Introduction
Total-e-bound are a royalty paying, full-service ePublisher. This means that we do not charge fees for the author at any time.
We will edit your book, assign an ISBN number and create the cover art for your title.
We pay a royalty rate of 40% of the RRP, based on our standard two year contract, however, we also have a flexible contract policy to enable the author to get the best out of the relationship. Our contracts are for both electronic and print rights.
What we are currently looking for
Erotic Romance Titles
We are currently accepting manuscripts upto 100k + in the following genres:
Action/Adventure, Bondage/BDSM, Comedy/Humour, Contemporary, Cowboy/Western, Fantasy/Fairytale, Futuristic/Sci-fi, Gay/Lesbian, Historical/Rubenesque, Ménage-à-trois, Paranormal/Timetravel, Thriller/Crime, Shapeshifters/Morphers, Vampire/Werewolf.
Lust Bites
short stories
These are our short stories between 8-15,000 words. They may have a theme or they may be stand alone short stories depending on what we have running, but all will come under the banner of ‘Lust Bites’. These short stories must meet our regular guidelines:
- 8-15,000 word count per story
- Any genre
- Very erotic – the hotter the better (burning/melting)
Anthologies
Released every quarter - each with a distinctive theme.
We will produce a series of anthologies each year, with between five and eight short stories in each.
Royalties are 40% of RRP for eBooks and 10% for print to be divided equally and fairly between the authors of the anthology.
Last Updated - Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Brit-Party - For 3 or more
Guidelines:
- 10K to 20K word count per short story/novella
- Ménage-á-Trois any setting/storyline as long as it has a British theme
- Heat Rating: Burning/Melting (see our book rating info)
The Submission deadline is January 10th 2008 for release in May 2008
Submit the full story plus synopsis.
When submitting, please enter "Brit-Party Submission" in the email subject line.
Fabulous-Brits - Gay Anthology
Guidelines:
- 10K to 20K word count per short story
- M/M any setting/ storyline as long as it has a British theme
- Heat Rating: Burning/Melting (see our book rating info)
The Submission deadline is April 10th 2008 for release in August 2008
Submit the full story plus synopsis.
When submitting, please enter "Fabulous-Brits Submission" in the email subject line.
Brits in Time - Historical themed anthology
Guidelines:
- 10K to 20K word count per short story
- Historical/Rubenesque, any setting/ storyline as long as it has a British theme
- Heat Rating: Burning/Melting (see our book rating info)
The Submission deadline is July 10th 2008 for release in November 2008
Submit the full story plus synopsis.
When submitting, please enter "Brits in Time Submission" in the email subject line.
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BoundShorts Seasonal Submissions
Information on our seasonally themed short stories
Throughout the year we will be doing special themed short stories.
General guidelines:
- 10K to 15K word count
- Any genre (see below for specific themes)
- Book Rating: Burning/Melting (see our book rating info)
We are still accepting submissions for:
Last Updated - Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Heatwave (Summer 2008)
- any genre - the hotter the better - we want these to burn off the pages, and keep the theme summery
- Submission deadline is 10th March 2008
- Submit the full story plus synopsis.
When submitting, please enter "Submission: Heatwave" in the email subject line.
Bite Me! (Halloween 2008)
- Vamps & Weres please! We’re looking for lusty love bites from some downright dangerous paranormal hotties for our Halloween short stories collection –
Bite Me! This set of shorts will be eBook single releases and a collection in print.
- Submission deadline is 1st August 2008
- Submit the full story plus synopsis.
When submitting, please enter "Submission: Bite Me!" in the email subject line.
Christmas Spirits (Christmas 2008)
- Paranormal - The Christmas Spirit is upon us at Total-e-Bound and this year we’re being visited by the spirits of Christmas past, present and future! We’re looking for submissions for these seasonal shorts. Manuscripts should include one of the three Christmas spirits. We will be publishing two stories for each spirit. This set of shorts will be eBook single releases and a collection in print.
