Extasy Books is an online publisher that focuses on romance novels of every type. The sub-genres include sensual romance, interracial romance, gay/lesbian and African American romance. The publisher welcomes unusual and experimental romance manuscripts. While erotica is welcomed, the publisher wants a solid plot and three-dimensional characters to go along with the intimate scenes.
Publishing a Book With Extasy
To get published by Extasy Books, send a query with the word count, the first five chapters of the manuscript, a synopsis and a list of your publishing credits. Simultaneous submissions are not accepted.
The short fiction form with the publisher, called Sizzlers, must be 16,000 to 21,999 words. Novellas are 22,000 to 54,999 words. A full novel or an anthology must be 55,000 words or more. All heat levels are accepted. Extasy Books responds to submissions within four weeks. Writers can expect a response within two weeks.
Like most online publishers, Extasy Books pays authors a royalty based on the book price and offers no advance. The royalty offered by the payment contract is 40 percent of the list price when it is sold on the Extasy Books website. When it is sold on a third-party site, the author receives 40 percent of the profits made by the publisher for each sale. The publisher must keep the original price in place for the first six months after its release.
Royalties for ebook sales made on the publisher's website are paid quarterly. Royalties for third-party ebook sales are paid biannually. The minimum payment is $50.
The Online Publishing Contract
Authors give the publisher the rights to the book for three years. At the end of that three year period, the contract will renew automatically. This can be prevented if the publisher or author notifies the other 90 days before the end of the contract period with a decision to terminate the contract renewal. The online publishing contract offered states that the publisher must make the accepted work available to the public within 12 months of its release date. If it does not, the rights revert to the author.
The rights that revert to the author when the contract ends, however, are the rights to the original version submitted by the author. Getting rights to the final, edited version requires the author to pay the editor to compensate him for the work performed on the manuscript. Publication of a work that was previously published is allowed, but the author must provide proof that the rights have reverted back to the author.
For more insight into what the publisher is looking for, there is a free romance story available for review.
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