Author/Publisher Contact Form
This website is intended to be as comprehensive as possible, so I appreciate authors and/or publishers of historical novels letting me know about their novels which are not already listed. Due to visitor demand, if your novel is self-published, this will be noted on the listing. On the YA pages, I do not list self-published novels. If you are an author who has set up your own publishing imprint for the purpose of publishing your novels, your novels published through this imprint are self-published. A growing number of presses offer self-publishing services to authors free of charge because they do not print physical copies of any books until they are sold. These are known as POD ("print-on-demand" or "publish-on-demand") presses. Reputable providers of self-publishing services openly present themselves as such. Others are evasive and may represent themselves to authors as traditional small presses. Regardless, if a press accepts all or most manuscripts submitted in a print-ready format and does not screen for the quality of the writing and storytelling, it is essentially offering self-publishing services. It's a huge tip-off if the website includes testimonials from happy authors pleased with the printing and packaging of their books, or if the submission guidelines are on a closed page casual website visitors cannot access. If you have published through this type of press and do not want a listing that designates your novel as self-published, please do not ask me to list it. Except in rare circumstances, I no longer review or critique self-published novels. Please do not send me a copy of your self-published novel unless I specifically request it. It will not be returned.
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