NOTICE

WE ARE CLOSED TO SUBMISSIONS UNTIL 2010.

 

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

General Information

  • Query first via e-mail with a synopsis or opening chapter of your book and a list of any previous publishing credentials that may be relevant. Poetry queries can include up to 3 sample poems. E-mail queries to Ms. Lynn Holschuh, Acquisitions: lynn at kitsunebooks dot com

  • All submissions are done electronically via e-mail attachment. NO hard-copy submissions unless specifically requested. (saves trees) If you send unsolicited manuscripts or queries via regular postal mail, it may take a very long time for us to respond.

  • If we are interested in your book, you'll be asked to send the complete manuscript. If we are interested but feel the manuscript is not quite ready, we may ask you to revise and resubmit.

  • Responses to queries generally within a couple of months; responses to manuscripts usually within six to nine months.

  • We accept submissions in the following categories: Literary Fiction (novels and short story collections); Poetry Collections; Genre Fiction (Dark Fantasy/Noir, Speculative, Magical Realism); Non-Fiction (Memoir, Literary/Scholarly Commentary, New Age/Yoga).

  • We are not looking for submissions in the following categories: romance, crime thrillers, mystery, war, westerns, children's picture books, cookbooks, how-to books, specific-religion inspirational books.

  • No previously published material or ebooks. No self-published manuscripts.

Poetry Requirements

  • We don't publish chapbooks. We are looking for mature collections long enough to fill a bound book of at least 90 pages of your BEST work, not just all the poems you've written.
  • Do not double-space the manuscript.
  • Poetry collections should be loosely based around a theme or particular focus, or consist of sections with such a focus.

Manuscript Format

  • 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

  • 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).

  • Include author identification and book title in a running header on every page; number pages consecutively.

  • Prose manuscripts: double-space or 1.5-space

  • Thoroughly edit and proofread your manuscript before submitting. We are not an editing service.

Contract Information

As an independent publisher, we offer a small advance (depending on the book) plus standard royalty payments for sales. Authors receive a small number of free copies of the book upon publication and a substantial discount if they wish to purchase copies for their own use and resale. The first press run is fairly small and depends on the book, but second printings can be larger if there is a demand. We will help with promotion (creating a press kit, supplying ARCs to reviewers, submitting your book to competitions, etc.), 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). Books are published in trade paperback format, usually 8.5x5.5.

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