Creative Byline Gains New Publishers
Globe Pequot
Press and Orange Avenue Publishing join Creative Byline, Inc., a
web-based service that connects writers with editors.
Holland,
Michigan July 7, 2008 – Globe Pequot Press and Orange Avenue Publishing
have joined Creative Byline, a new web-based technology serving the
publishing industry. Creative Byline’s innovative program streamlines
the process of connecting writers to publishers, while keeping writers’
manuscripts secure and private. The two publishers join Dutton
Children’s Books, St. Martin’s Press, and Tor/Forge in using the
Creative Byline program.
Globe Pequot, based in Guilford,
Connecticut, has published nonfiction works on health, style, fishing,
nature, gardening, travel, art and reference, and much more. Founded in
1947, its imprints include skirt!, Lyons Press, Globe Pequot Press Life.
Gary
Krebs, Group Publisher for Globe Pequot Press, says, “I’m thrilled GPP
has joined up with Creative Byline. We are always on the lookout for
creative new ways to find exciting book proposals. The subscription
offers that and more—but with the immediacy of the web. We look forward
to seeing what creative romances develop from this unique system, which
is like an online dating service for book proposals.”
Through
its imprint, Zest Books, San Francisco-based Orange Avenue publishes
nonfiction books on issues and challenges of particular interest to
teens. Founded as a book packaging company, Orange Avenue began
publishing its own projects in 2006.
“We're a publisher with a
unique audience,” says Hallie Warshaw, publisher and creative director
for Orange Avenue and Zest. “Creative Byline's use of technology helps
us target exactly the writers and subject matter that are right for us."
All
of Creative Byline’s participating publishers receive submissions that
match their criteria online through the Creative Byline website; they
can change their criteria as the market changes. Creative Byline’s
expert readers and process tools save them time in reviewing
manuscripts. Convenience and quality make Creative Byline a source of
choice for publishers, which in turn benefits writers.
Writers
can identify editors interested in manuscripts like theirs and then
submit digitally for a modest fee--$19 for full-length manuscripts, $9
for children’s picture books (roughly the cost incurred to print,
package, and ship a hard copy of their work). Writers can find editors
with specific interests, submit directly to them, and get a response
much more quickly than through the traditional,
paper-and-snail-mail-based process.