Author Submissions

We are always pleased to receive promising submissions from authors.

We can only take on a very few manuscripts. We receive about 50 or so proposals a year and publish only the best which fulfil our vision. This means we have to say no to some very good ideas which just aren`t right for us.

We`re very clear about precisely what constitutes a Square Mile Publication. We reject plenty of our own ideas because they don’t fit our vision and goals. We will be as brutal with you as we are with ourselves. All titles must fulfil the following five criteria:

  • Enable and inform
  • Educate
  • Entertain
  • Be Exclusivie
  • Be Excellent in its field

What to send us
Please don’t send us a full manuscript in the first instance. We won’t read it. What we’d like from you – assuming your idea fits the criteria above – is a proposal which sets out:

  • Briefly what the book/publication is about
  • A list of chapters or sections (where applicable)
  • How it will benefit the reader according to the five criteria above
  • A list of potential marketing channels
For a proposal template which you can fill in and submit to us, please contact us.

Please could you also submit sample text and your cv. For details of where to send, refer to our contact page. If you submit by post please include your email address.

Be warned
Just to save any frustration, disappointment or misunderstanding there are some other things we should warn you about:

  • We’d much prefer you not to have written the publication yet. Like most non-fiction publishers, we consider the fact that you’ve already written the book to be a Bad Thing as we find that it makes authors much less flexible about adapting the publication to our style. In particular, telling us that you already have a completed 150,000 words makes our hearts sink.
  • We are virtually guaranteed to change your title. This is worth mentioning at this stage as authors can understandably become attached to titles. However the title is one of the central marketing tools for a publication, and as such comes under the remit of the publisher. We always consult as much as possible over titles, but the final decision has to be ours.

We really don’t want to put you off with all our criteria and requirements. We want to save your time and ours, and to make sure that we free up as much time as possible to consider those submissions which really have potential as a Square Mile Publication.

Thank you for your interest.