Frequently Asked Questions
Do you print paperbacks or just ebooks?
Yes. Buy them both here. We love the paper and the electrons equally.
Where can I buy World Weaver Press books?
Why, right here on our website! You can also find us on Amazon.com, Barnes&Noble, Books-A-Million, IndieBound, Kobo, and OmniLit/All Romance Ebooks. Through our partnership with Ingram, most bookstores in North America can order copies of our books at your request.
Do you do wholesale?
We're sold through Ingram or you can order through us directly.
What do you mean by "speculative fiction"?
We're so glad you asked. "Speculative fiction" encompasses all avenues and sub-genres of fiction that has speculative elements. Want a longer answer with examples and venn diagrams? We've got a blog post for you right here.
I can't figure out how to get in touch with you.
Please use the contact form here.
Do you review books? / Will you write a review of my book on your blog?
No, we're a publisher. We publish books.
How do I join your Cover Reveal team?
Use the form here.
When will you be accepting queries again?
See our guidelines.
Do you accept short stories?
No. Not unless it's submitted to an open anthology call.
Do you publish romance?
Heck yeah! So long as the romance has speculative elements, we're totally down with kissing books.
You're only interested in straight protagonists, right?
Not at all — we are LGBTQIA friendly! We're always confused by this assumption/question. We're interested in interesting protagonists, which team a character bats for is rarely the deciding factor between interesting and not-interesting. Furthermore, see our guidelines, and see Fractured Days by Rebecca Roland, which features a bisexual protagonist.
Do you consider reprints of novels?
Yes, but unless the reprint is part of a series and you're continuing to write new books in that series, it's going to be a tough sell.
Do you publish short story collections?
You mean like this one?
Do you work with literary agents?
Yes. We have and we continue to.
Do I need an agent to query you?
Not during the open query windows. That's why they're "open."
Do you accept simultaneous submissions/queries?
Always. We believe requesting exclusivity on a query, story, or manuscript when we can't guarantee that we'll have a decision within a week or two is ridiculous and a disservice to the writer.
I met you during #PitMad / #AdPit / #SFFpit / #PitchMas, so . . . ?
Great! Nice to meet you. If we favorited your Tweet pitch please send us the query (including the Tweet we favorited) and the first 5,000 words in the body of an email. Pitch festivals like these can be a mad flurry of activity, and you might not have had as much time to research World Weaver Press as you would have if you were approaching us through regular channels. While we really would like to read your query without delay, we highly encourage you to get to know us and be certain that you are interested in the possibility of working with a small press publisher before we get too much farther along in the review process. We'd rather know now that you're looking at a different publishing route than fall in love with a manuscript we can't have. To this end we suggest some resources: there's of course our website, particularly the About page, guidelines, and most importantly our books; our Founding Editor's suggestions on getting to know an agent or publisher; our goal in the publishing world, Bridging the Gap; and Dahlia Adler's fabulous essay On Querying and Submitting Simultaneously.
What's your average reply time?
Depends. We try to respond to query letters within 14 days (feel free to get in touch after three weeks to see if we received it). We try to respond to requested manuscripts of full length projects in 3-6 months. Response times for anthologies vary widely and depend on the editor's approach to the slush pile: sometimes replies are same-day, sometimes months later. We try to let writers know if their story has been declined or it's made the anthology's short list as soon as we can, even though final decisions could be a long time coming.
What rights do you contract for novels, novellas, and short story collections?
Exclusive world-wide right to publish in the English language in electronic-book and print. (Collections of short stories: exclusive right to publish collection, non-exclusive right to individual story reprints.) We do not seek audio, film, or foreign language rights at this time.
What's your royalty rate?
39% of net sales for any edition. Net is calculated after printers, distributors, shippers, and retailers take their cut. Basically, whatever money we make on the title, we send 39% of it to you, the author. The rest goes to cover the editing, art, design and layout, advertising, and publicity costs.
How often do you pay royalties?
Semi-annually, June and December.
How much of a book's publicity do you handle?
We work with a professional publicist to send out press releases to reading related media outlets and an author's local media outlets, to contact reviewers, and schedule a book blog tour. There is a minimum amount of author participation we need to make this happen, but we've found that the authors who are most involved and show extra initiative in furthering and expanding their publicity have the best results.
