Chinese Edition Publishing Program
Chinese Edition Publishing Program
Is Your Story Ready for a Global Audience?
Story Monsters Press is proud to represent outstanding children’s books for publication in Mainland China through our publishing partnership with Shaanxi Science and Technology Press, one of China’s respected educational publishers.
This collaboration creates exciting opportunities for authors and publishers to introduce their books to one of the world’s largest children’s book markets. Selected titles may be professionally translated, published, and distributed throughout China while authors retain ownership of their copyrights outside the licensed Chinese-language edition.
Whether you are an author, or publisher, we invite you to explore this exciting opportunity to bring your stories to young readers around the world.
Submit Your Book for Consideration
Authors are invited to submit their book for review. Story Monsters Press may choose to represent selected titles and submit them to the Chinese publisher for consideration.
Submission fee: $25 per title (non-refundable)
Submission fee covers review, evaluation, administration, and submission preparation.
You are welcome to submit more than one book. Each book must be entered individually and a submission fee paid for each book.
The Chinese publisher handles translation, production, and publication with no additional fees for Chinese-language publication.
Please note: Books that are submitted for review are required to be
family-friendly
non-denominational
Story Monsters® reserves the right to refuse books that do not meet this criteria.
Marketing and Promotion
An exclusive, fee-based marketing and promotional package will be available for selected authors. Participation is optional and does not affect consideration, representation, or publication.
Revenue Sharing
50% to the author
50% to Story Monsters Press
Payments are made once funds are received from the Chinese publishing partner.
Please note that submission does not guarantee representation or publication. Story Monsters Press may choose, at its sole discretion, to represent selected titles and submit them for consideration by the Chinese publisher.
Submit your book today and explore whether your story is ready for a global stage.
Please email questions to support@storymonsters.com
The Details
To have your book(s) considered for this amazing opportunity, you are required to complete the checkout form with the following:
• Title of Book
• Author Name
• Publisher Name (if applicable)
• Publication Date
• Number of Pages
• Intended Age Range
• Hardcover, Paperback, or Both
• ISBN(s)
• A 100–200 word book description or synopsis
• Author biography (100 words or less preferred)
• Two professional reviews, endorsements, or testimonials (if available)
• Confirmation that you own or control the Chinese-language rights to the book
• Confirmation that the Chinese-language rights are currently available
You will also be required to submit a PDF version of your book for review. Printed books will not be accepted.
NOTE:
If Story Monsters Press chooses to represent your title, we will provide an agreement outlining the terms of our representation for Chinese-language rights before the book is submitted to the Chinese publisher.
Revenue Sharing
50% to the author
50% to Story Monsters Press
Payments are made once funds are received from the Chinese publishing partner.
Foreign rights royalties are generally much lower than domestic publishing royalties. While the royalty paid by an overseas publisher may seem modest, it is important to understand that the publisher assumes all of the costs and financial risk associated with bringing your book to a new market.
If your title is selected, the Chinese publisher will be responsible for:
Translating your book into Chinese
Editing and preparing the translated edition
Designing and producing the book
Printing the books
Marketing and distributing the Chinese-language edition throughout Mainland China
Managing all production and publication expenses
There are no translation, production, printing, publishing, or distribution costs to the author or rights holder.
Story Monsters Press® will receive royalty payments from the Chinese publisher. Those royalty payments will then be divided 50/50 between Story Monsters Press® and the author or rights holder.
The 50/50 split applies only to the royalty payments actually received by Story Monsters Press® from the Chinese publisher. It is not based on the retail selling price of the book or on the publisher’s total sales revenue.
Although foreign rights royalties are typically modest, many authors consider international publication to be a wonderful opportunity. Your work has the potential to reach new readers in another country.
Marketing and Promotion
An exclusive, fee-based marketing and promotional package will be available for selected authors. Participation is optional and does not affect consideration, representation, or publication.
