Uccelli Press Submission Guidelines

January 7, 2007 : at this time, Uccelli Press is not accepting submissions.

Uccelli Press publishes poetry books, and short story collections. Please browse our on-line catalog if you are not sure whether your manuscript is appropriate and would like to see some examples of our recent titles.

What Should You Send?

To help us evaluate your project, we need to know more about you and your book. Please address the following issues: Send NO stapled or spiral-bound materials.

•  Title of manuscript

•  Your name, title, and affiliation; please include complete contact information. An email address is critical for timely correspondence.

•  Briefly describe the content and purpose of your book, including your qualifications as author or editor. If it is a collection of essays, explain your criteria for selection.

•  Describe the intended audience. Who will buy this book?

•  Does this book have any potential for course adoption, or sales by a book club?

•  Provide manuscript specifics, such as approximate manuscript length (including total word count) and an estimated delivery date. Is it available on disk? If so, which word processing software did you use?

•  Describe any illustrative and/or graphic materials. When submitting your manuscript, please include photocopies of all illustrations you deem essential to the book.

•  Include a table of contents and chapter by chapter description.

•  Provide sample chapters, preferably the introduction and at least two substantive chapters. In the case of poetry, provide a sample of no more than ten representative poems. Please do NOT send complete manuscript unless requested to do so.

•  Include an up-to-date bio or resume.

•  Is this manuscript currently under consideration by other presses; if so, by whom?

•  Please suggest 2-3 possible reviewers for your manuscript, including contact information, affiliation, etc.

Send to:
Toni Bennett, Editor

Uccelli Press

PO Box 85394

Seattle , WA 98145-1394

editor@uccellipress.com
http://www.uccellipress.com

We make every effort to respond to inquiries promptly; please expect an average response time of 3-6 months. All manuscript materials submitted for review will be recycled, unless you provide return postage. Thank you for considering Uccelli Press as a possible publisher.

Our Decision-Making Process

If we think your proposal looks promising, we may ask you to send the complete manuscript to help us determine its suitability for publication. An initial offer to publish may include suggestions for revising and improving the manuscript, and sometimes this offer to publish is contingent on certain changes.

Contract

If your book is accepted for publication, we will draft a contract for your consideration. Royalty provisions and some other contract terms vary depending on the kind of book and its estimated market.

Final Manuscript

We ask that you provide your final manuscript on disk as well as in hard copy.

Please check with us before preparing any digital illustrations to ensure that we will be able to use them. We can work with photographs and slides, both black and white and color.


It is the author's responsibility, unless our contract with you states differently,

· to ensure that you have permission to use any material, both written and illustrative, that is not your own work;

· to provide publication-quality illustrations to accompany your manuscript, if appropriate;

· to prepare an index for the book or to have one prepared under your guidance.

We are glad to offer advice and guidance on all these matters if you wish.

Our Production Process

You will be given an opportunity to check the edited manuscript and will be asked to answer any questions that have been raised in the editing process.

Once the book goes to the printer, we normally receive finished books in approximately two months.

Marketing: How You Can Help

We encourage you to become actively involved in the marketing process. Once a contract is signed, we will ask you to fill out an Author Information Record and Marketing Questionnaire. We'll use this information as we develop a marketing plan for your book. A typical plan includes elements such as review copies and press releases, direct mail sales, bookstore and library sales, online marketing, course adoptions, author appearances, awards, advertising, and exhibits.

Our books are distributed to the retail trade through regional and national book wholesalers. Readers are able to order Uccelli Press books directly through Uccelli Press or on Amazon.com. We are an affiliate of the Publishers Marketing Association and Council of Literary Magazines and Presses and utilize their various marketing programs.

Once your book is published, we will ask you to keep us notified of all readings, conferences, workshops, and public appearances at which there might be opportunities to sell books. We actively promote backlist titles and will keep your book in print as long as demand justifies.