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Ballantine Publishing Group

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Ballantine Publishing Group submission guidelines and market information

Ballantine Books was founded in 1952 by Ian and Betty Ballantine. Known in the publishing industry for pioneering paperback originals, Ballantyne was acquired by Random House in 1973.

They now operates as an imprint of Penguin Random House, publishing a wide range of commercial fiction and nonfiction.

Ballantine Publishing Group Submission Guidelines

Submission Address

Imprint of Random House, Inc.
1745 Broadway
New York NY 10019

Phone: (212)782-9000

Submitting Your Work to Ballantine Publishing Group

Before submitting to Ballantine Publishing Group

The Market List recommends you verify the market is active and accepting submissions before sending your manuscript via regular mail. You may verify a market status by either visiting their website, calling their listed phone number, or comfirming via regular mail that the market is still active before sending them your work.

To be sure your submission is appropriate for this market, we recommend you familiarize yourself with Ballantine Publishing Group by reading at least one of their titles before submitting.

If you have recently submitted to Ballantine Publishing Group or have experience with this market, please submit a comment below. Recent submission response times are always welcome and helpful to other writers.

From the Ballantine Publishing Group guidelines:

Submission Guidelines Details for Ballantine Publishing Group

Market Type: Book

Accepts: Contemporary, Ethnic, Fantasy, Feminist, Historical, Humor, Literary, Mainstream, Military, Mystery, Romance, Suspense

From the Guidelines

Ballantine Books does not accept unagented submissions.

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