Yes. Buy them both here. We love the paper and the electrons equally.
Where can I buy World Weaver Press books?
Why, right here on our website! You can also find us on Amazon.com, Barnes&Noble, Books-A-Million, IndieBound, Kobo, and OmniLit/All Romance Ebooks. Through our partnership with Ingram, most bookstores in North America can order copies of our books at your request.
Do you do wholesale?
We're sold through Ingram or you can order through us directly.
What do you mean by "speculative fiction"?
We're so glad you asked. "Speculative fiction" encompasses all avenues and sub-genres of fiction that has speculative elements. Want a longer answer with examples and venn diagrams? We've got a blog post for you right here.
I can't figure out how to get in touch with you.
Please use the contact form here.
Do you review books? / Will you write a review of my book on your blog?
No, we're a publisher. We publish books.
How do I join your Cover Reveal team?
Use the form here.
When will you be accepting queries again?
See our guidelines.
Do you accept short stories?
No. Not unless it's submitted to an open anthology call.
Do you publish romance?
Heck yeah! So long as the romance has speculative elements, we're totally down with kissing books.
You're only interested in straight protagonists, right?
Not at all — we are LGBTQIA friendly! We're always confused by this assumption/question. We're interested in interesting protagonists, which team a character bats for is rarely the deciding factor between interesting and not-interesting. Furthermore, see our guidelines, and see Fractured Days by Rebecca Roland, which features a bisexual protagonist.
Do you consider reprints of novels?
Yes, but unless the reprint is part of a series and you're continuing to write new books in that series, it's going to be a tough sell.
Do you publish short story collections?
You mean like this one?
Do you work with literary agents?
Yes. We have and we continue to.
Do I need an agent to query you?
Not during the open query windows. That's why they're "open."
Do you accept simultaneous submissions/queries?
Always. We believe requesting exclusivity on a query, story, or manuscript when we can't guarantee that we'll have a decision within a week or two is ridiculous and a disservice to the writer.
I met you during #PitMad / #AdPit / #SFFpit / #PitchMas, so . . . ?
Great! Nice to meet you. If we favorited your Tweet pitch please send us the query (including the Tweet we favorited) and the first 5,000 words in the body of an email. Pitch festivals like these can be a mad flurry of activity, and you might not have had as much time to research World Weaver Press as you would have if you were approaching us through regular channels. While we really would like to read your query without delay, we highly encourage you to get to know us and be certain that you are interested in the possibility of working with a small press publisher before we get too much farther along in the review process. We'd rather know now that you're looking at a different publishing route than fall in love with a manuscript we can't have. To this end we suggest some resources: there's of course our website, particularly the About page, guidelines, and most importantly our books; our Founding Editor's suggestions on getting to know an agent or publisher; our goal in the publishing world, Bridging the Gap; and Dahlia Adler's fabulous essay On Querying and Submitting Simultaneously.
What's your average reply time?
Depends. We try to respond to query letters within 14 days (feel free to get in touch after three weeks to see if we received it). We try to respond to requested manuscripts of full length projects in 3-6 months. Response times for anthologies vary widely and depend on the editor's approach to the slush pile: sometimes replies are same-day, sometimes months later. We try to let writers know if their story has been declined or it's made the anthology's short list as soon as we can, even though final decisions could be a long time coming.
What rights do you contract for novels, novellas, and short story collections?
Exclusive world-wide right to publish in the English language in electronic-book and print. (Collections of short stories: exclusive right to publish collection, non-exclusive right to individual story reprints.) We do not seek audio, film, or foreign language rights at this time.
What's your royalty rate?
39% of net sales for any edition. Net is calculated after printers, distributors, shippers, and retailers take their cut. Basically, whatever money we make on the title, we send 39% of it to you, the author. The rest goes to cover the editing, art, design and layout, advertising, and publicity costs.
How often do you pay royalties?
Semi-annually, June and December.
How much of a book's publicity do you handle?
We work with a professional publicist to send out press releases to reading related media outlets and an author's local media outlets, to contact reviewers, and schedule a book blog tour. There is a minimum amount of author participation we need to make this happen, but we've found that the authors who are most involved and show extra initiative in furthering and expanding their publicity have the best results.