Astrophil Press

In the next week or so, all writers who submitted work to Astrophil Press should hear from us. We've been incredibly overworked lately and haven't responded as quickly as we wanted to. However, we are dedicated to reading every manuscript we received carefully. We know how much love writers put into their manuscripts and we want to make sure that love is matched with respect.

Dale
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Matt Miller Interviews Mark Tursi.

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First, we want to let all writers who have submitted to Astrophil Press that we are still reading through manuscripts. Please be patient with us; you will hear from us.

We are putting our last release on sale to celebrate the coming of spring! There is nothing better than reading a good book on a fine spring day. You can now get this wonderful collection for 10.00!!!








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Good evening, Gentle readers,

DOWNSTREAM FROM TROUT FISHING IN AMERICA is now available for purchase as an ebook. If you've been waiting for a good way to check out this up-close look at Richard Brautigan's life and his influences, you can now do so for a very low price on Amazon (and soon all other online distributors).

We will be closing our reading period soon. We'd like to thank all the wonderful writers who have sent us their manuscripts. We will be in touch after the first of the year with details for all of you. We are enjoying the reads so far!

As you roll into the holiday season, please consider gifting one of our fine titles to your loved ones. Books make the best gifts.

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Thanks to spam bots attacking our contact page, we are now closing our contacts page. If you need someone, please type their first name and our web address and it will get to them.

Also, Mark Tursi's book is available for ordering and available through our distributor (also amazon). If you want a review copy, please contact Dale and provide a link to your website/blog/print journal and he will make sure a copy is delivered to you.


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We have more great news: Mark Tursi's book of poetry is now available for pre-order!

This collections of poems challenges the static genre conventions of poetry and prose.

We hope you enjoy the book as much as we do!








Prices
one book plus shipping $15.00 USD
two books plus shipping $29.00 USD
three books plus shipping $41.00 USD







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We've opened our manuscript submission page for all of you who have been writing with inquiries about submission guidelines. We were originally going to close the submissions at the start of November, but have decided to leave it open until the end of November.

We operated our press for the first four years using only money from our own pockets. It was our hope that we would never have to have a reading fee; however, as the state of the publishing industry changes, it seems that small presses such as Astrophil Press are having to turn to reading fees as a matter of survival. The sad reality is that presses receive far more submission inquiries than they sell books. The bigger a press becomes, the more people want to submit their manuscript. Longstanding presses often have to hire people to read through the "slush" pile.

Sadly, many people submit blindly, having never purchased a book from the press to which they are submitting. The good news is that a reading fee drastically cuts down on the amount of manuscripts a press receives...
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It's hard to believe that we've not updated our site in eight months! We've been busy moving away from Florida and back to Denver, which feels right for us.

Here's the news:

Astrophil Press will hold its first open reading period! We will read manuscripts between September 1st and November 1st. We will read book length manuscripts of literary fiction, short story collections, non-fiction, poetry, and hybrid works. Please keep in mind what we publish so that you don't waste your time submitting books about spices or hard science fiction. Although we love spices and the occasional science fiction read, it's simply not what we publish here.

Reading Fees: because we have a very small staff of readers and because (let's face it) many of the people who inquire about publishing with us don't own a copy of our publications, we will have a 20.00 reading fee for each entry. You may submit as many manuscripts as you like, but each manuscript will require a reading fee...
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