About this Publishing House

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 The nonfiction we publish includes sermon and homily collections, biblical history, scriptural commentaries; lessons from the Kabbalah, Torah, Talmud, New Testament,  apocryphal and Early Church  literature; mission and ministerial biographies and autobiographies; and meditation and counseling guidebooks.   We also publish study guides and how-to's which are designed to help someone develop a ministry, hobby, or life-skill.

 The fiction, poetry and children/juvenile books we publish exemplify the triumph of grace over sin, joy over sorrow, and hope over despair. Friendship, loyalty, and perseverance are vey important.

You do not need to be a card-carrying member of a church, synagogue, or temple to send us your manuscript. However, if your book does not reflect the spiritual aspects presented here, you might consider researching a different publishing house.

The BISAC code lets the bookstores know where to place your book and lets them know how to compare it with other books (how well did they sell). It is not the plot. It is not a generalized term.  It is not a Dewey Decimal. It is a specific place where your book best fits in a store (on-line or brick-and-mortar). Yes, one book can fit many different places (that's why we ask that you choose three of them). Go to the website by clicking here. there's nothing to buy and there's nothing to download. But this is a very important part of your query. 

We would prefer you do NOT send us an already illustrated book (how-to's and/or children's). Just send us the story itself and we'll go from there.

We do have an illustrator we prefer to work with, but the choice of your illustrator  - once the book is contracted -- is up to you.  The illustrator must be willing to work within our specifications and formatting requirements. 

ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. 

We are a traditional publishing house. We make money only if your book sells, so we only accept books and authors who are interested in a polished, edited, professional product. If all you want is to get  your book in print, (meaning - you are not willing to change one word or correct one comma) there are hundreds of printers, vanity presses, and co-author arrangements eager to take your money. They make money from you and do not care about how well you book sells.

Yes, this sounds a little terse. I am appalled by how many con artists are out there just to take your money. But I am also dismayed how many writers submit their manuscript to us but then aren't willing to listen to professional advice on how to hone the manuscript into a book. 

So I will restate the answer to your question. It costs no money to contract with us; it costs faith and dedication to the process of changing a writer into an author and a manuscript into a book.

We pay above industry standards. This means, we pay more than the normal 12-25% offered by most other traditional presses.   Actually, it is shamelessly above industry standards, but I would rather someone comes to ST.E because they believe their book fits into our house than because they are swayed by the royalties.