Your manuscript is welcomed. . .
Whether you're new to the world of publishing or an established author, we welcome your submission! We accept work in any subject area and in all genres (fiction, nonfiction, children's, poetry), and we do not require an agent. Once we have received your manuscript, our editors will review it for potential publication and respond to you by e-mail. Given the volume of manuscripts we receive, we generally respond within eight to ten weeks.
We offer both self publishing and cooperative publishing options for the experienced and novice writer, and invite submissions in fiction, non-fiction, poetry and children's books. Our self publishing option requires 100% funding from the author or a subvention from another source. Under our cooperative publishing arrangement, we invest a portion of the publishing costs, and the author invests the remainder. In addition to publishing our own titles, we offer a range of a la carte services to individuals, organizations, business, and other publishers. Review our services here.
Please note that as we are a book publisher, all submissions must be of book length; we do not publish individual short stories or poems. Such works should be submitted as part of a collection.
We ask that you read the following information carefully and adhere to our guidelines when submitting your work for review.
Submission Guidelines
To save paper and space, we prefer e-mailed submissions.
Your manuscript should be paginated and your entire manuscript should be included in a single Word file (not sent with chapters in individual files) and attached to your e-mail. We recommend that prose submissions be set in 12 point type.
Do not e-mail manuscripts that contain heavy graphics, photographs or illustrations unless your entire file size, including manuscript, is less than five (5) MG. You may submit no more than two (2) sample photos or illustrations in the same email if these files are no larger than one (1) MG each. If we have further interest in your work, we will ask you to send more samples, photos, or illustrations.
Include the following with your submission:
· A one-page summary/synopsis of your book
· A short biography of yourself
· Your full contact information
· A profile of your audience. Who will buy your book and why?
· A few paragraphs detailing how you intend to market your book. (Although not required, we like for our authors to actively promote their own work as well.) Be specific.
Submit your manuscript by clicking HERE.
If you insist on sending your submission in hardcopy, please send it to the following address. (We do not return hardcopy submissions.)
Belle Isle Books
an imprint of Brandylane Publishers, Inc.
5 South First Street
Richmond, Virginia 23219
Thank you for your interest in Belle Isle Books. We look forward to reviewing your work!
We offer both self publishing and cooperative publishing options for the experienced and novice writer, and invite submissions in fiction, non-fiction, poetry and children's books. Our self publishing option requires 100% funding from the author or a subvention from another source. Under our cooperative publishing arrangement, we invest a portion of the publishing costs, and the author invests the remainder. In addition to publishing our own titles, we offer a range of a la carte services to individuals, organizations, business, and other publishers. Review our services here.
Please note that as we are a book publisher, all submissions must be of book length; we do not publish individual short stories or poems. Such works should be submitted as part of a collection.
We ask that you read the following information carefully and adhere to our guidelines when submitting your work for review.
Submission Guidelines
To save paper and space, we prefer e-mailed submissions.
Your manuscript should be paginated and your entire manuscript should be included in a single Word file (not sent with chapters in individual files) and attached to your e-mail. We recommend that prose submissions be set in 12 point type.
Do not e-mail manuscripts that contain heavy graphics, photographs or illustrations unless your entire file size, including manuscript, is less than five (5) MG. You may submit no more than two (2) sample photos or illustrations in the same email if these files are no larger than one (1) MG each. If we have further interest in your work, we will ask you to send more samples, photos, or illustrations.
Include the following with your submission:
· A one-page summary/synopsis of your book
· A short biography of yourself
· Your full contact information
· A profile of your audience. Who will buy your book and why?
· A few paragraphs detailing how you intend to market your book. (Although not required, we like for our authors to actively promote their own work as well.) Be specific.
Submit your manuscript by clicking HERE.
If you insist on sending your submission in hardcopy, please send it to the following address. (We do not return hardcopy submissions.)
Belle Isle Books
an imprint of Brandylane Publishers, Inc.
5 South First Street
Richmond, Virginia 23219
Thank you for your interest in Belle Isle Books. We look forward to reviewing your work!