Submissions
Fido submission guidelines
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GOOD NEWS!
Fido has re-opened its doors to author submissions!
Fido is an author cooperative. Authors who submit to Fido are responsible for their own editing and cover art. Fido takes care of the formatting and uploading to distributors and the distribution of payments on a quarterly basis. NOTE: To publish with us you must either be willing to provide us with a W-9 or W-8BEN (international authors) for tax purposes.
What do you get, as an Fido author?
First and foremost: OUR BRAND
Readers know Fido books are well-written and just plain good reads!
As an Fido author, you have the benefit of our long term experience in the field. We know what works, what doesn’t, and how to make sure your book is seen by readers but not targeted by distributors. There are things Fido can do that self-published authors can’t, and as one of our authors, you’ll have the power of numbers behind you. Just remember, if you become one of our authors, you’ll have the power of the Fido label behind your name. And every time a Fido author markets their work, they advertise our brand, drawing readers into our site, and hence advertising your book(s)!
Last, but definitely not least, Fido is not a vanity publisher, so we will not charge you to publish with us. With Fido we offer you a simple contract, giving Fido the non-exclusive contractual right to publish your work, and we keep a very nominal 10%. That’s right, we take just 10% percent of your direct site sales, as opposed to the 30%, 40%, even 65% some epublishers take—and we only take that nominal 10% to cover our business costs. And we will accept previously published works if you hold the rights (and have proof of such.) We do NOT, however, accept queries or partial submissions. Manuscripts must be complete and follow our submission guidelines.
*****PLEASE REVIEW our EDITING GUIDELINES BEFORE YOU SUBMIT!*****
LENGTHS
Short Shorts: Under 3K
Shorts: 3-7K
Stories: 7-15K
Novelettes: 15-35K
Novellas: 35-50K
Novels 50-70K
Super Novels: 70-140K
Super XL Novels: 140-250K
Super XXL Novels: 250K +
CATEGORIES/GENRES
Anthologies
Business
Chick Lit
Children
Drama
Education
Entertainment
Family Relationships
Fantasy
Gay/Lesbian
Health/Fitness
Historical Fiction
History
Horror
Humor
Inspirational
Literary Fiction
Mainstream/General Fiction
Mystery
New Adult
People
Personal Finance
Poetry
Politics/Government
Reference
Romance
Science Fiction
Self Improvement
Spiritual/Religion
Sports
Suspense/Thriller
Technology/Science
Travel
True Crime
Western
Young Adult
MSS FORMATING
Attach ONE document .doc (Word) or .rtf (Rich Text File)
Email subject line: FIDO SUBMISSION: TITLE OF WORK
1 inch margins all the way around
Times New Roman —12 point font
Single line spacing
0.5 at beginning of each paragraph
No extra returns between paragraphs
Use * * * * (four asterisks with spaces in between – center this on its own line) between scene breaks
In longer works, begin chapters with the word “Chapter” followed by the chapter number
Insert hard page breaks between chapters
The first page and your cover email must contain at top left:
Name (real/pen)
Email address
Title of work
Word Count
Genre(s)
Short synopsis
A NOTE ON EDITING: When it comes to editing, we expect you to be incredibly diligent about your work. It needs to be as error-free as possible before submission. Your mss will be read and reviewed for both content and errors. If your mss has clearly been sent to us unedited, it will be returned to you. Once accepted, your mss will be line-edited before publication.
****PLEASE READ OUR EDITING GUIDELINES BEFORE SUBMITTING!****
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Submit to submissions@fidopublishing.com
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at questions@fidopublishing.com
