The Wild Rose Press: The 21st Century Publisher

The Wild Rose Press, Inc.  www.thewildrosepress.com.  The Wild Rose Press was started in May 2006.  It was started as a romance publisher but last year it was expanded to incorporate more genres.  TWRP publishes in both electronic and print and is home to over 900 authors worldwide.  The premise of the company has always been to be a “kinder and gentler” publishing house and boasts of not using form letters for rejections and treating authors as a part of the team.  The owners, RJ Morris and Rhonda Penders are both hands on and actively involved in all aspects of the company.  Communication is a key component of their success and the company prides itself on its excellent reputation for customer service both for internal customers (authors) and external customers (readers and buyers). TWRP was recently awarded Best Publisher of the Year for 2012 which is the 5^th year in a row they have walked away with this honor.

What do you publish?

Our main focus is adult romance but we also take submissions for women’s fiction, mystery/suspense, erotica and historical fiction.

Do you publish digital, audio and/or print?

We publish everything in digital and our full length novels (65,000 words or more) also go to print.  We have some of our catalog in audio as well.

What is the price range of your books?

Our books range in price from .99 to $5.99 for electronic and can go as high as $14.99 for a print book.

How many authors have you published?

We have over 900 active authors worldwide

What is the length of your contract? 

5 years

What royalty rate do you pay?

We don’t disclose our royalty rate but what we pay is pretty standard for the industry.

What genre(s) are you most interested in at this time?

There isn’t anything in particular they are more interested or less interested in.  We base what we want on the manuscript entirely.

How long is the average time from acceptance to publication?

There is no way to answer that as it depends on the manuscript, the amount of editing that is required and how quickly the author and editor can turn something around.  Once a galley is finalized we have the book/short story released on average in 6 months.

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