Authors

Author Partnerships

Librario offers authors the chance to publish their work, be it anything from local historical interest to a potential best seller. We keep authors informed of the publishing progress all along the way and involve them in every stage of the "birth of their baby".

All titles gain access to our extensive consumer and retail marketing programmes and benefit from a significantly higher royalty.

To help you present your manuscript in a professional manner please read attached "House Rules of Editing".

If you would like us to consider your manuscript, please submit a synopsis (for advice on writing a synopsis, please see below), please contact:

authors@librario.com

Writing a synopsis and submitting material (novels)

Writers sometimes think, quite wrongly, that a synopsis is merely a story outline, or, worse still that it is synonymous with the promotional 'blurb' that is intended for book covers and review letters.

It is neither. A synopsis is a complete narrative summary of your book, condensed usually into one or two pages (and no more than 4 at the most). It should be written in the present tense and must be typed (preferably double-spaced), on A4 paper (or you can send this to us by e-mail or on disc).

The purpose of the synopsis is to "sell" your story to the commissioning editor. To do this it must tell the whole story, simply and clearly, in very plain English with no embellishments (ie it doesn%B9t contain description, a lot of adjectives, promotional phrases, or questions to the reader). It must tell the whole story, beginning, middle and conclusion.
You may, if you wish, (and should if needed for clarity) append a separate character sketch of your key characters (a paragraph for each).

Your synopsis must show us that you have a properly developed plot, fully developed and interesting characters, and that you can maintain the reader's interest after the opening chapters.

Your synopsis should :

• explain the background
• tell us the setting (place and time)
• outline the plot
• tell us who the main characters are
• give us the theme or genre of your book (eg "forgiveness" or, a murder mystery)
• tell us what the main areas of conflict between the characters are
• tell us what your characters are like
• mention any major scenes or crises
• include any major sub plots

Most important:

TELL US how your story ends - never leave an editor hanging. Editors don't like suspense!

Your synopsis should be accompanied by TWO sample chapters of the completed manuscript. These should be the first two chapters in the first instance.
They must convey to the editor:

• the mood of your book (is it bleak, jolly, emotional etc)
• the style of writing
• any special qualities in your writing (eg lyricism, humour)
• that the plot is sufficiently developed for the length of the book
• that the plot progresses well

It is worth spending some time working on your submission material. In more instances than not, it is all the publisher will ever see. We hope that your material will make us want to publish your work. At the very least, it should encourage the editor to want to help you develop this particular work, or to ask you to try again with a better idea.

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