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General Guidelines

At this time, Kat Biggie Press accepts nonfiction books written by female authors and limited fiction books. We are committed to publishing books on topics of inspiration, transformation, self-help, memoirs, encouragement, historical fiction, and other books that share stories and information from female authors.

We do also accept books for our Children’s book company – Purple Butterfly Press.

We are willing to review unsolicited and non-agented manuscripts, however, they must be submitted as follows:

At this time, Kat Biggie Press is only able to receive submissions and queries by e-mail. If submitting a manuscript, please attach the entire manuscript, in addition to a word doc with the information requested.

Please be patient when submitting a manuscript or query. Each will be reviewed in turn. Expect at least a two-week delay before receiving a response.

Kat Biggie Press / Purple Butterfly Press understands that authors, in order to maximize their chances of acceptance, will send multiple submissions to many publishers. However, we would appreciate that if this is the case, that you make us aware of this in your query or submission. This will not lessen your chances of acceptance.

Please be aware that Kat Biggie Press is a HYBRID press.?Before submitting to Kat Biggie Press, please read about how our press works.

The 2020 Submissions Process

Submissions for publication in Spring of? 2021 will be accepted until September 2020.? Authors will be notified within 4 weeks of submission as to whether or not they have been accepted.

Specific Requirements

For Manuscript Queries / Book Submissions:

In addition to your manuscript, please include a query letter with the following info:

• The reason you created your manuscript.
• A short synopsis of your book.
• The target market/ideal audience that the book is intended and why you believe it will be appreciated by that group.
• A list of 2-3 comparable titles.
• A snapshot of your author platform – any social media accounts (links) and numbers of followers and your website, along with how many people are on your email list. (Not having a following does not eliminate you from consideration, but gives us a better idea of what we’re starting with.)
• A description of your marketing plan or ideas for marketing your book.
• Whether or not your book has already been edited and editor’s name and contact info, if applicable.

Nonfiction & fiction books

Length for standard non-fiction books should be between 25,000 to 50,000 words. Memoirs will often exceed this amount. Follow all directions above for queries/submissions. Fiction books generally range between 40,000 – 150,000 words.

We prefer Word attachments with either .doc or .docx extensions. Please label your file: LAST NAME_SUBMISSION.docx.

Formatting specifications include:
Double-spaced
Common font (Times; Times New Roman; Georgia)
12-point font size
Page numbers included

Children?s Picture Books

Please submit the complete manuscript.
Please attach artwork, if there is any.
The length should be no longer than 60 pages.

We also request a query letter that includes the following information:

• The target market/ideal audience that the book is intended and why you believe it will be appreciated by that group.
• A list of 2-3 comparable titles. Include a link to their sales page
• A snapshot of your author platform – any social media accounts (links) and numbers of followers and your website, along with how many people are on your email list. (Not having a following does not eliminate you from consideration, but gives us a better idea of what we’re starting with.)
• A description of your marketing plan or ideas for marketing your book.
• A sample of the illustrations, if you have them, or information about the illustrator you are using. This is not a guarantee that we will elect to keep that illustrator, but usually, this is not a problem. If you don’t have an illustrator, that is fine.
• Please submit the story in a Word or text document.

No original samples of artwork, copies or scans only.
Please scan your artwork at 600 dpi, and submit at 75 dpi.

We are committed to bringing viable projects into the marketplace. If we determine that your manuscript is ready for publication, we will email you a KBP publication agreement and you will opt into the Kat Biggie Press publishing package. If you have not yet connected with an editor, we will coordinate that element with you and provide you contact information from our database of trusted editors.

For Illustrators ONLY:

If you are interested in joining our team of illustrator for Purple Butterfly Press:

Please provide samples (if you work in a number of styles, we appreciate seeing samples of each style) in an Internet ready format, such as JPEG, PNG, or PDF.

We will keep your query and samples on file for a year and will contact you if we have a project suitable for your talents.

We will need to know the following:

Date created, medium used, prices at which you?ll work, the length of time in which you can accomplish a project.

Please Submit to info@katbiggiepress.com