Down & Out Books is currently CLOSED for submissions. Any submissions received at this time will not be considered. If you would like to be notified when submissions are open, please use the form, below. Your e-mail address will ONLY be used for notification and for no other purpose.
Down & Out Books is an award-winning independent publisher of crime fiction. We give the highest priority for consideration to authors who submit exclusively to us. We prefer stand-alones or first-in-series books of 60,000 to 90,000 words, though will also consider novella-length books and later-in-series books especially if you own the rights to the earlier books.
We will respond with a request for more information if we are interested. We are committed to responding to all submissions within eight weeks of receipt; if you have not heard from us, please feel free to follow-up.
Genres we consider include:
• Mystery
• Suspense
• Thriller
• Noir
• Police Procedural
Genres we will not consider include:
• Traditional (Cozy)
• Romantic Suspense
• Non-Fiction or True Crime
Submission requirements for Down & Out Books (via e-mail only to submissions@downandoutbooks.com):
• Subject line with SUBMISSION: BOOK TITLE by AUTHOR NAME
• In the message include a detailed synopsis of the book, genre, word count, a short author biography including where you live, whether or not it is a stand-alone or series book (and if series, the number in the series), and if not submitted exclusively to Down & Out Books a list of other publishers to which the book has been submitted. If you are an agent submitting on behalf of an author, please indicate this.
• As an attachment, the first 30 pages of the book (double-spaced) as a Word .doc or .docx file. (Do not send the entire book.)
Thank you for considering Down & Out Books as your publisher.