- Submission deadline is 15th September 2008
- Submit the full story plus synopsis.
When submitting, please enter "Submission: Xmas Spirits" in the email subject line.
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Free Stories Submissions
All writers who would like to showcase their work and allow our readers to try out your stories can post it with us. We’ll edit it for you, and our readers can download it for free. We’ll do a regular poll through Literagasm chat group and the winner (chosen by our readers) will win a publishing contract with
Total-e-bound. This is an excellent opportunity for those writers who have not yet been published to see what the people who will be buying your work think, and an even better opportunity to get your work seen.
Submissions are open
Submit the full story plus synopsis.
When submitting, please enter “FreeStory Submission” in the email subject line.
Manuscript Requirements
What we look for in submitted manuscripts.
- We look for creative storytelling and original style.
- We want you to weave tales of erotic romance through creating strong, dynamic and intelligent characters that your readers will remember.
- Plot driven erotic romances that illustrate the relationship between key characters, ideally with a happy ending, but if not it should be promising.
- We want varying degrees of sex throughout the story, with lots of opportunity for erotic exploration, interwoven with levels of tension and passion (take a look at our book rating info)
- We want meaningful and expressive language that is explicit, but suitable for the storyline.
- We want writers who have a unique and new approach and a writing style that sets them apart from the rest. You must have a true talent for storytelling with an erotic slant.
- We accept gay, lesbian, bisexual and heterosexual stories.
What we ask for in submitted manuscripts.
We only accept electronic communication. So, it's essential that you send your script to us in e-format. We will only accept the following:
- Detailed synopsis of your book
- First 3 chapters and end chapter (short stories, please send in the whole manuscript)
- Send in 1 inch margins, 1.5 lines spacing, standard 12 pt font. Book Antiqua preferred.
- Generally we accept any size of story from 8,000 to 125,000 words (see our book length info)
- Language - Please send in British English
- Books will be published only if author owns all rights
- Include your name, pen-name and contact e-mail in the Query Letter and Synopsis
- Send the submissions package to
subm...@totalebound.com.
Publishing Rights
Your submission must have full rights available, including both digital and print. If not, please don’t send it to us.
What's not acceptable
We're pretty open when it comes to creativity (we certainly don't want to stifle it), and will look at most story lines, but…we do have our limits!
- NO paedophilia. Don't even dare go there!
- NO rape as titillation. We accept that it may sometimes be used as part of a plotline, especially supporting character development, but definitely not for the use of getting your rocks off!
- NO bodily functions - i.e. watersports, toilet play - eeeew!
- NO necrophilia. The dead definitely don't do it for us - of course, we don't count the bloodsucking undead variety!
- NO bestiality. This does not apply to shape-shifters and might not apply to certain breeds from a sci-fi perspective.
If you aren't sure, email us at subm...@totalebound.com, and we'll set you straight.
Additional Information
Book Ratings
We accept different levels of ratings:
- Total-e-sizzling - Sexy, explicit and highly imaginative, with a sensual side.
- Total-e-burning - Explicit, highly imaginative and hot, where almost anything goes. These titles are very uninhibited in both sexual dialect and descriptiveness.
- Total-e-melting - These are our XXX stories. They differ from the others only in the content of the plotlines, as they tend to be much more risqué and explicit. These babies are burning hot. Some readers will find them objectionable, so definitely not for the faint hearted!
- Total-e-taboo - the taboo line breaks into pure, unadulterated erotica or covers the subjects that could be seen as extreme or offensive, pushing stories to the limits of what some deem acceptable. These books don’t necessarily have to have a ‘happy every after’.
Book Length
Our book lengths are divided into five categories:
- Mini Story - 8,000 to 10,000 words
- Short Story - 10,001 to 15,000 words
- Novella - 15,001 - 30,000 words
- Novel - 30,001 - 60,000 words
- Super Novel - 60,001 - 100,000 words
- Super Plus Novel - 100,001+ words
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