We unfortunately can’t just sign your contract with a quill pen and mail you royalties a year later. Give details about how you will promote your book. Note: Even if you believe your book to be one-of-a-kind, it still has competition.
Include recent (published within the last five to ten years), well-selling titles and explain precisely how yours is different. List at least five competing titles you envision your book sitting alongside in a bookstore display or online search. Confirm your unique approach-tell us why your story is yours to write, and yours alone.Ħ. Show your deep attachment to the subject matter, the characters, and the audience. In your brief cover letter (less than 600 words), tell us why you wrote this book and why the world needs it. We also welcome a short list of your favorite children’s book illustrators-as examples only.ĥ. But we welcome a few art ideas in your manuscript (just text don’t try to draw them). Unless you are one of those unicorn author-illustrators, your publisher will choose the illustrator for your book. Tell us up front that you will be happy to work with us on revisions to your work, if needed. If you haven’t yet, be sure to read your book out loud several times-to yourself, a friend, a child, your cat, etc. Butter us up! Which of our books do you love? Which ones do you see your book complementing and why? What makes you an especially good fit with us?Ģ. Know who you’re submitting to. Research the publisher.
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Greetings, authors and would-be authors! Are you considering submitting a book proposal to us (or to anyone)? If so, as Free Spirit’s acquisitions editor, I’ve put together a few tips to review before you hit “Submit.”ġ. By Meg Bratsch, acquisitions editor at Free Spirit Publishing
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