Manuscript Submission Guidelines

Peter Pauper Press, Inc. publishes humor and gift books, stationery, journals, engagement calendars, personal organizers, and children’s activity books or novelty formats. We consider proposals or manuscripts for works in each of these categories.

Before submitting your work, please make sure it would fit our publishing program by familiarizing yourself with the kinds of books we publish. You can do this by looking through our Web site, catalog, or our books in a bookstore. Our target audience is primarily women, and our common themes are celebrating relationships (e.g., friendship, sisters, mothers, teachers) or special occasions (e.g., the birth of a child, graduation, wedding, holidays). We also publish humor.

We do not acquire poetry, short stories, novels, or “how-to” non-fiction.

We will review queries, proposals, and/or manuscripts submitted in the following manner:

• The work must be original to you. We do not acquire collections of other people’s (third party) quotes.

• All submitted material must be typed.

• Proposals should include a cover letter describing the work as a whole, the intended market, how your project differs from the competition, and information about your credentials if relevant to the work. An outline and two sample chapters should also be included.

• If photographs/artwork accompany text, they must be color copies or duplicates marked as such. Do not under any circumstances send original artwork, as we are not responsible if materials are lost or damaged.

• Send your material via mail or other carrier. We will not consider proposals or manuscripts submitted by fax or e-mail.

• If you require a response to a submission, you must enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope (SASE) with the correct amount of postage to cover that portion of material that you wish to have returned.

Please allow a minimum of three months from the time we receive your material for a written response. Please note that we do not track receipt of submissions, so if you wish for confirmation of receipt, please enclose a self-addressed, stamped postcard. The postcard will be returned upon our receipt of your materials, before we evaluate the submission.

Submit your materials to:

Editors
Peter Pauper Press, Inc.
202 Mamaroneck Ave., Suite 400
White Plains, NY 10601-5376

Artwork Submission Guidelines

Thank you for your interest in working with Peter Pauper Press.

Please submit color copies, slides, or other duplicates that are representative of your artwork. Do not send original artwork, as we are not responsible if materials are lost or damaged. Include a self-addressed, stamped envelope with sufficient postage to cover the return of your materials.

We are not accepting photography submissions at this time.

Please allow a minimum of sixty days from the time we receive your material for a response.

Submit materials to:
Creative Director
Peter Pauper Press, Inc.
202 Mamaroneck Ave., Suite 400
White Plains, NY 10601-5376

Permission Requests

Peter Pauper Press accepts permission requests for the limited reuse of its copyrighted material. Permission is granted on a non-exclusive, one-time use only basis. Fees are determined by type of request and amount of material requested. Requests may take four or more weeks to process; please submit your request as far in advance as possible to:

Permissions Requests
Peter Pauper Press, Inc.
202 Mamaroneck Ave., Suite 400
White Plains, NY 10601-5376

Or fax your request to (914) 681-0389.

Your request should include the following information:

• The material you wish to use, including photocopies of specific passages, plus the source title, author, ISBN, and copyright year
• A description of how and where the material will be used (in a book, on a Web site, etc.), including title, author, publication date, print run, binding, price, Web site address
• Whether it will be used in a commercial or nonprofit enterprise
• A self-addressed, stamped envelope (SASE)

After your request is reviewed by our Permissions Department, you will be mailed or faxed a permission agreement detailing any fees, acknowledgment/attribution wording, or conditions of use. Permission is not granted by phone or e-mail.

If a fee has been assessed for your use of Peter Pauper Press material, full payment is due on or before publication or use. Checks should be made payable to Peter Pauper Press, Inc., and should reference your permission request. Mail checks to Peter Pauper Press, Inc., 202 Mamaroneck Ave., Suite 400, White Plains, NY 10601-5376