I love this call for submissions, seeking for reprint small press books that have gone out of print:
Sundress Publications is now accepting submissions to be
published through Doubleback Books. We believe that out of print should not
mean out of mind. Although other publishers rescue works that have fallen into
the public domain from obscurity, few reprint books from small, independent
presses that have folded during the twenty-first century and (often through no
fault of their own) left new, exciting books to go out of print before their
time.
If you are the author of a book that has recently gone out
of print because the press closed, we want to read it. If you are the former
editor of a recently closed press with books you believe deserve to return to
print, we want to read them. If we love them, we want to give the world another
chance to love them, too.
Submission Guidelines
Authors of works that have gone out of print due to the
closure of the original press may submit full-length or short books, including
novels, novellas, chapbooks, short story collections, poetry collections, essay
collections, and memoirs. We will read manuscripts of any literary genre:
fiction, nonfiction, poetry, none of the above, some of the above, or all of
the above. Editors may also submit out-of-print manuscripts their presses
published before closing. To be eligible, works must have been both published
and out of print by no earlier than 2000.
To submit, you may send your manuscript(s) in .PDF or .DOC
format via email to doublebackATsundresspublicationsDOTcom. Simply include a
brief cover letter in the body of the email telling us a little bit about your
work and yourself.
Accepted manuscripts will be turned into downloadable
e-books available for free on the Sundress Publications website! Previous
titles include Karyna McGlynn's Alabama
Steve and Jehanne Dubrow's The
Hardship Post.
Along with your manuscript, please include the name of the manuscript's
original publisher, as well as the name and contact information of the
publisher's former editor-in-chief, if available. Be sure to note the genre of
the manuscript in your cover letter.
Find out more at: http://www.sundresspublications.com/doubleback/
