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Submission Guidelines

Thank you for considering Expanse Books for publishing your manuscript.

NOTE: We are not currently accepting unsolicited materials but will accept submissions from agents and authors we have met at conferences. We will update this page when we re-open general submissions.

Our Guidelines:

We are a traditional, royalty-paying publishing company. We do not currently offer any advances. Accepted manuscripts will be published in both print (paperback) and digital (eBook) formats. You do not need to have an agent to submit to Expanse Books.

We only accept electronic submissions through the submission form below or via email (expansebooks@gmail.com) from legal residents of the United States of America. We are not considering any previously published books, whether they were self-published or published by a traditional or vanity press. We do not publish children’s books, memoirs, or poetry collections.

NOTE: We only accept proposals for CLEAN fiction. No sexual content, foul language (including euphemisms), crudeness, vulgarity, abuse, or graphic violence will be permitted in our books. Stories do not have to include a religious theme or content, but if they do, we will not accept proposals for books that are “preachy” in nature. Stories that do include a religious theme must be nondenominational so that anyone who embraces a Christian worldview can enjoy them.

We do NOT publish the following:

  • Erotica
  • Horror
  • Children’s picture books
  • Memoirs, Poetry

We prefer manuscripts between 50,000-90,000 words but will consider other lengths.

If we have requested a proposal from you, please include your name, address, phone number, and email address with your proposal. A proposal should include a synopsis, a short bio, and the first three chapters of your manuscript. The manuscript must be completed before you submit the proposal.

Include the following in your proposal:

  • About the Author–A bio, contact information (mailing address, email, telephone), social media links, website link, and information about all previously published books.
  • About the Book–Title; Tagline; Genre; Word Count; Blurb (back cover copy); a short paragraph about each of the main characters (hero, heroine, and, if applicable, the villain); and a 2-6 page synopsis. Make sure the synopsis includes the story’s outcome. If this manuscript is being submitted simultaneously to other publishers, please include that information in this section. You don’t have to disclose where you have sent it, but let us know if it has been submitted to other publishers.
  • Sample Chapters–include the first three chapters of your book. If your book includes a prologue, submit the prologue and the first two chapters.
  • Marketing Plan–What concrete steps do you plan to take to publicize your book?
  • Author Platform–Please include the following information in your proposal: Number of email subscribers; number of Twitter followers; number of “likes” on your Facebook author page (this is not the number of friends from your personal profile); number of Instagram followers; number of BookBub followers; number of GoodReads followers: number of members on your street team; and any other information about your platform you wish to share, such as other social media sites, public speaking, conference presentations, podcasts, YouTube subscribers, etc.

Your synopsis should be single-spaced in 12-point Times New Roman. The header should have the book title and your name on it. Include page numbers. If you have an agent, your agent should submit the proposal. The first three chapters of your book should be submitted in standard manuscript format (page size 8-1/2 by 11 inches, 12-point Times New Roman font, double-spaced, 1-inch margins all around, black text on white background, and a 1/2-inch indent on the first sentence of each paragraph). Please do not use tabs to create the indents.