Qualifying Markets (listed below) received a questionnaire that included the following statements:
As a professional writers association, RWA stands firmly against any attempts to directly solicit RWA members to pursue vanity/subsidy publishing or other author-financed forms of publication. Publishing programs (lines, imprints or divisions) that directly solicit or refer writers to Predatory Publishing companies or other author-financed means of publication will not be allowed to participate in RWA’s annual conference as a featured publishing program.
For RWA purposes, "Predatory Publishing" means a business model based on selling products or services to authors rather than selling books to readers. Services or publishing packages offered by the entity are usually priced higher than similar services found in the open marketplace. Promises of mass-distribution, marketing services, or expertise in editorial, design and delivery of quality works made by Predatory Publishing companies are rarely fulfilled and often result in unsuccessful distribution or sales. This definition includes, but is not limited to, publishing programs that withhold or seek full or partial payment or reimbursement of publication or distribution costs before paying royalties.
To learn more about RWA Qualifying Markets, contact Carol Ritter at
carol.ritter@rwa.org or call 832-717-5200, Ext. 127.
Management from the lines, imprints or divisions listed below certified to RWA that they have read and understand the above statement. They have attested that the publisher, line, imprint, or division they represent does not and will not refer RWA members to Predatory Publishing companies or author-financed publishing programs.
The following Qualifying Markets have completed the evaluation process.
Amazon
Audible
CreateSpace
KDP
Avalon Books
Bastei Lübbe AG / LYX
B & H Publishing Group
BelleBooks, Inc.
Bell Bridge Books
Baker Publishing
Bethany House
Blushing Books
Bold Strokes
Boroughs Publishing Group
Lunch Box Romance
CBJ Publishing (Random House Germany)
City Owl Press
Dreamspinner Press
Droemer Knaur Publishing Group
Egmont Verlagsgesellschaften mbH
Entangled Publishing
All Entangled Imprints
Evernight Publishing
Guideposts
Guideposts Books
Hachette Book Group
Book Shots/Little Brown and Company
Forever
Grand Central Publishing
Orbit/Orbit and Redhook
Hallmark Publishing
Harlequin Enterprises Limited
Arabesque
Carina Press
Harlequin Presents
Harlequin Presents Extra
Harlequin Romance
Harlequin Superromance
Harlequin American Romance
Harlequin Intrigue
Harlequin Heartwarming
Harlequin Historicals
Harlequin Historicals Undone
Harlequin Teen
HQN Books
Kimani Romance
Kimani Press
LUNA
Mills & Boon Romance
Mills & Boon Modern
Mills & Boon Modern Heat
Mills & Boon Medical Romance
Mills & Boon Historical
Mills & Boon SuperHistorical
Mira
Harlequin Nocturne
Harlequin Nocturne Bites
Harlequin Desire
Harlequin Special Edition
Harlequin Romantic Suspense
Spice
Spice Briefs
Love Inspired
Love Inspired Suspense
Love Inspired Historicals
Love Inspired Classics
HarperCollins Publishers
Avon Books
Avon A
Avon Inspirational
Avon Red
William Morrow
Zondervan
J' ai Lu
Kensington Publishing Corp.
Aphrodisia
Brava
Dafina
Kensington
K Mass Market
Zebra
Lake Union Publishing (Amazon)
Liquid Silver Books
Loose ID, LLC
Loewe-Verlag (Loewe Publishing Company)
Melange Books, LLC
Milady Romance (Bragelonne)
MLR Press
Montlake Romance (Amazon)
Omnific Publishing, LLC
Penguin Random House Group, USA
Berkley
Berkley Sensation
Heat
Jove
NAL
Putnam
Ballantine
Bantam Dell
Loveswept
Crown
WaterBrook Multnomah
Red Sage Publishing, Inc.
Riptide Publishing
Riverdale Avenue Books
Simon & Schuster
Pocket Books, Gallery Books
Crimson Romance
Soul Mate Publishing
Sourcebooks, Inc.
St. Martin’s Press - MacMillan
Swerve
TOR Romance - Tom Doherty Associates (Tor/Forge) - MacMillan
Tule Publishing Group
Turquoise Morning Press
United Methodist Publishing House
Abingdon Press Fiction
Verlagsgruppe Random House
The Wild Rose Press