Submissions are open year-round.

           1. Email queries are accepted. POLICY CHANGE EFFECTIVE JAN. 1, 2009: AIB will now accept emailed submission samples.

                See below for more details.

           2. No short stories or poetry accepted at this time.

           3. Font preference: Courier, 10 or Times New Roman, 12

           4. Title Page:

                  Upper left-hand corner: Name (not pseudonym), Address, phone, email
                  Upper right hand corner: Word Count
                  Enter 4 lines for Title--center
                  Enter 2 lines for By Line (include any pseudonym here)--center

          5. Breaks: Chapter Breaks or Scene Breaks, use 3 asterisks (***), left aligned

          6. Formatting:

                  1 inch margins all the way around,
                  left justification,
                  double-spaced,
                  Header containing Title/Last Name (left corner)..... page # (right corner)
                  Printing on only one (1) side
                   Do not use a blank line between paragraphs. Use a ½ inch (1 cm) TAB
                         first line indent to start each new paragraph. The automatic tab feature in most
                         word processing programs makes your formatting easy, but in the process of
                         transferring the data into a layout program, the indents are lost.

            7. Chapter Numbers/headings should be left aligned. ***Amazingly enough, we don't care
                how you format your italics, just that you are consistent throughout the entire manuscript.
                Please include a notation on the cover page letting us know your formatting code.***

            8. Minimum word count for novellas: 25,000*

            9. Minimum word count for novels: 55,000

           10. FICTION:

                     Submit query with first 3 chapters, or 50 pages of printed text. Include
                     chapter by chapter summary for the remainder of the manuscript.
                     Submit this information only for titles which have been completed.

           11. NON-FICTION:

                     Submit query with first 3 chapters, or 50 pages of printed text. Include outline
                     and proposal, as well as target audience.

           12. Please include publishing resume, or standard resume.

           13. Please include any marketing ideas you may have for assisting with marketing
                 your book. This can be summarized in an outline, provided it is easy to understand.
                Or you can include a detailed proposal. Decisions will not be based on your
                marketing skills, but on your writing skills. Some very good authors know little
                about marketing, and some good sales people cannot write.

           14. On the exterior of the envelope, in the bottom left hand corner, please note which
                 genre you feel your book fits best.

       EXAMPLES:

           Fiction-Action/Adventure
          Fiction-Romance
          Fiction-SciFi
          Fiction-Fantasy
          Nonfiction-Political Science
          Nonfiction-religious, etc.

         (Please note that AIB does not limit submissions to the listed categories. There are
         simply too many possible sub-categories to list.) If you are unsure which genre to note,
         please state simply Fiction or Nonfiction.

         15. PLEASE NOTE: Always include an SASE for response. If you wish to have
             your sample chapters returned, please include the correct size of manila envelope
             with the correct postage. You can do this at the post office before you seal the
             envelope.

             If you do not wish your sample returned, please include a SASE, #10 (standard
             letter size) envelope. If you would like notification of receipt, please include a
             SAS Postcard. These are available at your local Post Office. All materials not
             requested for return will be shredded and recycled (shredded to help protect
             copyright, and recycled to be kind to the earth).

        16. AIB does require exclusivity. Concurrent submissions are no longer accepted.
             Please allow us 6-8 weeks from the time of submission before you begin sending
             your manuscript to other publishers. If you have not heard any response from AIB
             after 6 weeks, you may consider yourself free to send elsewhere. You will receive
             a response from our acquisitions team. However, it may take longer than 6 weeks
             for said evaluation. After 8 weeks, your exclusivity is considered fulfilled, and you
             may continue searching while you await further consideration.

* Novellas may be printed alone, or in combinations of 2 or 3 to a book.
These may be by the same author, or by differing authors with the same theme.

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