Publishers Weekly Submission Guidelines

-- Publishers Weekly, 3/27/2007 7:04:00 AM

(Note: Children’s titles have separate guidelines, below)

Submissions must be sent (3) months—preferably (4)—prior to the 1st day of the month of publication.

You must send (2) copies of every title submitted. Submissions of a single copy will not be considered.

All galleys should have the following information on the cover:

• Title
• Author
• Price
• Publisher and imprint
• Format
• Number of pages in the finished book
• 13-digit ISBN
• Month and day of publication
• Distribution arrangements
• Publicity contact information

An accompanying letter should contain a description or synopsis of the book, and any pertinent publicity information, including the author’s previous titles, blurbs, or previous reviews. Book club, paperback, audio or movie rights sales, author tours of 5 cities or more, a print run of more than 10,000 or an ad/promo budget of more than $30,000 should be noted.

Please include a separate cover sheet or letter for each copy of every title submitted.

Finished books and bound manuscripts are acceptable for submission. Please clearly mark them "In Lieu of Galleys." Unbound F&Gs are acceptable only for submission of heavily illustrated books.

We review books in the following categories: Nonfiction, Fiction, Mystery, Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror, Poetry, Comics, Lifestyles (cooking, gardening & home, health & fitness, or parenting), and Mass Market. Again, children’s titles have their own guidelines (see below). We do not review self-published books.

Please address packages to:

Publishers Weekly
Nonfiction Reviews [or "Poetry Reviews" or other relevant category]
360 Park Avenue South
New York, NY 10010

Religion titles should be sent to:

Marcia Z. Nelson
Publishers Weekly Religion Reviews
1118 Garfield St.
Aurora, IL 60506

Children's Book Submission Guidelines

Publishers Weekly reviews children’s books in every issue. All of our reviews appear in advance of publication. Therefore, we request that titles submitted to us for review consideration be sent two to four months prior to publication date. (We realize that this is not always possible for companies that do not receive pre-press materials; we will make exceptions when we can.) Please send two copies of the galleys or folded-and-gathered sheets, followed by two copies of the finished book, when it becomes available.

Only books written for children will be considered for review. Please do not submit books aimed at parents or teachers. 

Please note that we cannot review from photocopies, manuscript pages or digital submissions.  If you do not have typeset galleys or f&gs, then please submit a finished copy of your book as soon as possible. Again, we will try to make exceptions to our lead-time policy when we can. Only books with a national distribution channel in place will be considered for review. We do review self-published books, but very infrequently. We do not review revised editions or subsequent titles in an established series. Please also note that we rarely provide full review coverage to children’s guidebooks, activity books, cookbooks, or reference books.
 
If you are submitting a galley to the children’s department, please do not send the same book to another reviews editor. If you are sending a substantial amount of material, please use a sturdy box rather than a Jiffy bag, to ensure its safe arrival.

All children’s book submissions should be sent to:

Children's Book Reviews
Publishers Weekly
360 Park Avenue South
New York, NY 10010

Along with the books, please include the following information: price, ISBN, age level of readers (in years, not in school grades), page count, and publication month.

If you will be submitting materials to the children’s department on a regular basis, please contact Matia Burnett at matia.burnett@reedbusiness.com, 646-746-6743. Matia will add you to our checklist system, which allows our bookroom to keep track of the books sent to us for review.

If you would like to be added to our mailing list, to receive notices of our spring and fall children’s announcement book listings (February and July), please send a note containing your address and the correct contact name, to John Sellers, PW, 360 Park Ave. South, New York, NY 10010. These two issues contain free listings of all children’s books published during either the spring or fall season. A letter requesting this information is sent out three to four months prior to the issue date, and a Call for Information appears in the magazine.

Due to the volume of materials we receive, we ask that you not telephone to request information about titles submitted for review. If you would like to check on the arrival of review materials, please fax a note containing your company’s name, phone and fax numbers, and book title(s) that you submitted, to 646-746-6738. If we have not received them, we will contact you. Please note that we cannot and do not supply information regarding if or when a book will be reviewed. If a review of your book has not appeared in Publishers Weekly by the end of its publication month, it is safe to assume that the book has not been chosen for review. Please bear in mind that we are able to review only a fraction of the children’s books that are published each season; because of space limitations, we have to be very selective. Sending a book to us by no means guarantees you a review. But we look forward to seeing your submissions.