What sort of publishers are we?
We are a traditional publisher- that means we do not charge authors for publishing.
We are a new publisher, and rare in the degree of freedom we offer to writers. We aim to be an open door in an industry where most doors are closed and closely guarded.
What are we looking for?
We are looking for work of a high literary or academic standard.
Our aim is to provide an outlet for the kind of work that is currently being neglected by most publishers as their demands are increasingly commercial. We will not ask you to persuade us of the commercial viability of your book, only of its quality.
Your book doesn't have to be perfect for you to submit it to us and you don't have to be a professional author (earning your living from writing) but you do have to write to a standard that would be called professional.
In the case of non-fiction we require that the book be well written and well researched.
We have no preconceptions as to genre or style, or even originality; we are only concerned with quality.We accept fiction and non-fiction.
We accept for example; all genres of fiction, history, local history, art, philosophy, politics, biography, auto-biography. We accept theatre scripts.
What happens if we decide to publish your book?
We will discuss your book with you, and it is at this stage that we might suggest any improvements or make any editorial imput we think appropriate.
We will ask you to provide a proofread final version of your book, that is ready for typesetting.
We will give you a contract and then we are responsible for the publishing of your book. We will send you the files to approve before they go to the printer.
After the book has been published we will give you royalty statements every six months. We will pay 15% royalties, which is at the higher end of what publishers usually pay.
Once you are an Authors Library Press author we are likely to be willing to publish your future work, as we know that authors require continuity of support from their publisher in the long term, rather than merely one book at a time.
At present we are unable to offer authors an advance against royalties - but we pay royalties after six months.
Submissions
When submitting your book to us, please simply send us the whole thing. Please also add a short letter describing the book and your intention with it, if that is not self evident. You might also tell us a bit about yourself.
Please submit your book to authorslibrarypress@gmail.com