Imagine That Books is not a vanity publisher. At no time will we request any money from our authors unless you are buying copies for yourself. Keeping that in mind, also remember that we are a small micro-publisher with a focus on e-books. Most books that we publish will be in e-book format but once a title reaches sales of 50 or more, we can option it for print. But in some cases we will move forward with both e-book and paperback versions of a work at its initial release. As a rule we do not pay advances, but we are a royalty paying company. Our authors also retain the all rights to their works.
We prefer completed works. They do not have to be professionally edited, but they must be checked for grammatical errors. Make good use of your word processing programs spell checker before you submit.
On occasion we will accept a work that is over 90% complete. In that event, the work must be completed within a set amount of time that will be agreed upon by I.T.B.s and the author. Failure to complete the manuscript within that time will result in contract termination.
We do accept simultaneous submissions but please inform us if we are not the only company that you have submitted to. We also accept works that have been previously published at online sites such as Wattpad, as long as you have the rights to the work. Please let us know if the work you are submitting has been previously published or posted anywhere.
We prefer completed works. They do not have to be professionally edited, but they must be checked for grammatical errors. Make good use of your word processing programs spell checker before you submit.
On occasion we will accept a work that is over 90% complete. In that event, the work must be completed within a set amount of time that will be agreed upon by I.T.B.s and the author. Failure to complete the manuscript within that time will result in contract termination.
We do accept simultaneous submissions but please inform us if we are not the only company that you have submitted to. We also accept works that have been previously published at online sites such as Wattpad, as long as you have the rights to the work. Please let us know if the work you are submitting has been previously published or posted anywhere.
What We Are Looking For
We are open to many types of genres but at the present we are not accepting children's books or illustration/ photo heavy books, due to illustration printing cost. Although we are open to many types of genres for all age, we will not accept works that have excessive violence, glorify rape, pedophilia, and child abuse or advocates hate of any kind.
We are also not accepting fantasy, urban fantasy, science fiction, or any similar titles, but please query our sister site, Toil and Trouble Studios, if you feel your title falls in those genres.
We welcome submissions from unknown authors. While we are not expecting to find the next Joe Hill or Nora Roberts (but would like to), we do look for titles that are well written, and salable. Know your target audience and tell us how you plan to reach them.
We accept the following:
Novella's : 20K-49K
Novel's : 50K and up
Some shorts 10k and up to 19k on occasion and for Anthologies
Shorts under 10K for Anthologies
We only accept electronic submissions and they need to be formatted as follows:
Check our Open Call for Submissions for one of our anthologies:
We are also not accepting fantasy, urban fantasy, science fiction, or any similar titles, but please query our sister site, Toil and Trouble Studios, if you feel your title falls in those genres.
We welcome submissions from unknown authors. While we are not expecting to find the next Joe Hill or Nora Roberts (but would like to), we do look for titles that are well written, and salable. Know your target audience and tell us how you plan to reach them.
We accept the following:
Novella's : 20K-49K
Novel's : 50K and up
Some shorts 10k and up to 19k on occasion and for Anthologies
Shorts under 10K for Anthologies
We only accept electronic submissions and they need to be formatted as follows:
- MS Word format (.DOC or .DOCX)
- Page size: 8.5 x 11
- Font: Times New Roman or Garamond
- Font Size: 12
- Line Spacing: Double
- Please no special paragraph formatting
- General Submissions Here:
Check our Open Call for Submissions for one of our anthologies:
