No publisher, no agent, but brimming with romance?

Don't despair. Here are some publishers who will look at unagented work, plus some other writing links which I hope may be useful.

AUK (New listing) 

Andrews UK Limited. Publisher of ebooks and POD. 

Here's how the CEO Paul Andrews describes the publishing house. "We are one of the UK’s leading indie publishers with several thousand titles live, we publish across most genres, from romance and erotica, to kids books. We work with first time authors right through to New York Times best selling ones, so we love to hear from authors, and also give them some of the best percentages in the industry."

http://www.andrewsuk.com/  

Avalon Books
USA library publishers. Very sweet and traditional.

Avon Impulse
Digital line from USA publisher Avon.

Siren-Bookstrand
Publisher of many kinds of romance. Bookstrand publishers mainstream romance, Siren publisher erotic romance. Siren-Bookstrand also publish menage romance.

Captiva Press
USA ebook publisher of romance.

Carina Press
Ebook press of Harlequin.

Champagne Books
Ebook publisher of highly sensual romance.

Choc Lit
A British publisher who will consider unagented work. Contemp and historical romance.

Desert Breeze
USA ebook publisher of romance.

Ellora's Cave
Publisher of romance, erotic romance and romantica.

Entangled Publishing
Publisher of romance - say they bridge the gap between trad publishing and indie publishing.

Freya's Bower.
Ebook publisher of romance and erotic romance - closed for subs now until Sept 15th 2011.

Karen Fox
News of markets, publishers and agents.

Kensington Books
5th largest publisher in the USA. Will look at unagented work. Be ready for a long wait.

Leap of Faith Publishing
Leap of Faith Publishing are very new. They are looking mainly for romance but some mainstream, too, including thrillers and suspense, mainstream and self-help. They take short stories as well - 1000 to 2000 words.

Loose Id
Publisher of erotic romance.

Macmillan new writing
Macmillan new writing will take unagented work. tends to be mainstream or thrillers/crime. Closed for submissions at present, hope to re-open late in 2011 - keep checking the link.

Mills and Boon
The UK category and more romance publisher. Will consider unagented work. Be prepared for a 24 week wait.

Muse It Up Publishing
Canadian ebook and POD publisher.

My Weekly Pocket Novel Guidelines
My Weekly Pocket Novel. UK publisher of romance seeking novels of 50,000 words.

Publishing Trove
This is a useful yahoo group where you can promote your work on Sundays and also pitch your work to publishers on other days. The files section here is full of info about different publishers and what they are looking for.

Robert Hale Publishers
A British publisher who will consider unagented work. Likes crime, thrillers, sagas, romantic suspense, westerns.

Secret Cravings
Ebook publisher.

Samhain Publishing
USA ebook publisher. Romance and erotic romance of many genres, also horror.

Sapphire Blue Publishing
Ebook publisher of many genres.

Smashwords
Place where writers can self-publish their fiction and non fiction work. They will publish it for free in the main formats and take a modest cut of the sale price. Smashwords will also supply you with a free ISBN, if you name Smashwords as the publisher. They also distribute to Kobo, Mobi, B&N Nook, Apple and other places. Not yet distributing to Amazon, though that may be forthcoming.

Snowbooks
UK publisher. Mainstream. Will consider unagented work.

Sourcebooks
Sourcebooks will consider romance submissions without an agent.

The Wild Rose Press
USA ebook publisher of many kinds of romance.

Tor Publications
Fantasy and science fiction publishers who will take unagented submissions.

Total-E-Bound
UK publisher of erotic romance.

Uncial Press
Ebook publisher taking a wide range of genres.

Whiskey Creek Press
Established ebook publisher in a number of genres.

http://womagwriter.blogspot.com/
Women's Fiction Magazine Guidelines. Very useful blog giving guidelines for various women's fiction magazines. The guidelines are available in the links down the right hand side of the blog.

Harlequin Historicals Undone
Highly sensual historical romance novellas, 10-15000 words in length. Will look at unagented work

Lindsay

Publisher list and a spring promo

Today I'm posting a list of publishers who accept sweet and sensual romances, plus an early invitation to a special Theme Weekend Party at SirenBookstrand.

Here's a quick list. I cannot vouch for them, apart from Kensington, and I suggest you look into places like Preditors and Editors before you send work to them.







