Frequently Asked Questions

We expect your work to be ready to be published, so thoroughly edited and checked for errors. You may have chosen a professional to help with this (some examples of this are below), however, we will accept books that have been edited by an author.

We do offer editing services based on our experience, Ruth will complete copy editing and Jane will do proof editing on request. (For descriptions of these services please see below)

Please format your work as follows:

Fiction - Double-spaced, size 12 font, with the tick box checked in the paragraph box to stop spaces between paragraphs. Please do not include any header or footers.

Poetry - Single-spaced, size 12 font.

We take all genres of fiction and poetry except erotica

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We will discuss genre with you if we choose to publish your book

We will support you in promoting your book, using our social media and with your permission taking your book to book fairs to sell with our other author's books.

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We will also encourage cross-promotion - so supporting other authors in our catalogue - creating a greater social media spread and will help to sell your book as well.

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We would also suggest you create an author's page on both Amazon and Goodreads, this way, should you wish to you can use their promotion tools to promote your books further.

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You could also complete a blog tour we have used @rachelsrandomresources and @zooloosblogtours but there are other people who do this as well.

Your work should have been thoroughly copy edited - this checks your work on a line-by-line basis, looking at grammar, spelling, syntax, tense etc. You should be checking for consistency, coherency and give a general overview to ensure it makes sense  - this can be done by yourself or a professional.

This is the final check - this looks at the tiny details that may get missed, such as words that may not get picked up by spell check and formatting issues. Again, this can be done by yourself or a professional proof editor.

There are other types of editing available, such as developmental editing and content editing but these are used less in the publishing industry. If you would like guidance of where to find or what to look for in an editor we can help with that, if you feel your book needs that extra step.

Once you are a published author, it is a good idea to join the Society of Authors.

They are the trade union for authors and will support you if you need their help - they also offer various grants to support writing which you may be eligible for. There is a nominal quarterly fee for this but it gives you access to numerous free webinars and author events which are very informative.

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It is also a good idea to join ALCS which is the Authors Licensing and Collecting Society - they make sure you are paid all the royalties you are owed for your work. They do all of this for you and it is a free service if you are a member of the Society of Authors.

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We would also suggest you register with PLR - Public Lending Right. They ensure you are paid appropriately if your book is borrowed from a library.