Submissions Closed
DDP is currently closed for submissions until further notice.
All release slots have been filled until mid-2009
IN ADDITION: We are eagerly searching for EROTIC LITERATURE which will meet the submission guidelines of our sister company, Carnal Desires Publishing.
Carnal Desires Publishing is a new Double Dragon Publishing company that will aggressively market your title. While being primarily an eBook publishing house, plans are in place to release in the mass market format, titles that reach a certain level of gross sales within the eBook market and have the potential to go further.
It is our goal to make Carnal Desires Publishing a multi-million dollar venture within the next 5 years! If you have an erotic story that you would like published, please consider visiting www.carnaldesirespublishing.com to view her submission guidelines. Our Grand Opening is scheduled for October 2007, but we will start reviewing submissions on September 1st 2007.
Paperbacks at Double Dragon Publishing Inc.
Since Jan 2006 DDP has offered our authors the opportunity to have their ebook titles released as a high quality 6x9 paperbacks through Lulu.com. This option was determined by the author at the time of signing the contract. In this way we have been able to offer eBook titles as Large Type Paperbacks and give the reader another reason to buy DDP titles. While distribution was limited to only the Lulu website, sales from this option made up a substantial portion of DDP sales revenue.
STARTING JAN. 2008, Double Dragon Publishing will re-introduce paperback publication (separate from Lulu) in which FULL DISTRIBUTION to all the online stores such as Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Borders Online, WH. Smith, Books-A-Million, and many more will be available. In addition, we will be placing our books instore where possible.
Title selection for this distribution scheme will be determined by the publisher and staff.
We receive up to 60 submissions per week, please
ensure that your submission meets the following guidelines to speed along the process. Any submission that does not follow these guidelines will not be reviewed by our staff:
- Arial
or Times (Roman), 12 point font, double spaced. Please make sure your
manuscript is spell-checked and grammatically correct.
- Your manuscript
MUST be saved in Rich Text Format (RTF) and sent as an email
attachment to the (subs closed).
We cannot open WordPerfect documents (WPD).
- Please
include your contact information. Include a SHORT synopsis, an author's
biography for your author's web page, and a photo of yourself (if available).
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You
should also include a brief description of the book to be used to
describe its content. Take a look at our From
the Inside Flap descriptions
from one of our books for ideas.
Please include a short (2-3 paragraphs) and a long (5-6 paragraphs)
blurb. We will use these to sell your book.
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Indicate
if your manuscript has been previously published, or has been edited
by an editor. While your book will still be edited and proofed, it
helps us to determine the level of work required when scheduling and
assigning editors.
Double Dragon Publishing Inc. sells over 40,000 units
annually and is dedicated to the advancement of eBook technology.
Most
Frequently Asked Questions
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What
type of compensation do I receive for my work? |
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As
an author you will receive 30% of all net sales on a six month basis
on all amounts greater than or equal to $25.00 USD. We have chosen
a six month cycle instead of the typical three month cycle because
of the amount of time and paperwork involved. In addition, we generally
do not receive statements and payment from our retailers until 45
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Why
don't you give advances? |
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Quite
simply, advances drain a SMALL company of resources that are needed
to run the business. When a larger, well established publisher
signs an author and gives them an advance they are making a statement
that they believe they will see a return on investment equal or
greater to the advance. This is one reason that these larger publishers
will only sign "bankable" names or manuscripts with
very formulated plots and characters.
As a small publisher we do not have the resources nor the desire
to follow the same formula. As a result, we are able to publish
manuscripts that may not follow the accepted forumla. This also allows
us to publish more titles per year than would normally be
possible given the "pro-rated" advance scale.
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Will
my manuscript be edited? |
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Yes,
Double Dragon Publishing employs on a contractual basis a number
of editors and proof-readers depending on the annual work load.
We presently have 15 skilled editors working with our authors. |
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What
genres do you accept? |
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We're
generally open to anything but have found that 90% of our sales
come from Science Fiction, Fantasy, Romance and Speculative Fiction.
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Most
publishers offer "freebies". Do you have anything like
this? |
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We
offer the following free services to all authors:
- free
editing services by one of our editorial staff members
- free
cover design and artwork (remains the property of DDP)
- free
banner design for your book
- free
copies of all eBooks to be used for your own promotional efforts
- a
Double Dragon Authors Only Yahoo Group (closed to the public) that gives
you a forum to share ideas and communicate with other authors.
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What
eBook Formats do you offer? |
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We
are currently publishing eBooks in Rocket-eBook, Hiebook, Adobe
PDF, MS-Reader, Mobipocket, iSilo, Franklin eBookMan, Palm Doc and the new SONY format.
Double Dragon Publishing will continue to evolve as new technologies
emerge in the area of the electronic book. |
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What
rights do you require when I sign a contract? |
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Double
Dragon Publishing only requires exclusive electronic rights
for eBook and audio use. This means that
you can shop around the remaining rights. And if you happen to
receive a movie deal, we do not require a "cut" of your
pie. We don't feel that it is an honest practice to "grab"
rights that we do not intend to use.
NEW:
We now have an option that allows you to have
your eBook title released as a paperback through Lulu.com. When
you select this option, we will require these rights as well.
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How
long are your contracts? |
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We
require a term of 5 years, but will negotiate depending on your
needs. |
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Why
do you require a biography during the submission process? |
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The
biography and blurb for From Inside the Flap are needed
when we release a title. So in an effort to save time. We ask for
this information up front. |
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Why
must I follow your Submission Guidelines? |
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We
ask that you follow our submission guidelines in order to make the
process easier for our editing staff. We receive up to 60 submissions
a month, and it helps make the process smoother if everything is
standardized. In addition, all our conversion software is set up
to recognize specific formats, headings and file types. For example,
we cannot read a WordPerfect document for example. All submissions not meeting our guidelines will be ignored. |
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I
see that you are a Canadian company. Will I be paid in Canadian
dollars? |
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No,
all sales are in US dollars. As a result we will pay out
all royalties in US dollars even to our Canadian authors. You will
however, be responsible for the reporting of your own income for
tax purposes. |
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Do
you publish paperbacks? |
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Starting
January 2006 Double Dragon Publishing Inc. will be offering OPTIONAL
publication of your eBook title through Lulu.com as a Large Type
Paperback. We will do our best to release your eBook and Paperback
at the same time.
In addition, starting Jan 2008 we will re-establish our old printing process complete with full distribution (Amazon, Borders, Barnes & Noble, Books-a-million and more).
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