AllThingsThatMatterPress

How to Submit

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ALL THINGS THAT MATTER PRESS

SORRY-WE ACCEPT SUBMISSIONS FROM AUTHORS ONLY AND NOT FROM LITERARY AGENTS

FAILURE TO FOLLOW THESE SIMPLE REQUIREMENTS MAY RESULT IN REJECTION! We accept manuscripts by email submission only.  Please send a summary of your work in an email along with the first 3 chapters as an attachment. The summary should be in the email. The subject of the email should say: Submission, followed by your manuscript title.  For short story anthologies and poetry submissions please include the entire manuscript as an attachment.

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 IMPORTANT!!!!!!!!

PASTE THE FOLLOWING IN YOUR EMAIL SUBMISSION

I have read your website and contract and understand the content.

(Failure to include the above statement will result in rejection)!!!!!!!!

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WE DO NOT ACCEPT CHAP BOOKS - FULL-LENGTH MANUSCRIPTS ONLY-MIN. 45K WORDS. WE DO NOT PUBLISH SINGLE SHORT STORIES-ONLY BOOK LENGTH MANUSCRIPTS ARE CONSIDERED!

Please use these guidelines: 

READ THE CONTRACT PRIOR TO SUBMISSION AS IT IS NOT SUBJECT TO CHANGE BY AUTHORS

PLEASE USE THE FOLLOWING AS A

CHECKLIST

1.      Send submissions by email attachment in either  rtf (Rich Text Format) or as a Word .doc (Microsoft Office).  

2.      On the first page of the manuscript include your name and your email/contact information.  

3.      Times Roman 12pt./ DOUBLE SPACED 

4.     If there are graphics, describe their nature in the cover email.  All graphics must be black and white. While they can be included in the initial submission, they must be removed and submitted separately if the manuscript is approved for publication. At that point graphics must be submitted separately as jpgs and any text on the graphic must be a part of the jpg. Details provided at the appropriate time.

5.       The manuscript must be completed.  

6.    Indicate the word count for the entire manuscript in the email

7.   Make sure your book is polished and all of your typos are corrected.  Manuscripts with poor spelling and grammar and/or multiple typographical will be sent back to you for correction/editing.

8. EDIT, EDIT, EDIT!!!  HAVE SOMEONE EDIT YOUR BOOK-YOU CANNOT DO IT YOURSELF! If you have not even done a spelling/grammar check, do not submit!

9. ONLY BOOK LENGTH MANUSCRIPTS ARE ACCEPTED.

10. IF YOUR BOOK HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED-INCLUDING SELF-PUBLISHED, YOU MUST TELL US THIS IN YOUR QUERY.

11. AUTHOR MARKETING PLAN -Please indicate what efforts you plan to market your book. In today's market, the author is pivotal in the success of any marketing strategy. What will you do to promote your  book?

Please send your work to allthingsthatmatterpress@gmail.com with SUBMISSION in the subject line.  We will acknowledge receipt promptly, and will notify you of our decision in a timely manner.