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About StoneThread Publishing

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StoneThread is a traditional, royalty paying epublishing company. A few points:

  1. We publish only those works on which we’re proud to put our company name. If we accept your work, it will be showcased among other excellent works.

  2. We publish only electronic books, and we publish them in all electronic formats.

  3. We provide proofreading, eformatting, cover design and all other integral parts of the publishing process at no charge. We also are the only publisher who does this, subsidy or otherwise. Consider
    • Subsidy publishers charge a “setup” fee and other fees for other services they render, including layout, cover design, etc.
    • Even the so-called “traditional” print publishers charge authors for formatting, layout and cover design by keeping most of the royalty for themselves and paying only a pittance.

  4. Our authors receive the lion’s share (70%) of the royalties (as they should). By comparison, subsidy publishers and the big traditional publishers pay up to 50% royalty on ebooks, and some of them don’t have as large a distribution network as we do.

  5. Our authors’ works are available in 90+ markets worldwide in every eformat. (For more info, see our FAQ page.)

  6. In addition to selected novels and nonfiction, we actively seek and publish collections of short fiction.

Notes:

  • When you submit a manuscript to us for publication, we assume it’s edited and polished and ready to go. If you believe your manuscript needs to be edited or if you aren’t sure, we recommend sending it to HarveyStanbrough.com first for a free sample edit. The editing service at HarveyStanbrough.com is owned by the same guy but it’s completely separate of StoneThread Publishing.
  • Receiving an edit or a proofread from HarveyStanbrough.com or any other source neither implies nor guarantees acceptance for publication. Likewise, you do not have to have your manuscript edited through HarveyStanbrough.com in order to achieve publication through StoneThread Publishing.
  • Publication with StoneThread neither implies nor guarantees the marketablility or sales of your book. It just means that we believe in you and your manuscript. We will do our best to market and sell your work, but as is the case with almost all publishers today, you will have to do much of the marketing and publicity yourself. Our role as the publisher is to support you in that endeavor.

Style Tips

(Note: Formatting your manuscript as follows is not required for submission. It just makes it a little easier to read. However, please do pay particular attention to items 4 – 8 below.)

  1. Original manuscripts should be 1.5 spaced in 12 point Times New Roman.
  2. The first line of each paragraph should be indented by .20″. Use the paragraph formatting tool, not the tab bar.
  3. In any long passages that are being read silently (journal or diary entries, letters, etc.)the overall section should be block indented by .40″ and the first line of each paragraph should be indented by .20″. Remember that the greeting and signature would be all the way to the left (block indented but not first-line indented). Again, use the paragraph formatting tool, not the tab bar.
  4. The overall title of the work should be in bold font attribute and centered.
  5. Any chapter or section titles should be in bold font attribute and left-justified.
  6. At the end of a chapter, hit Enter twice and begin the next chapter. (Don’t use page breaks or otherwise force each chapter to begin on its own page. That’s for print publication layout, and even then it’s the layout artist’s job, not the writer’s.)
  7. NOTHING IN THE MANUSCRIPT SHOULD BE IN ALL CAPS, and nothing should be in bold font attribute except as indicated above.
  8. Don’t use drop caps, page or text borders, rules (lines) or any other special layout formatting.
  9. Use quotation marks only to indicate spoken dialogue.
  10. Use italics to indicate unspoken thought, including anything short that a character is reading silently (brief notes, signs, and so on). You may also use italics (sparingly, please) to indicate emphasis. (Most often, emphasis comes from context.)

To Create a Concise Synopsis, Follow This Format:

  • Title of the Book (Synopsis)
  • Author Name
  • Genre(s) or Category(ies)
  • The first paragraph should consist of no more than a sentence to a few sentences to convey the core of your book. (For example, Title of Book is about CHARACTER NAME, a smart, attractive female detective who encounters a murder victim whose life is eerily similar to her own.)
  • Beginning with the second paragraph, introduce each main character and talk a little bit about each major turning point or major plot point in the book. Don’t bog down your synopsis with unnecessarily detailed description.
  • Please use Times New Roman 12 point font.
  • Please use 1.5 line spacing and indent the first line of each paragraph (use the paragraph formatting dialogue box) by .20″.
  • In the synopsis, the title of the book should always be in uppercase.
  • In the synopsis, the first time you mention a major character the name should be in uppercase.

If you have any questions regarding StoneThread Publishing, please visit our FAQs page. You may also email publisher@stonethreadpublishing.com.

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