Austin Macauley Publishers

Austin Macauley Publishers
Status Active
Founded 2006
Country of origin United Kingdom
Headquarters location London
Distribution United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, United States, Australia, New Zealand, Canada
Publication types Books
Official website www.austinmacauley.com

Austin Macauley Publishers Limited is a British publishing company, based in Canary Wharf, London. The company was founded in 2006 and publishes a variety of fictional and non-fictional works.

The publishing house has an open submissions policy, meaning it accepts manuscripts from both experienced authors and new authors. It operates an unusual 'hybrid' publishing model,[1][2] meaning it offers some 'traditional' contracts to prospective authors, but also so-called 'contributory' contracts, in which authors must 'contribute' to the cost of publication. It claims this is a 'halfway point' between traditional publishing and self-publishing.

Early in 2017, Austin Macauley Publishers opened an office in New York.[3] It also created a separate US website.[4] It has plans to open an office in Australia by the end of 2018.

Austin Macauley Publishers is associated with both the Independent Book Publishers Association and Independent Publishers Group.

Notable authors

Notable authors include Austin Stevens, Kevin Lueshing, Robin Driscoll, Simon May, Sadie Kaye, Oliver Friggieri, David Jones, Joe E. Legend, David C. Pike, Alicia Douvall, Richard Ide, Niloufer Mavalvala, and J.D. Shapiro.[5][6]

Recognition

Publisher Weekly named Austin Macauley one of the fastest growing independent publishers in 2018.[7]

Affiliations

Austin Macauley associated with Independent Books Publishing Associated (IBPG)

Associated with Independent Publishers Guild (IPG)[8]

Austin Macauley Publishers is a member of The Publishers Association.[9]

Controversy

Austin Macauley appears on the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America 'Thumbs Down' Publishers List, which, according to the association, contains the companies ''about which [they] have received the largest number of complaints over the years, or which [they] consider to pose the most significant hazard for writers".[10]

Austin Macauley shares staff in common with Ashwell Publishers, now known as Olympia Publishers, which is known as a 'pay-to-play' publisher[11] (that is to say, a company that will let the author pay for some or all of the costs associated with publishing the book, rather than taking on these financial risks itself, as a traditional publishing house would[12]).

References

  1. ↑ "What is Hybrid Publishing? Here Are 4 Things All Writers Should Know | WritersDigest.com". WritersDigest.com. 2016-08-11. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
  2. ↑ "What is Hybrid Publishing? | Austin Macauley Publishers". www.austinmacauley.com. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
  3. ↑ "New York Office is the Latest Addition to London Based Publishing Firm Austin Macauley Publishers Ltd | Austin Macauley Publishers". www.austinmacauley.com. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
  4. ↑ "Austin Macauley Publishers | USA | Book, eBooks & audiobooks". www.austinmacauley.com. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
  5. ↑ "5 minutes with...Austin Macauley - The London Book Fair". www.londonbookfair.co.uk. 2014-04-02. Retrieved 2018-04-13.
  6. ↑ "Authors | Austin Macauley Publishers". www.austinmacauley.com. Retrieved 2018-04-13.
  7. ↑ "Fast-Growing Independent Publishers, 2018". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2018-04-13.
  8. ↑ "Meet the Member: Austin Macauley Publishers". Retrieved 2018-04-16.
  9. ↑ "The Publishers Association".
  10. ↑ http://www.sfwa.org/other-resources/for-authors/writer-beware/thumbs-down-publishers/
  11. ↑ "Writer Beware®: The Blog: Questions for Vanity Publisher Austin Macauley Yield Few Answers". Writer Beware®. 2016-12-21. Retrieved 2017-06-16.
  12. ↑ Spann, Susan (27 March 2012). "How to Spot, and Avoid, "Pay to Play" Publishing Contracts". Writer Unboxed. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
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