Call for Submissions
Love, Sex & Merlot (Due to launch in early 2014)
Romance & Erotica Imprint of The Zharmae Publishing Press
lovesexnmerlot.com
Royalties: 50% on print and eBooks
Rights: Authors grant Zharmae Publishing Press all primary rights, including right to acquire Author’s next book-length work
LSM Books has specific instructions for manuscript submissions. Please follow the guidelines carefully.
• We only accept electronic submissions (PDF or Word).
• Send a query email, with QUERY in the subject line that includes your name, phone number, any previous published works, if your manuscript falls into the Romance or Erotica genre (definitions below), your manuscript’s word count, and its log line. Your query letter should be in the body of the email, NOT an attachment.
• The manuscript should be sent as an attachment.
We are interested in publishing debut novels that are professional quality as well as established authors.
• Manuscripts must be at least 70,000 words for consideration.
• A literary agent is not required for submissions.
• We will not consider manuscripts that are currently on submission to another publisher, or reprints. We are looking for original, unpublished work.
• We offer author royalties up to 50% as well as dedicated editorial and marketing support. However we do not pay advances.
• It is not necessary for you to register or copyright your work before publication – it is protected by law as long as it has not been published. When published, we will copyright the for you with the Library of Congress.
• It may require 4 – 6 weeks (or slightly longer) for our editors to review a submission. All submissions receive a reply email notifying the author of receipt of their query or submission.
Submissions should be sent to: lsmbooks@zharmae.com
Genre Definitions
Romance: Refined by the development of a romantic relationship and an optimistic ending. May often portray sexual scenes, however, they are written with a view and emphasis on the love and emotional aspect, and will not discuss any acts or specificities directly, but will review them in an often flowery and roundabout manner.
Erotica: Though often similar in nature to romance, erotica may use any other genres as the secondary base form for creation. The distinguishing factor of erotica is its focus on scenes and details of a highly sexual nature reviewing almost all sexual desires, fetishes, and actions in a highly artistic and direct manner, usually with the purpose of arousal and education through fantasized depictions and settings. The key to the artistic aspect of these scenes is that they are apart of the story so much so, that without them the work, especially the main players, would be devoid of effective development.
