book to competitions), but local promotions such as setting up signings, attending conferences, and similar events are up to the author (which is often true of the big publishers, as well). We will support booksigning/reading events by making sure books are supplied in time for the event and providing promotional materials such as flyers and bookmarks.

Books are published in print trade paperback format (usually 8.5 x 5.5) and e-book format.