As a growing publisher, we welcome submissions from prospective authors. We will actively consider your proposal and get back to you with comments and suggestions when we can.

Subject areas

Please note that we are only able to consider book ideas that fall within our area of interest, which is business and management and/or professional development.

If your work is in another area (poetry, children's fiction etc), please consult the Writers' and Artists' Yearbook, available from booksellers and online. It lists all UK publishers and their areas of specialisation.

Writers' and Artists' Yearbook 2005

Preferred format for submissions

If you want to submit an idea to us, please send a brief covering letter explaining what the book is about and its intended audience, along with an outline of the content (synopsis), if available.

As a guide, you should seek to include the level of detail that we feature for our own books on this site, i.e. a brief outline and a contents page. This will enable us to evaluate your idea more easily and get back to you more promptly.

The inclusion of an SAE for return of submissions is always appreciated.

More guidance for authors

Our sales and marketing consultants, Publishing Services, offer invaluable online guidance for authors trying to get published. Visit their site to pick up loads of helpful hints and tips.

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Contacts

General enquiries

 

Format Publishing, 23-27 St Andrews Street, Norwich, NR2 4TP

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