How to submit your manuscript to 5 Prince Publishing...
5 Prince Publishing is a privately owned, independent publisher. We are a royalty based publishing house. Our authors do not pay out monies for editing and production. We do require our authors to be active in the editorial process of their work. We engage them in the cover formatting of the book. 5 Prince Publishing authors are required to be active participants in the promotion of their titles through online presence and social media.
5 Prince Publishing publishes in eBook formats and our books are mainly distributed through Amazon, iTunes, Barnes and Noble, Kobo, GooglePlay, and Smashwords (and their extended distribution.) eBooks are distributed in English to the World Wide market.
5 Prince Publishing prints physical books, over 33,000 words, in a POD. We believe this is the wave of the future and better for our environment. Books are marketed through online retailers. Brick and mortar stores can order books through the company if they have a relationship with an author who will be working with them to promote their print books. Our books are distributed through Ingram.
5 Prince Publishing is based in Colorado, USA. We focus first and foremost on the US market and then worldwide market. At this time we only take submissions from U.S. based authors.
Submissions are accepted by authors over the age of 18 years old. Submissions may be submitted by authors directly. We do accept agent submissions as well; however, 5 Prince Publishing does work directly with authors.
Submissions must be contract free and currently unpublished. We do not accept submissions that are in distribution by the author or other publishing houses.
Currently 5 Prince Publishing IS accepting the following kinds of submissions:
Currently 5 Prince Publishing is NOT accepting the following kinds of submissions:
SPECIALTY SUBMISSION REQUESTS:
You may still submit even if your book is not in one of these specialty categories.
New Adult Romance: First Love
Romantic Suspense: Halloween
Romance: Christmas Love
Romance: New Year, New Love
Romance: Cupid's Arrow
Romance: Beach Reads
Romance: Summer Loving
5 Prince Publishing will consider work that has been published by previous publishing houses if:
Before submitting, please read these guidelines.
THINGS TO CONSIDER WHEN QUERYING A PUBLISHER:
1. Have you gone over your submission with a fine tooth comb? First impressions are huge! Here at 5 Prince Publishing we don't ask a lot in the submissions department, if you've compared us to other publishers you'll see that. We want to get to know you. That's as important as the work you're submitting. However, poorly used grammar, punctuation, and style will have us passing on your submission.
2. Do not use all capitals to get our attention. You get our attention when you hit send and we get your email. We will discard all cap submissions.
3. Do you Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Google+? Well you have to if you want to be part of 5 Prince Publishing. We use social media to our advantage. If you don't like social media or refuse to use it, then this isn't where you belong. We like to promote our authors this way and we expect our authors to be social media savvy. Just something to think about.
6. Do you have a website? We want to learn about you and so do potential readers. Websites are easy now days. You can create them for free even. If you don't have one, consider it very hard. You've been to our site to learn about us. We want to do the same.
7. Are you a team player? We are looking for team players. What does that mean exactly? 5 Prince Publishing is still a small house, even though our numbers climb daily. However, we think of ourselves as a family. We do a lot of idea and promotional sharing. It's a, "You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours," atmosphere. If you're willing to help out your fellow author, this might be a good fit.
8. Is your book unpublished? If it had been published, has it been removed from all distribution sites? Is it free and clear of contract?
9. Above all else, be professional.
If this sounds like you please submit the following items in an email and send it to submissions@5princebooks.com with the GENRE and BOOK TITLE in the subject of the email.
IF you have followed all the rules, not sent us more than three chapters, not sent us the whole MS, and you stuck to right around 400 words with your query and synopsis, we're going to take a collective look at it.
IF we think we'd like to see more WE will contact YOU! You'll hear from us in about two weeks. At that time, we will give you more instructions.
IF we just don't think the project is for us, don't take it personally. We might be backed up or have too many books in that specific genre to consider. We will try to let you know as soon as we can that this is our decision, which usually takes 2-3 weeks.
If you have submission questions please email submissions@5princebooks.com
5 Prince Publishing publishes in eBook formats and our books are mainly distributed through Amazon, iTunes, Barnes and Noble, Kobo, GooglePlay, and Smashwords (and their extended distribution.) eBooks are distributed in English to the World Wide market.
5 Prince Publishing prints physical books, over 33,000 words, in a POD. We believe this is the wave of the future and better for our environment. Books are marketed through online retailers. Brick and mortar stores can order books through the company if they have a relationship with an author who will be working with them to promote their print books. Our books are distributed through Ingram.
5 Prince Publishing is based in Colorado, USA. We focus first and foremost on the US market and then worldwide market. At this time we only take submissions from U.S. based authors.
Submissions are accepted by authors over the age of 18 years old. Submissions may be submitted by authors directly. We do accept agent submissions as well; however, 5 Prince Publishing does work directly with authors.
Submissions must be contract free and currently unpublished. We do not accept submissions that are in distribution by the author or other publishing houses.
Currently 5 Prince Publishing IS accepting the following kinds of submissions:
- Romance (Any sub category. Erotica and Erotic submissions will be sent to our imprint, Private Moments Publishing.)
