WayWord Books is now reading for their third season.
WayWord Books, a Beaufort-based publishing company currently planning their third season, is seeking manuscripts by accomplished writers. They venture off the beaten path to find new work and, according to editor Leslie Rindoks, are “excited to read manuscripts that cause us to think differently, leave us inspired, or just make us laugh.”
As a subscription-based publisher, they are breaking the mold by delivering high quality, first-edition books directly to readers, eliminating the need for distributors. They combine beautifully designed books with carefully curated gifts to provide an immersive experience for their subscribers.
WayWord’s first season included: Dry Spell by Avery Caswell, which Midwest Review said was, “an inherently fascinating read from start to finish” calling it a“deftly crafted novel that showcases the author’s genuine flair for the kind of narrative driven storytelling that raises her work to the status of great literature” and the memoir No Experience Necessary by Nancy Murray, a spirited look at the author’s résumé, which is the literal definition of a storied career. Murray writes with great wit and insight about going from a high school dropout, selling speakers from a seedy van, to becoming a sought-after Joan Rivers impersonator, and ultimately a college professor. The publisher’s second season recently launched with Spectacular Failures by Ken Lizzio, a book that takes readers deep into the heart of Africa with first-hand accounts of early Europeans’ (1788-1830) observations and interpretations about a continent that was, to them, a whole new world.
Unusual for a traditional publisher, WayWord Books has an open query policy and accepts un-agented submissions. They are looking for: literary fiction, upmarket fiction, mystery, and memoir. At this time, they are not publishing genre fiction (romance, fantasy, science fiction), self-help, textbooks, or children’s books.
Query guidelines can be found at https://waywordbooks.com/query/
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