Manuscript Formatting Guidelines


Formatting Requirements

Your manuscript must be complete and proofread. A spell check is not enough; please carefully review your entire manuscript. It doesn't have to be as polished as a published book, but you don't want the reader to be pulled out of your story by an excessive amount of typos.

The following guidelines are for those people who do not currently have their manuscript in any particular format. We just need your book to be easy to read, which means written in a clean, standard sized font. If you have already put work into formatting your book or your book has been prepared for publication, then you do not need to worry about our formatting guidelines. Just send us your book as is.


Formatting Guidelines for Digital Submission

Font: Any standard font size and style (Times New Roman, Arial, Courier, etc.).
Spacing: Double spaced with one-inch margins all around.
Format: RTF, PDF, DOC, DOCX, ACSM, EPUB, WPS, MOBI and PRC.
Page Numbering: Include page numbers in the header or footer.
Title Page: Title, author(s) name, contact information, genre, and word count.

Formatting Guidelines for Postal Submission

Formatting: Use the same formatting guidelines as with an Digital Submission.
Printing: Print your book on 8 1/2 by 11 inch, standard white paper on ONE side only.
Binding: Do NOT staple, three-hole punch your manuscript and secure it in a binder.