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Manuscript Submission Guidelines |
Thank you for choosing
to submit your book
proposal to Hay House. Over the years, we’ve found that it
isn’t efficient to
enter into e-mail correspondence or lengthy telephone calls regarding
proposals
and the publishing process. Please read the information below for
advice. Information for Writers Most writers,
regardless of the genre they’ve
concentrated on, will want to share their work with the public by
having it
published as a book. The first and most important thing is DO YOUR OWN
RESEARCH. Find out about the various ways of getting your book
published, the
roles of publishers and literary agents, and exploring the options of
self-publishing and acquiring a distributor. The Internet is great for
this. Establish who your
ideal reader is, and what
the market is like for your book. Are there already other books similar
to
yours available? The more research you’ve undertaken into the
market, in
addition to the processes involved in selecting and publishing a
manuscript,
the better chance you have. The following are the
most asked questions
about the Hay House submission process, along with our answers. We hope
this
information is most helpful to you. Are you currently
accepting unsolicited
manuscripts? What if I don’t
have an agent? For Agents Only I’m an agent
looking to send Hay House some
material. How should I go about doing this? Editorial Department
Submissions For further
information, you may e-mail the editorial department. WE
DO NOT SEND BACK
MANUSCRIPTS UNLESS ACCOMPANIED BY POSTAGE. We will e-mail you a
response to
your submission, however. What should I do if
I’m an agent who isn’t
based in the U.S.? What types of books are
you in the market
for? Some of our best-selling
titles are: You Can Heal
Your Life, by Louise L.
Hay; Secrets &
Mysteries of the World,
by Sylvia Browne; The Power of
Intention, by Dr. Wayne
W. Dyer; Yes, You Can
Be a Successful Income Investor,
by Ben Stein and Phil DeMuth. Note that we publish nonfiction
in the areas of Self-Help, New Age, Sociology, Philosophy, Psychology,
Health,
Business, Finance, Men’s/Women’s Issues, Inspirational
Memoirs, and Celebrity
Biographies. Subjects include social issues, current events, ecology,
business,
food and nutrition, education, the environment, alternative
health/medicine,
money/finance, nature, recreation, religion, men’s and
women’s issues,
spiritual growth, fitness. We are interested in a
variety of subjects as long as they have a positive self-help slant
to them.
No poetry, quotation books, children’s books, or negative
concepts that aren’t
conducive to helping/healing ourselves, or our planet. Hay House publishes
hardcover and trade paperback
originals, and trade paperback reprints. We are no longer accepting
proposals for card decks. We average 50 titles a year. We pay
standard
royalty and publish an average of 12–18 months after acceptance.
Simultaneous
(agented) submissions okay. We generally report in four weeks on
queries; six
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Artwork Guidelines |
We are always
looking for talented artists, photographers, and illustrators whose
work is
suitable for our books, card decks, and gift products. If you would
like to
have your work considered, send us nonreturnable samples such as color
copies
or tear sheets. Do not send original art or slides. We will then keep
your work
on file. When we need art or photographs, we look through our files
until we
find an appropriate stylistic match, then we will contact you if your
work
seems appropriate. Because of the volume of work we receive, we regret
that we
cannot respond personally to each submission. If your work is
available to view online or if you have an online portfolio, you may
e-mail us
a link to your work instead of mailing us samples. Online portfolios
offer a
significant advantage in that when we are searching for images, we
often browse
these portfolios to see the entire spectrum of a person’s work
available for
use. You may e-mail your portfolio’s Web site address to the
attention of
Christy Salinas at our corporate office in the U.S. Please note
that we prefer work that expresses a positive and uplifting feeling.
Keep in
mind that some of our recent titles have been about such topics as
spirituality, self-empowerment, feng shui, metaphysics, angels and
fairies,
alternative health and fitness, relationships, and personal growth. We
encourage you to choose samples to send that fit closely with these
themes. We
do not use cartoons or caricatures or art that expresses dark, scary,
or
melancholy themes. If you have an
idea for a complete project, such as a book or card deck, that includes
both
art and text, please contact an agent as we do not accept unsolicited
manuscripts and projects must be submitted through an agent. Our mailing
address is: Christy
Salinas, Creative Director |
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