Parking Lot Press

Parking Lot Press was established in July 2020 by Bonniejean Alford to meet the needs of an industry that doesn’t always recognize certain new voices. Our catalog will have an eclectic feel with works connected to or centered around identity in some way. Our word artists (our word for authors) know who they are and share their voice through their writing.

We market your book for you, with your participation, as stipulated in the publishing agreement.

We are not a vanity press, but we do expect unsolicited potential word artists to have a complete manuscript before submitting their welcomed query. While we proofread, we generally do not edit but can make some recommendations on excellent editors.

We may invite word artists reffered or known to us to create something new for us, and in those cases, we work with them in the creation process.

We will never ask word artists for money to publish, as we are a traditional house.

We provide word artists with a generous ten copies of the printed work before they would need to buy discounted copies if they so choose.

We do not publish under pseudonyms. 

We do not pay advances at this time. We do take care of the cover design and layout of book, printing, marketing, and other fees associate with publishing. We provide a handsome royalty on proceeds. 

A portion of all book proceeds are donated to charity.