Found this little tid bit posted and thought some of my fellow authors might find it interesting:
2/15/2008: (from Cynthia Sterling’s Market News) Mills and Boon, Harlequin Enterpises’ venerable British subsidiary, will launch Black Star Crime in August — a new series featuring thrillers and crime fiction. After one hundred years of publishing romance, Mills and Boon plans to release five crime and thriller titles every two months. Following its successful category romance model, Black Star Crime will be heavily branded and priced at 3.99 British pounds each (the same price as Mills and Boon Historical Romance). The books will be racked together in stores — away from romance titles. Mills and Boon expects the series to sell 250,000 to 500,000 units a year (no word on whether that is world-wide or solely in the UK.) Black Star Crime will feature a wide range of stories, from cozy mysteries to thrillers. Editors will be working with both new and established authors. No word on names of acquiring editors, but the address for the Mills and Boon offices is Harlequin Mills & Boon Ltd, Eton House, 18-24 Paradise Road, Richmond, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1SR
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This Black Star Crime sounds interesting. I tried emailing Mills and Boone for submission details but have had no reply.
Does anyone know whether these crime fiction stories are to be freely written, or do the publishers expect the writers to follow a strict formula, this writer would like to know.
Cheers
Carole
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I am getting two novels edited to submit to Black Star but the editor wants submission guidelines before he starts editing them for me. How can I find those?
Thank you,
Jackie Griffey