This information should help you decide if John F. Blair, Publisher, is an appropriate publisher for your manuscript, and if so, what a proposal should include and to whom you should send it.

AREAS OF INTEREST

John F. Blair, Publisher, publishes mostly nonfiction books for general audiences. We have a special interest in trade titles about the Southeast. We do not, however, publish poetry, drama, short story collections, collections of columns and news articles, or children's books. John F. Blair, Publisher, only publishes one to two works of fiction each year, and our fiction must have a strong Southeastern focus.

Areas of interest include the following topics, all with a Southeastern focus:

American history
Appalachian history and culture
Biographies
Civil War history
Folklore
Native American history and culture
North Caroliniana
Regional books
Travel and Outdoors

A number of John F. Blair books are published in a special series. The series include:

Historic Restaurants
In the Footsteps
Real Voices, Real History
A Taste of History
Touring the Backroads

For more information about our recent publications and areas of interest, please consult our catalog and listings of books by subject.

SUBMITTING PROPOSALS

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