About
Books To Go Now
Books to Go Now is located in the beautiful Pacific
Northwest outside Seattle.
We want to take you into the digital market while
still offering traditional paperbacks for our authors.
BTGN allows you to grow along with us to make your
writing career profitable. Along with new authors, some of your favorite
award-winning authors have joined us. We welcome readers and writers into our
community.
Jennifer Conner Associate Publisher
Jennifer
has been the owner of Books to Go Now since 2010. She has been a professional
writer for over eight years. Her goal for BTGN is to encourage new authors to
improve on their craft and grow as writers everyday.
Jennifer
has been listed in Amazon’s top 50 authors and has won 3 national writing
competitions with her stories.
Sharon Kleve – Promotions Manager
Sharon
has been with BTGN for over 3 years and has ten books published by Books To Go
Now.
Editing Staff.
With their combined talent you will be paired with the editor who will help
your story be the best that it can be.
Professional Cover Design – Our staff will create an eye catching and top-notch cover for
maximum sale potential.
Bookkeeping -
Our bookkeeper tracks your sales on multiple platforms and supplies a quarterly
readout of your sales.
Books to Go Now PO Box 1283 Poulsbo, WA 98370
Submissions
Books to Go Now (BTGN) is proud to be a
Traditional Publisher who works with their authors each step of the publication
process. We have helped numerous authors become best-sellers with our
dedication to creating only the best.
We are actively acquiring works (from short
stories to full novel length) from both aspiring and established authors.
Before submitting a query or proposal, please read the guidelines below. Please
don’t hesitate to contact us at inquiry@bookstogonow.com if you have questions.
Our staff works one-on-one with our authors to
help them to create wonderful works of fiction. Upon publication we use a
successful multi-platform strategy to promote and market their work. Our staff
has helped many authors become International and Domestic Bestsellers.
Books to Go Now offers professional editing,
cover design, multiple book format file creation, and most important publicity.
Our staff works one-on-one with our authors to help make our author books a
success one book at a time.
We accept only a small number of the thousands
of submissions we receive.
Why? Because we are looking for the best. Anyone
can write a book, but not everyone can write a great book. Have you written a
great book or story? We would love to see your work.
If you would like to inquire about what we
accept please send us a note to: Inquiry@BooksToGoNow.com
We are currently reading all genres of fiction,
but we are actively acquiring works from 10k-80k+ words at all heat levels and
all relationships (m/m, f/m, f/f etc.). If you have a story you love, we
would love to see it.
Here at BTGN, we’re interested in stories with
strong romantic elements. We love romances and readers do too! Give
us a story that hasn’t been told, that has a fresh voice, a strong
character/romantic arc, and that can keep us wanting to turn the page.
HEA/HFN is required.
Christmas Submissions Call!!!
We are looking for well written works of fiction
10k-75k in preparation for one of our favorite holidays. We love Christmas’s
stories that focus on the lighter things in life (think romance). If your
submission is short story or novella length we will publish the work as a
stand-alone, but we may also choose to publish your story as part of an
anthology in addition to the stand-alone.
Submissions Deadline: 10/1/2014
Accepted Genres:
We will consider all works of fiction for
publication, but we are currently most actively seeking the following genres:
Romance (Including but not limited to: Sweet,
Erotic, Erotica, Contemporary, Paranormal, Urban Fantasy, Mystery, Suspense,
Steampunk, Time travel, Chick Lit, BDSM, New Adult)
Mystery & Suspense
New Adult (New Adult is where the characters are around the age of 18-24ish, out of high school or college and starting out in their life. Written in 1st person.)
Mystery & Suspense
New Adult (New Adult is where the characters are around the age of 18-24ish, out of high school or college and starting out in their life. Written in 1st person.)
Specific Guidelines:
Length
10,000-80,000+ words. If your story exceeds the length requirement, we are willing to read your work if you have a strong query. If you book meets our requirements, we may offer to publish your work in paperback format.
10,000-80,000+ words. If your story exceeds the length requirement, we are willing to read your work if you have a strong query. If you book meets our requirements, we may offer to publish your work in paperback format.
Anthologies/group projects
Occasionally, we at BTGN like to gather some of our best-selling short stories and put them into an anthology after they are a stand-alone publication. If these books meet our requirements, they may also be made available in paperback.
Occasionally, we at BTGN like to gather some of our best-selling short stories and put them into an anthology after they are a stand-alone publication. If these books meet our requirements, they may also be made available in paperback.
Absolutely no:
Flash Fiction
Pedophilia. That is, sex between adults and
underage characters.
Necrophilia. Undead doesn’t count.
Bestiality. Sentient shifters, aliens and
paranormal creatures are OK.
Scat or golden showers.
Rape or incest (as defined by the culture in
which the story occurs) calculated to arouse the reader.
Snuff.
Also, while sex between minors may be depicted
offstage or in flashbacks, it should not be described for the purpose of
arousing the reader.
When Submitting:
Please submit exactly and only the following:
A Query Letter with:
Your name and contact e-mail.
The name of the manuscript you are submitting
and the name of the series it is a part of, if any.
The completion status and expected length of
your manuscript.
The genre, the premise, and the degree of
sensuality present in your manuscript.
A short but complete Synopsis focusing on the
characters’ goals and motivations, the major story events, climax and ending.
A Partial which includes the first Three Chapters of your manuscript. A
short prologue should not be counted. In the case of works less than 15,000
words please send complete manuscript.
Formatting Your Submission
Please follow these simple formatting guidelines
precisely.
Word files only. Submissions in the body of
the e-mail will not be accepted.
Double-spaced. Standard 12 pt serif font. Times
New Roman or Courier preferred.
Emphasis and foreign words may be underlined or
italicized.
Place the Query Letter only in the body of the
e-mail; you may address it to the Editor-in-Chief, Jennifer Conner. Attach the
Synopsis and Partial to the e-mail
Include your name, pen-name and contact e-mail
in the Query Letter, Synopsis, and Partial.
Send the submissions package to submissions@bookstogonow.com with a subject line that reads: Submission_(Your
Books Genre or Submissions call)_(Title)
You will receive a response with 4-6 weeks of
submission.
If
you have not heard from an editor at the end of one month, inquire by e-mail to
submissions@bookstogonow.com as to the status of
your submission.
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