Hi Lucky. I've since been offered rep by an agent, so they are now dealing with it. I am speaking to them tomorrow, so will ask if there's been an update then. Will come back to you on that when I know.
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Hi Lucky. I've since been offered rep by an agent, so they are now dealing with it. I am speaking to them tomorrow, so will ask if there's been an update then. Will come back to you on that when I know.
Wow. Okay. Good to know response time can be slow. I've got other req's out, it's just so hard to be patient.
I submitted a novel to them (Bloomsbury Spark) about ten days ago and their auto-reply was that, yes, it can take up to two months to review your work. I guess they want to be thorough. I have my submission elsewhere, so we'll see.
I posted an interview with Meredith Rich, the acquiring editor at Bloomsbury Spark, in which we discussed the acquisition of Jenny Kaczorowski's THE ART OF FALLING, one of their launch titles:
http://motherwrite.blogspot.com/2014/01/from-submission-to-offer-meredith-rich.html
If you're thinking about submitting, you might find it helpful.
http://motherwrite.blogspot.com/2014/01/from-submission-to-offer-meredith-rich.html
If you're thinking about submitting, you might find it helpful.
I submitted my NA sci-fi last May and received a lovely rejection soon thereafter, basically stating it didn't fit with their opening line-up. Cut to a few weeks ago, and Meredith emailed me after seeing an interview I did on a blog, and said she remembered my book and wanted to see it again, as it may fit better with Spark's line now. Anyhow, I found that completely amazing, and am desperately trying not to sit on my email at all times now 
Fingers crossed!
Fingers crossed!Does anyone have any info on Bloomsbury in Australia? I've subbed a YA fantasy to them. They seem nice and solid: has anyone here had dealings with them?
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I just signed my first contract with Bloomsbury through Spark. So far the contract process has been very professional. My agent and I have both been impressed with their responsiveness. I'm excited to be a part of Bloomsbury, as the publisher has an excellent reputation.
Congrats on the full-request.
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Two months is pretty standard. Sometimes longer. But if they're an imprint of Bloomsbury, I'd say wait it out.
They're a good publisher. Well-known. Reputable. Their imprints will be, too.
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Thanks for posting this! I'd love to get to know the company a bit more. Off to read!
I sent a query to Bloomsbury in early April and just received a request for a 3 chapter partial.
Seems the submission guide asks for the MS and to send a query with it. Am I reading this correctly? It doesn't sound as if anyone here has sent in an ms, as they're being asked for partials, etc. Thanks.
I followed the submissions guide on their website, it just said to send a query to the email address listed and that if they wished to see any materials they would request them, otherwise no response within a couple of months was a rejection/'no'.
hope that helps.
hope that helps.
Thanks Parumpdragon. Did I miss read this:
"If you have a manuscript between 25 and 60k words long, then please send it to us at one of the following emails, along with a query, a brief biography, and links to your online presence"
They're going to throw out my submission. ACK!
"If you have a manuscript between 25 and 60k words long, then please send it to us at one of the following emails, along with a query, a brief biography, and links to your online presence"
They're going to throw out my submission. ACK!
No, I don't think you misread. I probably did. I'm sure your sub will be okay.
Hey, I screwed up and just sent the query letter and they still asked for a sample of the MS.
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haha, Parumpdragon, seems it worked out for you, at least you know they're interested pretty quick. I sent an entire ms, and it will take months before I know. Someone that screws up more than me, impressive.
EDIT: sent ms on 7/18 closing out now, with no word, on 10/20/14
Can't find anything that says how long to wait, so I'll close this out. I did get auto-confirmation of receipt. Wish I had only sent a query.
~Looks like they're getting my novella next. heehee.
EDIT: sent ms on 7/18 closing out now, with no word, on 10/20/14
Can't find anything that says how long to wait, so I'll close this out. I did get auto-confirmation of receipt. Wish I had only sent a query.
~Looks like they're getting my novella next. heehee.
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I'm still waiting to hear back from Bloomsbury on the requested 3 chapters, but I know the bigger the house the longer the wait. I'm giving it at least 6 months, if not a year (my guess/estimate of how long it will take to hear).
All I can remember is hammering on their door for years and getting nailed with rejections, and in some cases no response. I know my agent hit them up too. It was the first place we went with both my YA titles. Since then: 13 contract offers for both books. All small press--most of them Canadian. The Canadian love me for some reason--damn near all of my publications have been Canadian.
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Has anyone queried Spark recently and if so, did you get an auto-reply confirmation of receipt? I queried a week or two ago and didn't get an auto-reply so now I'm paranoid my submission didn't go through, but I also don't want to resend if it did.
I queried in May and received an automatic reply. Maybe you could resend starting your letter with the reason why you're resending.
Hmmm, I tried again and still no auto-reply, but I BCC-ed myself this time and it seems to have gone through okay. Hopefully it made it through on Bloomsbury's end and they're not too grumpy with my duplicate email.
A note that, in '14, the children's side of Walker & Co was integrated into Bloomsbury, with Walker to refocus on non-fiction. (PW article) Not finding any new books for the imprint, however.
ETA: Updating URL https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/
ETA: Updating URL https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/
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