How to submit a book to Andrews McMeel
Reads unsolicited work
Andrews McMeel Publishing considers proposals from creators and agents by email or mail: an outline and one or two sample chapters. Its syndicate looks for new comics. It reissued Rupi Kaur’s self-published Milk and Honey.
The door: publishing.andrewsmcmeel.com
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What it says
“We are happy to consider submissions from creators and literary agents via email or regular mail, but materials submitted by any other means will not be considered.”
“Please upload an outline of the entire work and indicate an estimated length of the prospective manuscript.”
“For books, submit one or two sample chapters or sections, or enough material to provide a sense of the work as a whole.”
What it says it looks for
“Andrews McMeel Publishing is a leading publisher of poetry, inspiration, humor, and children’s books and licensed, popular calendars.”
“Andrews McMeel Syndication is always looking for great new comics and columns.”
“We prefer four to six weeks of samples of a proposed feature so that we can judge the quality and consistency of your work.”
What it has bought from outside
Milk and Honey, a self-published poetry collection, re-released from Rupi Kaur
“Milk and Honey was published on November 4, 2014.…” en.wikipedia.org
- 1985
Calvin and Hobbes, a comic strip another syndicate had rejected from Bill Watterson
“The syndicate identified these characters as the strongest and encouraged Watterson to develop them as the focus of their own strip. [ 3 ] United Feature ultimately rejected the new strip as lacking marketing potential, although Universal Press Syndicate took it up. [ 4 ] [ 5 ]” en.wikipedia.org
- 2025
Quirk Books from David Borgenicht
“In October 2025, it was announced that Andrews McMeel Publishing had acquired Quirk Books. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] As a result, Quirk Books Union's dissolved; in an October 2025 post on Instagram, the Union wrote, "the positions of all the remaining union members have been eliminated...” en.wikipedia.org
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