Vinson Publishing welcomes
submissions from authors and their agents provided they meet the
following guidelines:
Editing - take pride in your work! The 10 page submission and your manuscript should be professionally edited.
Copyright - Before submitting to Vinson Publishing you are required to send your manuscript to the United States Copyright Office. The filing can either be done electronically or snail mail (e.g. regular mail). After three (3) business days from the date of the mailing please forward a copy of said manuscript and proof of your mailing (e.g. receipt from the post office or delivery confirmation receipt) to Vinson Publishing.
Genre - Non-fiction, fiction, romance, autobiographical, religious (Christ centered), spiritual (Christ centered), inspirational. Anything contrary to the aforementioned (this includes, but is not limited to any urban, pornographic or occult type of books) will automatically be discarded and not returned.
Type - Inspirational/Christian in nature.
Writings that stimulates the mind, body, soul and bring
about a life-changing effect (examples of this are Chicken Soup for the Soul series by Jack Canfield and Mark Hanson or Piercing the Darkness by Frank Peretti).
Description of the book - No more than three pages that describes the essence
of the book. This description should give us a thorough grasp of the
book.
Table of Contents - What is the overall flow of the book.
Target Market - Who is the reader? Be very succinct in your answer
and why should the reader buy your book.
Who are your competitors - What's the 'hook' that distinguishes your book from
the rest.
Endorsements - Let us know who the possible endorsers of your
book(s) are. Please note the individuals should be qualified,
respected and preferably well known in their given field.
Resume' - Please provide your qualifications that makes you an
expert on the topic you're writing about.
This entire package should be no morethan
17 pages. If we like what we see we'll ask for an in depth Table of
Contents and a sample chapter. Please don't send the entire
manuscript until we ask for one. In the event Vinson Publishing request for the entire manuscript only send it AFTER it has been professionally edited.
The proposal should be printed on
letter sized, unlined white paper. Font is 12-point type,
double-spaced. Please no fax or email submissions.
Please send only copies of your
materials, no graphics, illustrations or artwork of any kind. Vinson
Publishing will not be held liable for materials lost or destroyed in the
mail. In the event you want your copies returned, please enclose a
properly sized self-addressed stamped envelope, otherwise we'll assume you want
us to keep your proposal on file.
We review every proposal we receive
and respond as quickly as possible. Our turn around time is approximately
three to four weeks. If you haven't heard from us please
allow additional time, we're not ignoring you it means that we're
inundated with proposals.
Failure
to comply with the guidelines your manuscript will not be read and
automatically discarded.