Written by Emily Harstone April 5th, 2018

Roane Publishing: Now Accepting Manuscript Submissions

Updated April 2019: Website non-functioning. Consider defunct.

Roane Publishing is a romance publisher that focuses on work ranging from sweet to spicy. Roane now also publishes erotica and fantasy. No romance element is required in their fantasy books. They are open to most sub-genres of fantasy including “Epic, Sword and Sorcery, Steampunk, Urban Fantasy, Dystopian, and Paranormal (Romance)”. They are not interested in Science Fiction.

Roane Publishing is mainly run by the founder Rebeca Hart, but they now also have seven staff members. They expect their authors to do most of the marketing work, but they do have a marketing director.

They offer authors 50% royalty rates. You can read more about them here.

There is a thread on Absolute Write as well, where the owner, Rebeca Hart, answers questions. The thread contains a variety of opinions and is well worth the read, you can read it here.

Roane has books out in print as well as ebook format. Currently they have published about 30 authors. The author information is listed on their website. A few of the authors who have been published by them are pleased with the editing as well as the reviews received of their published works.

They publish themed anthologies of fantasy, romance and erotic romance. Check the website to see what anthologies are currently open to submissions.

To learn more or to submit, visit their website here.

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