- Chick Lit
- Fantasy
Currently 5 Prince Publishing is NOT accepting the following kinds of submissions:
- children's books or any level lower than new adult.
- biography or non-fiction.
- inspirational
- military
- poetry
SPECIALTY SUBMISSION REQUESTS:
You may still submit even if your book is not in one of these specialty categories.
New Adult Romance: First Love
- Manuscripts must be at least 50k words
- Genre may be any sub-category of Romance
- Theme of the story must relate to first loves in college through early 20's. This story must appeal to 16-25 year olds and not be heavy in explicit sexual content.
- Story must be well developed and have a happily ever after ending
- Submission deadline is March 15, 2018
Romantic Suspense: Halloween
- Manuscripts must be at least 50k words
- Genre may be romantic suspense or romance heavy with a mystery element
- Theme of the story must take place near Halloween and rely on suspense or mystery to move the story line
- Story must be well developed and have a happily ever after ending
- Submission deadline is March 15, 2018
Romance: Christmas Love
- Manuscripts must be at least 50k words
- Genre may be any sub-category of Romance
- Theme of the story must take place at Christmas. The Christmas holiday must be part of the story line
- Story must be well developed and have a happily ever after ending
- Submission deadline is May 15, 2018
Romance: New Year, New Love
- Manuscripts must be at least 50k words
- Genre may be any sub-category of Romance
- Theme of the story must take place on or near New Year's Eve/Day. The New Year holiday must be part of the story line
- Story must be well developed and have a happily ever after ending
- Submission deadline is June 15, 2018
Romance: Cupid's Arrow
- Manuscripts must be at least 50k words
- Genre may be any sub-category of Romance
- Theme of the story must take place on or near Valentine's Day. The Valentine's Day holiday must be part of the story line
- Story must be well developed and have a happily ever after ending
- Submission deadline is July 15, 2018
Romance: Beach Reads
- Manuscripts must be at least 50k words
- Genre may be any sub-category of Romance
- Theme of the story must take place with a beach setting
- Story must be well developed and have a happily ever after ending
- Submission deadline is November 15, 2018
Romance: Summer Loving
- Manuscripts must be at least 50k words
- Genre may be any sub-category of Romance
- Theme of the story must take place in the summer
- Story must be well developed and have a happily ever after ending
- Submission deadline is January 15, 2018
5 Prince Publishing will consider work that has been published by previous publishing houses if:
- the publishing house has gone out of business and the author has written verification that that books have been released from any contracts.
- the publishing house in which the work was published has released the author and the work because the contract has been fulfilled.
- the title has been removed from publication at the time of submission.
- the title has not been published by a different publishing house.
- the author is willing to work with us to edit and amend the title that was published by the author.
Before submitting, please read these guidelines.
THINGS TO CONSIDER WHEN QUERYING A PUBLISHER:
1. Have you gone over your submission with a fine tooth comb? First impressions are huge! Here at 5 Prince Publishing we don't ask a lot in the submissions department, if you've compared us to other publishers you'll see that. We want to get to know you. That's as important as the work you're submitting. However, poorly used grammar, punctuation, and style will have us passing on your submission.
2. Do not use all capitals to get our attention. You get our attention when you hit send and we get your email. We will discard all cap submissions.
3. Do you Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Google+? Well you have to if you want to be part of 5 Prince Publishing. We use social media to our advantage. If you don't like social media or refuse to use it, then this isn't where you belong. We like to promote our authors this way and we expect our authors to be social media savvy. Just something to think about.
6. Do you have a website? We want to learn about you and so do potential readers. Websites are easy now days. You can create them for free even. If you don't have one, consider it very hard. You've been to our site to learn about us. We want to do the same.
7. Are you a team player? We are looking for team players. What does that mean exactly? 5 Prince Publishing is still a small house, even though our numbers climb daily. However, we think of ourselves as a family. We do a lot of idea and promotional sharing. It's a, "You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours," atmosphere. If you're willing to help out your fellow author, this might be a good fit.
8. Is your book unpublished? If it had been published, has it been removed from all distribution sites? Is it free and clear of contract?
9. Above all else, be professional.
If this sounds like you please submit the following items in an email and send it to submissions@5princebooks.com with the GENRE and BOOK TITLE in the subject of the email.
- Your Name
- Your Pen name
- Brief introduction of yourself including past writing or publishing experience.
- Include all social media and web links for us to check out. (We require all authors to use social media outlets.)
- Title of the book
- Genre and target audience
- Word Count
- Short blurb about the book
- Brief synopsis of the entire book
- Please copy and paste the first three chapters of your book into the body of the email. We will not open attachments.
IF you have followed all the rules, not sent us more than three chapters, not sent us the whole MS, and you stuck to right around 400 words with your query and synopsis, we're going to take a collective look at it.
IF we think we'd like to see more WE will contact YOU! You'll hear from us in about two weeks. At that time, we will give you more instructions.
IF we just don't think the project is for us, don't take it personally. We might be backed up or have too many books in that specific genre to consider. We will try to let you know as soon as we can that this is our decision, which usually takes 2-3 weeks.
If you have submission questions please email submissions@5princebooks.com
