Writers' Submission Guidelines
Thank you for your interest in Jillett Publications. Please be advised that we are now receiving over 100 queries per year. We publish one title per year.
Other than the pending projects outline below, we are currently only seeking submissions in the Mind/Body/Spirit, New Age, and Spiritual genres.
Please do not send unsolicited manuscripts.
Query by email first. If your proposal piques our interst, we'll ask you to send more material by hardcopy.
If you are a published author, please tell us where and when you were previously published. Please let us know how you are specially qualified to write on your chosen topic.
Writers Wanted for Pending Projects
We are currently seeking book authors for the following projects:
An updated book on Private Investigation in the Computer Age, similar to this one written by Bud Jillett.
Makin' It in the New Millennium: Attaining Financial and Personal Freedom Through Self Reliance
We will give you an existing outline to research, expand, and expound upon. You, as the book's author will receive royalties as outlined below.
Royalties
We are not a vanity press or subsidy publisher. We offer a 10% to 15% royalty based on sales of your book. We incur all costs to publish and market your book although we strongly encourage you to make every effort possible to self-promote your book. If your book is accepted for publication, we will send you a more detialed contract for your review. When you return the signed contract back to us, you will be assigned an editor and your book project will be underway. Once your manuscript is completed and all editing and proofreading is done, Jillett Publications will order an initial press run (IPR) of your book based on anticipated sales. The IPR can be as few as 25 copies to as many as 5000. You will receive four (4) free copies of your book as part of your contract with us.
Submit queries and book proposals to:
Bud Jillett, Editor-In-Chief
Jillett Publications
70 Woodland Hills
South Berwick, ME 03908Please include an email contact so we may conveniently reply to you. You may also query by email to bud@jillett.com.
Manuscript Formatting
We prefer MS Word, RTF, or plain text documents for electronic submissions. These documents should not include any photos or images of any kind.
Pages need 1" margins at the top, bottom, left, and right.
Text should be double-spaced and contain a first line indent for each paragraph.
Please use 12-pt Times, Times Roman, or Times New Roman font.
Italics, bolds, and underlines may appear as necessary. No need for the passe method of underlining what should be italicized.
If you have photos or illustrations, please include them with your submission.
Please do not "layout" or "design" your manuscript. Simple chapter headings are preferred.
Please do not include any images or photos in your electronic manuscript. Include photo and illustration placements by reference. For example, "PHOTO #1 GOES HERE."
Include footnotes and endnotes by reference, just as you would illustrations. Please do not submit manuscripts with MS Word's Commenting, Footnote, or Revision Tracking features. The text generated by these features will not properly input into our layout software. It will appear in the wrong place and cause confusion.
Self Publishing
We publish one title a year and receive over 100 queries. So if you think your project deserves to be published but you can't find a home for it, you may wish to consider publishing it yourself. Click here for some advice about self publishing.
Tips
Word Economy
Jillett Publications is big on work economy. Using words economically will help your story move right along, whether writing fiction or nonfiction. Here are some common examples:
"Prior to" can almost always be replaced with "before."
"As well as" can almost always be replaced with "and."
Avoid introductory clauses that water down your writing. Example:
Bad
Sally went and got the picture to hang on the wall.
Now that Sally had the picture she wanted to hang on the wall, she went and hung it on the wall.
Better
Sally bought a picture and later hung it on the wall.
Bad
I drove to the store. The reason I drove to the store is so that I could have time to straighten out my thoughts.
Better
I drove to the store. I felt the ride would give me time to think.
Even Better
I drove to the store so I'd have time to think.