PRINT PUBLISHERS

Avalon books. SWEET.
http://www.avalonbooks.com/wrtgdl.html

Blue Leaf Publications. SWEET. (They say they're closed for subs at the moment but should reopen Spring 2009.
http://www.blueleafpub.com/submissions.htm

Champagne Books. (Say they want higher end of steamy in their subs.)
http://www.champagnebooks.com/submissions.htm

Dorchester Books. (Leisure and Lovespell Romances, tending to sensual.)
http://www.dorchesterpub.com/Dorch/SubmissionGuidlines.cfm
Five Star. Another library supplier publisher. I think you need to be living in the USA in order to submit.
http://www.gale.cengage.com/fivestar/

Harlequin Romance/Mills and Boon Tender Lines. SWEET (Where you can stop at the bedroom door if you wish, or carry on - but it must be in a committed relationship.)
http://www.eharlequin.com/articlepage.html?articleId=1102&chapter=0

Harlequin Teen Romance. A new line. SWEET?
http://www.eharlequin.com/articlepage.html?articleId=1403&chapter=0

Kimani Press. (African-American inprint of Harlequin.)
http://www.eharlequin.com/articlepage.html?articleId=1405&chapter=0

Kensington Books. SWEET? (Romances. Dunno if they do sweet. Possibly look at their online cat.)
http://www.kensingtonbooks.com/finditem.cfm?itemid=14298

Lionheart Publishers. SWEET IN SOME LINES. Busy at the moment but perhaps keep checking if they reopen for submissions.
http://www.lionhearted.com/guidelines.htm

My Weekly Story Collection. Another SWEET novella publisher is My Weekly Story Collection (MWSC), whose Fiction Editor is looking for a romance and a subplot. There are usually 12 short chapters, mostly from the heroine’s point of view. British settings or heroines often chosen. Chaste romance - no more than kissing. The address is:

Fiction Editor,
My Weekly Story Collection,
My Weekly,
D.C. Thomson & Co. Ltd,
Albert Square,
Dundee DD1 9QJ,
UNITED KINGDOM

You will need IRCs if you're submitting from outside the UK.)

Wild Rose Press. SWEET IN SOME LINES.
http://www.thewildrosepress.com/


EBOOK PUBLISHERS.

Awestruck Books. Closed for subs at moment.
http://www.awe-struck.net/submissions.html

Black Lyon . SWEET MODERN and other romances, including literary romance.
http://www.blacklyonpublishing.com/guidelines.html

Class Act Books. SWEET and sensual. Also have an erotic arm.
http://classactbooks.com/submissions.html

Desert Breeze Publishing. VERY NEW. LOOKING FOR WORK. SWEET and sensual.
http://stores.desertbreezepublishing.com/-strse-template/policy/Page.bok

Eternal Press. Mainly sensual.
http://www.eternalpress.ca/subguidesnew.html

Freya's Bower - ALL HEATS - closed to subs until April 20th.
http://www.freyasbower.com/index.php?main_page=page&id=2&zenid=7e45192c59174aa1bff5534f02f8b6c6
Romance at Heart. SWEET? Maybe. Not sure from the guidelines.
http://rahpubs.com/submissions.htm

Samhain. SWEET? Maybe. Not sure.
http://www.samhainpublishing.com/submissions

Wings ePress. CAN BE SWEET ROMANCE.
http://www.wingsepress.com/

If anyone knows any more sweet ebook publishers, please mention them. I'm hoping to post a list of publishers who accept erotic romances next month and would value suggestions for these, too. Thanks.

And now for the promo...

"In the spring a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love..."

..... in ALL its wonderful forms!

We are having a THEME WEEKEND WITH A DIFFERENCE at Siren Bookstrand, on the PUBLIC LOOP on May 2nd-3rd.

http://groups. yahoo.com/group/SirenBookstrand/

We open on Saturday morning with sweet and sensual romance. Grab an early coffee or cuppa and come join us in a celebration of male-female romance for all! Our BOOKSTRAND mainstream authors will be there to chat and share their excerpts. Come and see - you will find many names and friends whom you know. (Many of our talented SirenBookstrand authors write widely within the romance genre, as you will discover.)

At 2pm EST Saturday until late Saturday night, we feature titles, excerpts and authors from the much stronger MENAGE AMOUR line.






At 2pm EST Sunday until late Sunday night, we will be featuring work from SIREN. Erotic male-female romance with happy endings. More best-sellers!

On Sunday morning there will be a chance for you to put your questions to our writers and for our writers to share details of their latest releases. Bring your coffee and enjoy.