![]() ![]() All of them have books that are available not just at stores near you, but at libraries as well, because they have good distributors. Lesson learned-I’ll have to write some more books but not self-publish this time until I’ve had a good try at submitting them to a publisher first.All of the publishers on this list sell thousands of copies of physical books. I had blithely assumed that if and when I ever found an agent or publisher that was interested in any of them I would simply remove them from the Amazon platform, but that appears to have been a naive assumption. It was pretty disappointing to find that because I self-published (something I readily admit has not been a lucrative endeavor so far), publishing companies aren’t interested. I always figured, well, once I retire maybe I’ll have time to look for an agent (or to jump through all the hoops required to submit directly to a publisher), but in the mean time I had all these book ideas, so I went ahead and wrote them. Thank you for these ideas, Bryn! I appear to have shot myself in the foot, figuratively speaking, because I’ve self-published nine novels on Amazon through their desktop publishing platform so they are now considered “formerly published” and most of these publishers don’t accept formerly published works. Whether you’re writing romance or something else, I wish you lots of luck on your projects! And if you don’t want to miss future writing posts, make sure to follow the blog: there’s a place to sign up below. They’ve publish several subgenres, including a lot of Western Romance, which is more unusual. They’re a digital-first imprint that’s been around for a while. They’re looking for novels of 85,000 to 100,000 words, which is pretty long in the romance genre. They mention that they’re open to chick lit, which I don’t see as much of these days. They note that if you don’t hear back in a query in three months’ time, that’s effectively a rejection.Ī fairly new player in digital-first romance. This is the ebook division of Kensington. ![]() ![]() I associate them with paranormal romance, probably because of the name, but they do historical and contemporary as well. They accept unagented submissions for series romance, which are the smaller/skinnier Harlequins. Note that if the book does get made into a movie, that’s a nice extra payday for the author. They’re looking for full-length romance novels that are lighthearted, fun, and wholesome without being religious. The Hallmark channels recently launched this books division. This is a romance ebook division of Grand Central Publishing. I believe this Macmillan imprint does a lot of young adult and new adult as well as regular-adult romance. They specialize in gay male romance, and it looks like they’re currently looking for both contemporary and paranormal. They’re open to a wide range of lengths and subgenres. This is Harlequin’s mostly-digital publishing arm, and I published my haunted house romance Sole Possession with them. They’re looking for both romance and women’s fiction, novellas and full-length novels. They publish LGBTQ fiction, including romance. Follow those exactly for the best results! If there’s a publisher you believe should be added to the list, let me know via a private message at name of each publisher is a live link to their submission guidelines. I’ve also left off a few that specialize in certain types of erotic romance, because I have a lot of underage readers on this blog (although most of the publishers here do publish racy stuff as well.) I’ve left off some publishers because I just haven’t heard anything about them yet. Romance is a huge genre, and there are lots of opportunities out there for writers who don’t have agents. This week, I’m doing the same thing with romance! Lots of my readers want to know more about how to get published, so last week, I shared a list of fantasy and science fiction publishers who accept unagented submissions. ![]()
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