BLACK BOOKS PUBLISHING Welcome to blackbookspublishing.com, the official web page of Black Books Publishing Inc. We are a small press publisher of fiction and non-fiction titles geared towards distinguished Readers, Authors, Artists, and Poets. We firmly believe in Quality over Quantity and strive to publish only the best.
Home B.B.P. Dark Adult Books Ebony Classic Books Dark Truth Books Submissions	OFFICIAL SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
	WANTED: Writers who can combine their PASSION for writing with CREATIVITY and an understanding of HOW TO WRITE, along with understanding, the draft you submit is only the beginning, not the end of the journey to PUBLICATION...   All submissions should be emailed query letters. If we like your idea, we will request the first five chapters of your book, or a few short stories from your collection.  If we like those initial submissions we will request the entire book.
	Thoroughly edited material has the best chance of acceptance.  You don't need to pay someone to edit your material, but if you're serious about your writing, we do recommend it.  At a minimum, we suggest you have others read over your work for typos and grammatical errors.
	All manuscripts should be in Microsoft Word and should be double spaced with an extra space between each paragraph.  THIS EXTRA SPACE SHOULD BE DONE IN MICROSOFT WORD, THROUGH YOUR PARAGRAPH SETTINGS, NOT BY YOU ACTUALLY HITTING "ENTER" TWICE.  There should be no indention at the start of each paragraph.
	Our novel and short story submissions periods for query letters is ALWAYS open. Send to: submissions@blackbookspublishing.com
	ANTHOLOGIES
	We are currently accepting submissions for our Science Fiction anthology Black-to-Mars (Working Title).   Submissions should be between 3000 and 10,000 words and writers should query for specific needs.
	This anthology pays $50US and 40% of all royalties evenly divided between all story contributors.  The submission period will remain open until our goal of a 225+ page anthology has been reached.
	Send to: submissions@blackbookspublishing.com with "Mars" in the subject heading.
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	We  are currently accepting submissions for our Black Erotica/Superhero Anthology (Working Title: Black Superheroes Do It Too!).   Submissions should be full stories, not just sex scenes and between 3500 and 10,000 words. Writers, feel free to query to ensure your story idea hasn't already been submitted.
	This anthology pays $100US. The submission period will remain open until our goal of a 225+ page anthology has been reached.
	Send to: submissions@blackbookspublishing.com with "Superhero Erotica" in the subject heading.
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	We are currently accepting submissions for our Erotic Poetry Anthology (Working Title: Black Woman Beautiful).   Submissions should be erotic, passionate, and heartfelt with each subject being about a specific body part of the black woman from the tips of her hair, be it cut short or flowing dreads, down to the souls of her feet, and the skin she's wrapped in. The goal of the anthology is to pay homage and to show appreciation for all the beauty that is the black woman.
	This anthology pays $10.00/Poem US. The submission period will remain open until our goal of a 85+ page anthology has been reached.
	Send to: submissions@blackbookspublishing.com with "Black Woman Poetry" in the subject heading.
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	BIOGRAPHIES AND OTHER WORKS OF NON-FICTION
	We are interested in works of non-fiction with something to say about all aspects of black culture.  From personal accounts, politicial, social, cultural, and environmental events.  Topics can have a local to an international impact and scope, with a pinpointed or broad scale readership as its target.  Material of the highest writing quality and an ability to factually present information have the best chance at acceptance. Our biographies and other works of non-fiction submissions for query letters is ALWAYS open.  Send to: submissions@blackbookspublishing.com with "Non-Fiction" in the subject heading.
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	GRAPHIC MATERIAL
	We are very excited about the possibilities for our AFRO NUKES imprint and are agressively seeking graphic content from Short Stories through Novel length pieces. Our grachic material submissions for query letters is ALWAYS open. Send to: submissions@blackbookspublishing.com with "Graphic Material" in the subject heading.
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