✍️ Submit Your Manuscript
Bookstories Publishing — Open Submissions
📖 About Bookstories Publishing
Bookstories is an independent publishing house founded by author Julia Iliadis, with a catalog spanning children's literature, astrology and esoteric studies, self-help, personal finance, and entrepreneurship.
We are actively seeking new voices to grow our catalog.
✍️ What We're Looking For
We welcome submissions across a wide range of genres and formats, including:
- Fiction — Novels, short story collections, and anthologies of any genre, provided they are original, imaginative, and written in contemporary American English
- Non-fiction — Essays, research, studies, and practical guides by specialists, educators, or practitioners in their field
- Any subject or perspective — We are genuinely open to bold ideas, unconventional viewpoints, and thought-provoking arguments, provided they are expressed with clarity, supporting evidence, and respect for the reader
We believe great writing can challenge, surprise, and even unsettle — as long as it does so with intellectual honesty and without targeting or demeaning individuals or groups.
📋 Our Standards for All Submissions
- Written in modern American English with correct grammar and spelling
- Original and previously unpublished
- Respectful of the reader's intelligence
📬 How to Submit
Send the following to contactus@bookstories.shop:
- Your complete manuscript as a password-protected, read-only PDF
- A brief synopsis (1–2 paragraphs)
- A short author bio and your contact details
⏳ What Happens Next
We review all submissions personally and will contact you if your work is a good fit for our catalog. Due to the volume of submissions, we are unable to provide individual feedback, but we appreciate every manuscript we receive.
✨ We look forward to reading your work. ✨