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Project/Manuscript Submission
Guidelines below
"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
Guidelines for Submission:
For full consideration, agent/author should submit brief author bio, synopsis/TOC, and first chapter
for consideration for publication.
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 consider acceptance.
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 given priority. Preapproved
manuscripts only will be read.
Contact
Information
Roberta M Roy Publisher
216
Hooker Avenue
Hyde Park, New York 12603
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 below 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/author 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 books are distributed through the ALVA
website. ALVA eBooks are 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
