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  MSI Press books have won national and international awards every year since 2012, when we first began submitting books to competitions. MSI Press authors’ books have won gold, silver, and bronze medals, honorable mention, best new voice, and legacy awards in more than 30 regional, national, and international book competitions. Check our  awards section . Our latest: Literary Titan Gold Award:  Nothing So Broken  (Richards),  Racing against Time  (Weiss), and  Spiritually Homeless  (Girrell). A number of our books have been among the top 100 Amazon hot new releases, including several that have achieved #1 status. Every month, a number of our books can be found in the top 100 bestsellers in their various categories.  Follow our blog and watch for “publisher’s pride” or sign up for our newsletter, where we announce these great books. Want to read a great book? Check out our  catalogue . Have a great book that needs to have some TLC? Nearl...

  Before your manuscript ever reaches an editor’s desk, it sends a message about you. Not your brilliance. Not your originality. Your professionalism . A clean manuscript—free of typos, formatted consistently, and aligned with a recognized style manual—is one of the simplest ways to demonstrate that you take your work seriously. It signals that you respect the reader’s time, understand the conventions of the field, and are ready to participate in the publishing process as a professional, not a hobbyist. You don’t need perfection. But you do need care. Follow a Standard Style Manual Even if a publisher ultimately uses a different style guide—or an in‑house one, which happens more often than authors realize—your manuscript should follow one recognized standard from the start. The two most common: APA (especially in academic, scientific, and social science fields) Chicago Manual of Style (widely used in trade nonfiction, humanities, and general publishing) Why it matter...

  MSI Press books have won national and international awards every year since 2012, when we first began submitting books to competitions. MSI Press authors’ books have won gold, silver, and bronze medals, honorable mention, best new voice, and legacy awards in more than 30 regional, national, and international book competitions. Check our  awards section . A number of our books have been among the top 100 Amazon  hot new releases , including several that have achieved #1 status. Every month, a number of our books can be found in the  top 100 bestsellers  in their various categories. Follow our blog and watch for “publisher’s pride” or sign up for our newsletter, where we announce these great books. Want to read a great book? Check out our  catalogue . Have a great book that needs to have some TLC? Nearly everyone has a story. Not every publisher will hold your hand until it materializes as an award-winning book and pay you generous royalties when it does. W...