Submissions Guidelines
We welcome submissions from authors and agents. Note that we publish only practically oriented nonfiction, and we require queries and submissions via hard copy or e-mail. Our ideal proposal, whether sent as a hard copy or via email, includes the following components:
- A title and a subtitle.
- A one-paragraph overview that briefly explains the premise of your book, why you wrote it, who you see the audience being (with any relevant demographic data you might have about the potential size of the audience).
- A brief author biography (one page or less) that focuses on why you are uniquely qualified to write your book and includes information about how you already or aspire to connect directly with readers in addition to through your proposed book—whether in person or via the Internet (please include Web site URLs)—whatever the case may be. Please also feel free to include a resume and if you’ve written previous books, include all basic bibliographic information on them (and/or links to their pages at one or another online retailer), sales figures, names of publishers of foreign editions, and any other information you think will be helpful.
- A table of contents that outlines the book, with chapter and section titles and even subsections, if you’ve formulated them. It should be no more than five pages.
- A thorough assessment of what you believe to be the most closely competing books—and including very brief comments about how your proposed book differs from already available books.
This proposal should be no more than 12 or 15 pages, set in 12-point, double-spaced Times New Roman type. We will review all proposals that meet the above criteria as quickly as possible and will promptly request more information, especially if we’re intrigued.
Please send no original manuscripts or artwork—only copies of your work. We will not be held liable for any materials lost or destroyed by US postal service or any other carrier. If you send your proposal as a hard copy, your work will be returned if you include self-addressed, stamped envelope that can accommodate your proposal as you sent it to us. If you don't include a self-addressed, stamped envelope, we will not return your materials.
Proposals sent via e-mail should be sent to info@theexperimentpublishing.com; hard-copy materials should be sent to:
The Experiment
260 Fifth Avenue
Suite 3 South
New York, NY 10001–6425
And thank you very much in advance for giving us the opportunity to consider your project.
Because Every Book Is a Test of New Ideas