Traditional publisher
Sounds True
Children's, Health, Nonfiction
Published Updated Reviewed every month · next review November 2026
About Sounds True
Sounds True is open to book proposals, not full manuscripts, by email to acquisitions@soundstrue.com. Follow its nonfiction proposal outline. It publishes spirituality, mind-body health and spiritually oriented self-help, and replies within two to three months only if interested.
Sounds True is a publisher founded in 1985 that publishes books and spoken-word audio on spirituality, religion, mind-body health, transpersonal psychology, spiritually oriented self-help and science and spirit. It has published unsolicited titles, and it launched a children’s book division after Good Night Yoga.
Authors send a book proposal that follows its nonfiction proposal outline, not a full manuscript. Audio submissions are for published authors only, and it does not take unsolicited music or online courses. Sounds True responds within two to three months, but only to projects it is interested in.
What Sounds True is looking for
- Spirituality and religion
- Mind-body health
- Spiritually oriented self-help
- Science and spirit
Publishes
- Children's
- Health
- Nonfiction
- Religion and Spirituality
- Self-Help
Readers
- Adult
- Picture book
How to submit to Sounds True
From its own guidelines- Download Sounds True's nonfiction book proposal outline.
- Write a proposal that follows it; do not send the full manuscript.
- Email it to acquisitions@soundstrue.com.
- Expect a reply in two to three months only if interested.
Is Sounds True right for your book?
A good fit if
Teachers and writers on spirituality, meditation and mind-body health.
Look elsewhere if
Authors sending full manuscripts, unpublished authors pitching audio and anyone pitching music or online courses.
Books published by Sounds True
Well-known titles- Women Who Run With the Wolves (audio)Clarissa Pinkola Estés, 1990
- Energy AnatomyCaroline Myss
- BreathingAndrew Weil
- Meditation for BeginnersJack Kornfield, 2004
- Good Night Yoga2015
Questions about Sounds True
Does Sounds True accept unsolicited proposals?
Yes. Sounds True reads book proposals by email at acquisitions@soundstrue.com and says it has published unsolicited titles. Follow its nonfiction proposal outline and do not send a full manuscript. It replies within two to three months, but only if it is interested.
What does Sounds True publish?
Sounds True publishes books and audio on spirituality, religion, mind-body health, transpersonal psychology, spiritually oriented self-help and science and spirit. It also has a children's book line. Audio submissions are open only to published authors. Check the publisher's own page for any change before you submit.
Does Sounds True want the whole manuscript?
No. Sounds True asks for a proposal only, written to its nonfiction proposal outline. It will request more if interested. It does not return original materials, so send copies, and it does not accept unsolicited music or online course pitches.
Listing history
- Checked on the publisher's own site
