How an outside idea reaches a company, in its own words · checked 2026-10-29
How to submit a book to Macmillan
Only through an agent
Macmillan accepts no unsolicited material, and St. Martin’s Press recycles or discards whatever arrives. It signed Amanda Hocking’s Watersong series and reissued her self-published Trylle Trilogy.
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Where pitches like these are made: Frankfurt Book Fair · Bartleby08, CC BY-SA 4.0
In its own words
“We do not accept any unsolicited material, or responsibility for loss or damage to, or return of, any unsolicited materials you send to us; unsolicited materials will be recycled or otherwise discarded.”
“Please note that we do not accept unsolicited submissions, resumes/portfolios, and vendor inquiries via this email.”
What it has bought from outside
2011
Four-book Watersong series, signed after her self-published e-books sold over a million copies from Amanda Hocking two million dollars
“In March 2011, Hocking signed her first conventional publishing contract for four books, for two million dollars, with St.” en.wikipedia.org
2012
Trylle Trilogy (previously self-published), re-released by St. Martin's from Amanda Hocking
“All three books in her previously self-published Trylle Trilogy were also sold to St.” en.wikipedia.org
2023
Harriman House (business books publisher, UK)
“In 2023, Pan Macmillan acquired business books publisher Harriman House,” en.wikipedia.org
