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Start a book

Start a book with SPH

Tell us what you are writing, or what you need written, and what you want it to do. An editor reads every application and replies either way.

Your book can begin with an idea, an outline or a finished manuscript. This application helps your work reach the right editor and gives us the context to respond. You do not need an account to apply.

We take on few books and stay with each one. Tell us where you need support: developing the idea, writing, editing, design, production or the agreed work of reaching readers. We will review your material before discussing a scope and quote.

What to include

  • The one-sentence reason the book should exist.
  • Whether you have a manuscript, an outline, or an idea that still needs writing.
  • Language, and any university or institutional constraint that is real.
  • Whether you want to write it yourself or want it developed with us.

If you want help with the application or would like to talk first, write to sammanpublishinghouse@gmail.com. A manuscript sent only by email is not a submission.

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What you are publishing

This decides which of our editors reads your application, so it is worth getting right.

Which of these fits best?
The book

A working title is enough. Nothing here is a commitment, and nothing has to be finished.

It can change later. Every book we publish started with a title that changed.

Memoir, poetry, business, history, children's, textbook.

An idea is a legitimate answer. You do not need a finished book to apply.

An estimate. Leave it blank if you genuinely do not know.

A paragraph is plenty.

What you want the book to do

The most useful part of the application. It tells us whether we are the right house for you.

Reach a particular reader, support your work, record something, sell copies, open doors. Be direct.

Timeline and support

Tell us what you already have covered and what you would want from us.

A month and year, or an event you are working towards.

What would you want from us?

Choose as many as apply. Nothing here is priced yet.

Optional, and it does not decide anything. It helps us quote something realistic rather than something you have to decline.

Your manuscript

We do not accept file uploads. Share a Google Drive link instead, so the document stays yours and you can withdraw access at any time.

Set it to 'anyone with the link can view'. You can revoke it whenever you like.

About you

So we know who we are reading, and how to reply.

Where we reply. We do not add you to a mailing list.

City and country. It affects printing and delivery, not whether we read your application.

Before you send

Three things we need you to confirm.

Review

Check what you are sending. You can go back and change anything.

What you are publishing

Which of these fits best?
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The book

Working title
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What kind of book is it?
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Language you are writing in
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Where the manuscript is now
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Roughly how many words
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What is the book about?
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What you want the book to do

What do you want this book to achieve?
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Who is it for?
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Timeline and support

When would you like it published?
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What would you want from us?
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Have you set aside a budget?
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Your manuscript

Google Drive link
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I have checked that the link opens for someone who is not signed in as me
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About you

Your name
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Email
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Phone
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Where you are
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How did you hear about us?
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Before you send

This is my work, or I have the right to publish it on behalf of whoever wrote it.
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I understand that sending this application does not mean SPH will publish the book.
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SPH may contact me about this application and keep a record of it.
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