BenBella Books Submissions

BenBella Books
Non-fiction (All Genres), Culture, Occasional Fiction

benbellabooks.com
glenn@benbellabooks.com

Founded in 2001, BenBella Books is a publishing house for authors who value personal attention, a partnership philosophy, flexibility, and the creative approach. BenBella operates on a simple business philosophy: publish wonderful, exciting books.

BenBella publishes a range of non-fiction (and the very occasional fiction title) in a wide variety of categories, and particularly likes quality non-fiction in health and nutrition, with exciting and important titles such as The China Study, The Dr. Sears T5 Wellness Plan, The Happy Herbivore series, and Tiny & Full.

BenBella is particularly active in publishing serious but highly commercial non-fiction in the categories of science, culture, and current events.

BenBella also excels in the business category, with a mix of popular and inspirational titles. It also has a strong list of pop culture/celebrity titles. BenBella publishes the very successful Smart Pop Books, a collection of smart and entertaining critical examinations of television, movies, comics, and books.

BenBella Books Submissions

Unsolicited submissions okay. No agent required.

BenBella Books publishes around forty books a year. They offer traditional deals with advances of $10K to $20K against standard royalties.

BenBella is open to most any non-fiction proposal, but particularly excited about the following types of books:

Serious, Commercial Non-fiction. BenBella is particularly interested in non-fiction by expert authors with a unique perspective and strong point of view. Books that represent an expert’s life’s work are always of interest. Some examples of serious, commercial non-fiction include:

The China Study: over 2 million copies sold
Traction: 325K
Biocentrism: 115K
Health at Every Size: 40K

They are particularly interested in acquiring strong popular science, social science, and technology titles. BenBella published Biocentrism in 2009, with close to 100,000 copies sold.

Query to Glenn Yeffeth.

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Editorial Staff

Glenn Yeffeth, CEO: glenn@benbellabooks.com
Adrienne Lang, Publisher: adrienne@benbellabooks.com
Leah Wilson, Editor-in-Chief: leah@benbellabooks.com.

BenBella Books
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Suite 217
Dallas, TX 75206
USA

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