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Anaphora Literary Press is warmly inviting submissions from both first-time, and established writers in all genres and categories. Most submitted books are accepted. Anaphora has been in business since 2009. It has published over 300 creative and non-fiction books. Its PLJ and CCR journals have published interviews with best-selling and award-winning writers such as Geraldine Brooks and Larry Niven, as well as thousands of short works from unrecognized writers.
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Awards: Bob Van Laerhoven’s short stories collection,
Heart Fever, became the Finalist for the 2018 Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award. Yermiyahu Ahron Taub’s novel
Beloved Comrades won Second Place/Silver of the
2021 CIPA EVVY Award in the category of LGBTQ Fiction from the Colorado Independent Publishers Association. Jere Krakoff’s novel,
Something is Rotten in Fettig, was a finalist in the 2016 Foreword Indies: Humor (Adult Fiction) competition. John Paul Jaramillo’s collection of short stories,
The House of Order, received an honorable mention in
Latino Literacy Now’s Mariposa Best First Fiction Book Award.
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Services: Standard services include the formatting and design for interiors and covers of ebook (Kindle), softcover and hardcover editions, book trailers, press releases, merchandise design, book review (free in pdf/epub) submissions, light proofreading, LCCN/ISBN assignment, international distribution, LibraryThing Early Reviewers ebook giveaway, original illustrative art, and other components necessary for a successful publication. Help is also offered to process orders for professors to use Anaphora’s books in their courses. With help from pdf review copies and press releases, most Anaphora writers schedule readings, and several have booked top venues, such as Barnes and Nobles, AWP, and major libraries. Media coverage about Anaphora’s books have been featured in newspapers and magazines (including reviews in Publishers Weekly and Library Journal), and on major network broadcasts across the world (NPR/ Fox). Anaphora has exhibited its titles at SIBA, ALA, SAMLA, RMMLA, AWP, and many other international conventions. Profits are split 50/50% with writers. Direct author sales of discounted copies, and collaborative marketing are essential to the success of a project. Authors can also purchase additional services, such as the shipping of printed review copies, the purchase of Amazon, Facebook or other advertisements, or sponsor exhibits of their books. Anaphora is currently primarily printing books POD with Amazon’s KDP, and Ingram Content Group. Anna Faktorovich was registered as a Publications Schedule Contract Holder with the U.S. General Services Administration between 2019-2024.
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Most books can be published within 24 hours of payment. This is the fastest turn-around time in the publishing industry. Anaphora provides the same services at the fastest speed because it does not deliberately delay projects. An increase in the amount of time a book spends waiting to be published does not positively correlate with an investment of more labor into its production. Authors who anticipate they are likely to be reviewed by mainstream reviewers can opt to set a 4 to 6 months pre-release delay to wait for reviews.
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Submissions: Email the full manuscript (books should be completed prior to submission), and paragraph-long biography, summary and marketing plan in a single Word document to
director@anaphoraliterary.com. Anaphora does not have any outside funding. Books are usually sponsored with a
$400 flat fee, or a 50-book purchase at 25% off the cover price. Authors can alternatively purchase 100 copies at 40% off, or 200 copies at 55% off the cover price. To avoid paying a fee, the author can otherwise provide a marketing plan that proves the book will sell over 100 copies. Anna Faktorovich, PhD, is the Director and Owner, and performs all tasks herself, taking personal responsibility to assure maximized quality.
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Anaphora is uniquely welcoming to nearly all submissions! Books are only rejected if their publication might reflect negatively on the respectability of Anaphora as a publisher. Anaphora’s goal is to be accepting of the full diversity of human voices, as opposed to having pre-conceiver rules to judge a project as superior or unusually worthy.
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Editing and Re-Writing Services: These are charged at a similar rate of $400 per 1 day, or 8 hours of labor. In this 8-hour timeframe, 5,000 words can be written. Writers can specify their editing total budget, which would determine the depth of the edit that can be performed within the available timeframe.
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Original Cover Art Creation: Faktorovich can create cover art paintings to fit any genre or book type. A portfolio of drawing styles is available here:
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/Bkzdwl. Any style from a simple line-drawing, to a complex science fiction space scene can be created on request and at no additional cost. Authors are invited to give their ideas on the type of cover that would help sell their book.
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Testimonials from Authors:
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“I’m a Belgian who has been a fulltime author for 30 years now in the Netherlands and Flanders. But as a foreigner, I didn’t know exactly what to expect when Anna and I combined forces to present the American public an overview of the themes in my novels by means of a the short story collection, Dangerous Obsessions. I was very pleased with the professionalism and the guidance of Dr. Faktorovich. In a fast changing market, she combines the strength of traditional publishing with the opportunities of the latest technical innovations and marketing techniques.” –Bob Van Laerhoven, winner of the Hercule Poirot Prize and the USA Best Book Award
“I have some 700 publications including 13 books. Most of my experiences have been positive though now and again a publisher has caused me real pain. I published a small memoir with Anaphora and everything worked smoothly, efficiently, and the end result is a lovely little volume. Anna Faktorovich, the publisher, does an outstanding job acquiring, editing, and overseeing production. She then markets through the usual channels and attends countless conferences and conventions displaying Anaphora titles. Thanks!” –Robert Hauptman, PhD, professor emeritus, editor of the Journal of Information Ethics
“First and foremost, service is fast and professional. Reviewing my book took a day. Editing only took a couple of weeks. The time between final edits and printing is only about three weeks. I know others who have published with small presses and it seems that Anaphora is superior to many of these companies. You feel like you are part of a team or a family when it comes to promotion. As the company grows, I feel that it benefits the authors as much as it does the publisher. Overall, it has been a good experience and I recommend Anaphora.” –Paul G. Varnas, Chicago chiropractor
“In publishing my memoir, Anna Faktorovich proved to be especially adept at designing a book with chapter epigraphs, five distinct parts, and many photographs.” –Bob Begiebing, PhD, founding director of the MFA in Fiction at Southern New Hampshire University
“Anaphora is the future face of publishing – reaching out and offering talented writers the opportunity, not to be squashed by BIG publishers, but an opportunity to share their unique voices with an audience of attentive, concerned, inquisitive readers. Anaphora is analogous to that special boutique down the street, offering those funky, delightful clothes you love that you will never find in an off-the-rack major store. Anaphora’s titles set the standard for ’boutique’ publishing where that special book awaits that special reader.” –Philip Theibert, screenwriter and journalist for publications like The Wall Street Journal
“I thoroughly enjoyed working with Anna Faktorovich on the publication of my essay ‘Ted Kooser’s Art of Waiting’ in the Pennsylvania Literary Journal (an Anaphora journal) in Summer 2014. A simple query to Anna led to a productive dialogue and eventually to publication of the essay. I found Anna an ideal editor to work with, and I was quite satisfied with her editorial work on my essay. The publication was professionally done and on time, and that fact, in itself, merits praise.” –Jeffrey P. Beck, PhD, Dean of the Nathan Weiss Graduate College, Kean University
“Working with Anaphora on two books has been a pleasure. Anna Faktorovich is quick, efficient, accurate, and professional in both the production and post-production phases.” –Alexander Motyl, PhD, Professor at Rutgers University, Newark
“Anaphora Literary Press provides a business foundation for the books it selects for its catalog. The press is willing to take on quality material that isn’t necessarily ‘mainstream’ because the press believes in promoting literature of worth. Having taken on a work, the press ensures a quality product, innovative presentation, and marketing support. I believe my own work benefited from the professional, business approach of the press and has probably sold more copies than it might have done with a different press.” –Aline Soules, Librarian and Faculty at the California State University, East Bay
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