Books
Every title we have in print, with the first paragraph, the page count and the author’s share. Postage within Jamaica is included in the price shown. Overseas is quoted at cost, not at a flat rate chosen to make money.
Fiction
The Gully and the SeaA novel about a Kingston family who move three times in one year and pretend each time that it was planned. 288 pages. Eleven dollars of this goes to Anjolie Reid.USD 22.00
Small Mercies at the StandpipeNine linked stories set on one street in Spanish Town between 1988 and the present. 214 pages. Ten dollars to Devon Pinnock.USD 20.00
What the Rain TookOur best-selling title and the one that paid for four others. A hurricane novel that is really about insurance. 340 pages.USD 24.00
Poetry
Non-fiction
Collections
Submissions, orders and rights
What we read, when we read it, how long we take, and what happens to a manuscript we say no to.
What do you publish?
Caribbean literary fiction, poetry and the occasional work of non-fiction that nobody else will take. Six titles a year. We do not publish memoir, self-help, business books or anything with a subtitle promising a number of steps.
How do submissions work?
By email during an open window, any length, no agent and no synopsis required. Each one is read independently by both editors. The reply takes about eight weeks and it is a real reply rather than a form.
Do you charge a reading fee?
No, and a press that does is not a press. There is no fee to submit, no fee to be considered and no paid critique service attached to the submission process.
What does the author actually get?
Half the cover price of every copy sold, paid quarterly, whether or not the title has earned back its costs. Not a percentage of net receipts. The rate is the same for a first book as for the best-seller.
Is postage included?
Within Jamaica, yes, in the price shown. Overseas is quoted at what the post office charges us, with no handling fee added, which means it sometimes costs more than a big retailer and we will tell you when it does.
What readers say
Read all the reviews★★★★★
The first paragraph is on the site instead of a blurb. That sold me.
★★★★★
Half the cover price to the author, printed on the page. Extraordinary.
★★★★★
Eight weeks and a real reply, with two paragraphs about my manuscript.
★★★★★
Six books a year means long waits between titles. Worth it.
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