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"We're not Amazon"
Genres Published:
Fiction, Poetry,
Mysteries
Children's eBooks, Local Histories
Subgenres:
Experimental, Autobiography, Historical, Literary
Fiction
Representative
Authors:
Fiction - Roberta M. Roy, Helmy Parlente Kusuma, Betty Hampel
Poetry/Autobiography
- Kristen Henderson, Jean Arleen Breed, Janet Marie Russo
Mysteries -
Betty Hampel, Carl Waldman
Children's Books - Kelli Devlin
Local Histories - Carl Waldman and Chris Campbell, Jean Arleen Breed
Creative
Nonfiction - Janet Marie Russo
Formats:
Paperback, Hardcover, E-books (BN.com and Kobo.com), Pur-r-r-sable Children's
Books
Reading
Period:
Jan 1 to Dec 31
Reporting Time:
Less than 3 months
Reading Fee:
None
Accepts Electronic Submissions:
Yes
Accepts
Simultaneous Submissions:
No
Accepts Unsolicited Submissions:
May on request with recommendation of known author or editor
Editorial Focus
An independent
house, ALVA Press Inc Incorporated in 2004, ALVA Press publishes contemporary fiction and nonfiction in the areas Adult
Fiction, Poetry, Mysteries
Children's Illustrated Picture Books, Local Histories, and Creative Nonfiction. We published
the 2011 Gold Medalist in the Jenkins eLit Awards for Poetry and the 2011 Living Now Awards Bronze Medalist in Inspirational
Fiction.
Tips from
the Editor
Query first, preferably by email. Submissions by agents or by author with recommendation of published
author with request for consideration for publication. Unrequested manuscripts will not be read or returned.
Contact Information
Roberta M Roy Publisher
21 Holt Road
Hyde Park, New York 12538
845-454-5200
Incorporated in 2004, ALVA Press Inc, is an independent literary publishing house. ALVA offers
readers literary fiction and nonfiction and children's books, in particular Pur-r-r-sable children's books. Visitors to the
ALVA site will find synopses and author bios linked to each book cover image. By using the left side button index, the reader
may connect to pages associated with Our Publishing Style, Bookstore, Writer's Forum, Testimonials, Roy's Blog, or Contact.
Purchases may be made via PayPal or credit card on the website or by personal check or money order by mail. Sign up for our
free newsletter, the ALVA Axiom, through the ALVA site as it often includes special deals.
For
titles accepted book distribution is through alvapressinc.com; eBook distribution through alvapressinc.com, barnesandnoble.com,
and Kobo.com.
For use in
independent distribution, resale, and book signings, authors may purchase copies of their finished titles in multiples of
ten or two hundred at reduced for resale prices.
Please
note that manuscript acceptance for publication is competitive. Only manuscripts requiring little to no editing will be accepted.
For full consideration, agent should submit brief
author bio, synopsis/TOC, and first chapter for consideration for publication; author may do same with recommendation of another
published author.
Personalized PR on ALVA website author/book pages and in ALVA
Axiom newsletter author interview and ALVA Axiom mentions.
For authors so interested, for the
cost of eight hundred dollars, ALVA offers an additional nationwide package designed to increase in particular eBook sales.
"We're ALVA
not Amazon.com."
ALVA takes pride in working closely with each author and readers enjoy our titles as good reads.
Roberta M Roy, Author Publisher
ALVA Distribution
ALVA books are distributed through the ALVA
website However if the author so chooses, he or she may purchase copies of his or her book at fifreduced for resale
prices for use at book signings and for independent distribution.
ALVA eBooks and books are distributed through the ALVA
website. ALVA eBooks are also distributed through B&N, and Kobo.
ALVA eBooks
are compatible for use with most electronic reading devices.
ALVA offers traditonal
royalties.
As a mid-sized book publisher, ALVA prides itself on its editing
and publishing style.
"Cherish
the writer . . . Delight the reader" - Roberta Roy
