About Submissions

Major Update: All titles released from 2012 will be in eBook format ONLY. We are no longer publishing in print.

Apart from changing to an E-Publisher, we are still the same.


MAJOR NEEDS: HORROR NOVELS.




Read this first before moving onto the guidelines page. Read all of it.

Major Updates

Date: 10th February 2011

We now release titles on Amazon via Kindle. Rewording on e-book royalties: revenue has replaced the wording "cover price" as we sell via third parties

Date: 1st February 2011

All submission must now be submitted through our online form, which can be found on the Guidelines page. No more email submissions. Evolution is upon us my friend.



Date: 19-09-10


If you are looking to get your books on the shelves in bookstores and not looking to market yourself, then WE ARE NOT for you. Triskaideka Books is very small and funded by one person. Mass market publishing is an area we can’t step into yet. It is our goal for the future. Your book (if accepted) will be edited (you have had it professional edited already, right, or at least paid a Uni/college Grammar-Nazi student to go through it? I hope you are aware that “self editing just doesn’t cut it these days“). We will design a cover and the book will be available at all major channels in both e-book (Kindle, Kobo, Sony, iPad, etc, including phones with the right app installed) and print (paperback and hardback) form.


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1. Any short stories, books, or other work product submitted to this site remain your property, you own the copyright. All works will be protected by international copyright law. Triskaideka Books purchases worldwide print and electronic rights for a period of one (1) year for short stories (in anthologies) and two (2) years for novels/single author collections. Contracts can be cancelled or renewed after this period by agreement between author and publisher.
2. There will be a few limitations on the content of stories accepted. Triskaideka Books is the final arbitrator of what is acceptable.
• Adult content is permissible within the discretion of Triskaideka Books.
• Racism/sexism/bigotry is not allowed at all. However in saying that, we will not restrain your writing. If you have characters with these traits, that is acceptable. A story is a work of fiction. All other forms of “hate” material are not allowed and your story will not be accepted.
• No sexual material containing children will be accepted.
• No music lyrics, quotes or any material that YOU DO NOT OWN, no exceptions. Create your own lyrics.

3. By submitting to Triskaideka Books you, the author, accept the following additional terms. The term: 'site' reflects this website and Triskaideka Books as a whole.

• This site holds no responsibility for your work.
• This site holds no liability should your story be ill-received by the audience, or should you come into any trouble because of it.
• This site is not responsible for the promotion of your work, nor is it liable should your product become temporarily unavailable.
• Triskaideka Books may or may not accept your submission, and it may be rejected at any time at our discretion.
• This site holds no responsibility should banshees infest your home due to use of this service.
• This site holds no responsibility should its use create any damages for loss of profits, goodwill, data or other intangible losses. This site is available “as is” with no warranty.
• This site maintains a strict privacy policy that must be abided by should your work be accepted. The privacy policy is available by clicking the link below.
4. By submitting to Triskaideka Books you, the author, accept these rules by default even should you have not read this document because you have been notified that these terms must be read and accepted before submission.

A word on marketing, submitting and royalties.

On a side note, please know that we are very small and just starting out on this publishing venture. We will market your work the best we can using all our resources to do so. Your success is our success. But please be aware that your success is also your responsibility. As with any publisher these days, the writers need to market their work. And we expect nothing less.

If you are not prepared to market until your eyes bleed, then we don’t want to see any of your work. Simple as that.

Why are we so hard-line on the marketing front? Because our author payment system is very awesome. We will offer a contract for each novel that will state royalties of 50% of all monies earned (Kindle, e-Pub, mobi, html, pdf, text, Sony reader, Palm, iPhone). Statements will be twice a year via email. Payment will be made via Paypal only at this time.

By marketing, we mean A LOT MORE than a single line on your blog or a 140 character tweet. We would like to see a semblance of a marketing plan. Just some of your rough ideas are fine, we are not asking for a 5 page, 3 month / 6 month detailed outline.

If you have some ideas you think might work, then we are more than willing to consider your work.

A word on rejections

If we reply to you with a “thanks but no thanks” email, please note this is not a reflection on you as a person, or on you as a writer. It just means we weren’t moved to engage in this project and it might be better suited with another publishing house.

Rejections are hard to take, especially on novels, hence a thick skin is required. We thank you for considering our publishing house for your work, and hope that you will think of us in the future.

A word on agents

Agented or un-agented submission are welcome. We doubt an agent would submit a writer to us as we don’t offer advances at the moment. Agents are all about the money in writing and Triskaideka Books is all about the art of story.