Northwoods
Press
the poet's press
Northwoods
Press was created in Bigfork, Minnesota in 1972.
Any
excellent poet with even a very small following (but you nust have some
following) may be able to have her/his book published with royalty
contract. We may actually be able to publish with as few as about
50 advance sales of hardcover with CD.
Over the years the
company has changed and evolved. Currently it publishes poetry, local and
family histories, and plays. Northwoods Press is available to
academia for custom publishing books for classroom use under its University Press
division. Northwoods Press
provides a companion CD for every book published. The CD is usually
recorded by the author and may/should include readings, and/or other
comment deemed appropriate by author and publisher. Northwoods
Press seeks to acquire three poetry books per year . Northwoods
Press can not receive subsidy from authors.
The University
Press division requires advance sales of only 80 copies. Smaller books, such as chapbooks, usually require fewer. Books for classroom use are limited to poetry and related themes, to plays, and to local histories.
Before considering
a ms. for publication, we must have a personal marketing plan that will
show us how and where we are going to get enough advance sales to fund
publication. We don't have time to read mss. unless we're pretty
certain that funding is possible. Typically, it takes only $3.250 to
publish your book in paperback, hardcover, and CD. Most poets start
with their personal mailing list and expand outward from there. Our
only other method of funding is through earmarked donations, but the
author may not donate. Cover design is by the author, full color is
expected.
Poetry is only
sold through the direct and personal influence of the poet. (If you
know another way, do share it, I'll make you a millionair within twelve
months.)
Northwoods
Press
pays royalties of 10% of amount received of first 2,500 copies, 15%
thereafter. Royalties are paid each March for prior year, and/or on
request.
American
History Press, a division of Northwoods Press,
publishes histories, including family and church histories, and
geneology. Need a fund raiser? Church histories are a great idea.
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We provide bar codes, a listing in Books In Print, Small Press record of books in print, the copyright, and so forth. |
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Books of 104 pages or larger are produced in hardcover, paperback, and CD. |
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Books are promoted to libraries,
bookstores, individual poetry buyers, and areas where the author has influence. |
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We don't accept simultaneous submissions, e-mail submissions, or previously published material. |
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Include
#10 or larger SASE for return of material, plus #10 SASE for receipt
confirmation or for other correspondence. Writers who are interested in
submitting to Northwoods Press should check out our current
offerings.
Submit on disk in (.rtf) with accompanying hard copy. Put your name on everything, things get separated.
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Northwoods Press considers work
from all. Membership in the Conservatory of American Letters will be required of
accepted authors. Members always receive preference when all else is equal, as we
seek to support those who support us.
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