Online Fiction Books
http://freereads.topcities.com/onlinefictionbooks.html
Some epublishers aren't worthy of the name. There are hundreds of sites out there claiming to be e-publishers. To make it onto this list, the rules are simple.
- Authors do not pay to get published. They are paid for the privilege.
- The only thing the e-publishers sells is books. No editorial services, no packaging fees, no marketing fees, no artwork fees.
- Selling eBook readers is okay, so long as the books themselves don't require one to read them. Meaning, HTML and/or PDF must be available formats.)
- Free editorial service is a must. If the publisher's going to put his name on my book, and he's not proud enough of his name to make sure the e-book is done right, screw him. He won't last very long as a bookseller anyway.
- The web site must look professional. Meaning? I have to like it. Fast, good-looking, professional, designed so the reader can see the titles or the appropriate menu option right there on the first screen of the home page. No busted links. No missing artwork. No pop-ups. No big hype about their publishing services plastered all over the front page, while the potential reader has to hunt for what he wants.
- There can be no typos. Not a damn one. I saw one site with typos in their ad for "editorial services for a reasonable fee." You know what they can kiss.
- Hit counters can lie. But if they have one, I'd better see more than 47 hits. Trust me -- there is such a place. But they aren't listed in this file.
- If their site spends a great deal of effort advertising some contest that closed in April 2000, screw em. Keep the place up-to-date, please.
- They must accept e-mail submissions. I live in Hong Kong. I'm not mailing anything to the US except a signed contract and possibly a disk along with it. Furthermore, this shows they're serious about using the Internet. What kind of e-publisher wants you to use paper?
- Promoting your book. Okay, now you're published. Great! But what will this publisher do after it's all said and done to make sure your potential readers know you exist?
- You probably will not find an e-publisher who pays an advance, but they'd better pay you at least 35% of the sale price.
Everyone on this list should meet the aforementioned rules. Write to laroccamichael@hotmail.com if you find someone that doesn't so I can knock them off this list.
As you go through this list, seeing who's open to submissions and who's not, remember that not every publisher is right for every author. Find someone who publishes something similar to what you write.
I have experience with Books Unbound, NovelBooks Inc., Zumaya Publications, Hard Shell Word Factory, Wild East, Jacobyte Books, and CrossroadsPub.
(No, you won't find CrossroadsPub on this list. Need I say more?)
Adventure Books - http://www.puzzlesbyshar.com/adventurebooks
All Story - http://www.allstory.com
Antelope Publishing - http://www.antelope-ebooks.com
Artemis Press (Lesbian fiction) - http://www.artemispress.com
Awe Struck - http://www.awe-struck.net
Books Unbound - http://www.booksunbound.com
Clean Romance - http://www.cleanromance.com
Clocktower Books - http://www.clocktowerfiction.com
Disk Us Publishing - http://www.diskuspublishing.com
DLSIJ Press (Women authors only) - http://www.dlsijpress.com
Ebooks Ebooks - http://www.ebooksebooks.com
E-Pulp - http://www.e-pulp.com
Electric Works Publishing - http://www.electricpublishing.com
Hard Shell Word Factory - http://www.hardshell.com
Iumix Books - http://www.iumix.com/bookstore/book_fr.htm
Jacobyte Books - http://www.jacobytebooks.com/
Laughing Owl - http://www.laughingowl.com/
LionHearted (Romance only; eBook & paperback) - http://www.lionhearted.com
New Concepts Publishing - http://www.newconceptspublishing.com
NovelBooks, Inc. - http://www.novelbooksinc.com
Nitelinks - http://www.nitelinks.com
On-Line Originals - http://www.onlineoriginals.com
Peanut Press - http://www.peanutpress.com
Pendulum Press - http://www.pendulumpress.com/
RJ's Ebooks - http://www.rjs-ebooks.com
Salvo Press (Mystery, suspense, espionage, thriller - eBook and paperback) - http://www.salvopress.com
See Spot Books (Children's books) - http://www.SeeSpotBooks.com
Sensory Publishing - http://www.sensorypublishing.com
SynergEbooks - http://www.synergebooks.com/index.htm
Twilight Times Books - http://www.twilighttimesbooks.com/
The Wild East - http://lawrencegray.com/ePublisher
Writers Exchange E-Publishing - http://www.writers-exchange.com/epublishing/
Zumaya Publications - http://www.zumayapublications.com/
Two notes to authors...
Last time I read the contract for Writers Exchange, it specified that you can't resell the edited version of your work.
Once you've used this file to narrow down your list of potential electronic publishers, you MUST visit Piers Anthony's website because it's better than mine.
This is simply a list that I put together for my own use. Whenever I finish writing a new book, the list gets updated as I seek out a publisher.
Mr. Anthony, on the other hand, lists both the good and the bad and gives reasons. He's doing much more exhaustive research than I am and still finding time to write more books than I do.
No, I'm not jealous. Really.
Feel free to drop me a line at laroccamichael@hotmail.com.
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