New Pit2Pub Publisher: City Owl Press @CityOwlPress @AnnMNoser @DigiWriting

City Owl Press is a cutting edge indie publishing company, bringing the world of romance and speculative fiction to eager readers. The company was co-founded by media savvy, award-winning authors, Yelena Casale and Tina Moss. Together they bring more than a decade of business, writing, editing, design, marketing, advertising, and publishing experience.

“City Owl is unique in its well-rounded approach to meet the needs of both the reader and the author,” said co-founder Tina Moss.

City Owl Press focuses on fresh dynamic stories at affordable prices, book variety and purchasing power for every reader, and diverse opportunities to connect with authors. Every book receives strong marketing and promotion, quality designer covers, and rock solid editing. 

“We believe in connecting every book with the right reader and every reader with the right book,” said co-founder Yelena Casale.

The first title from City Owl Press will come out in October 2014, with four additional books coming to the market throughout 2015.

​We offer .ePub format which is the standard in digital books. It is capable of being read on several eReaders, Smartphones, Computers, and Tablets.

We also offer .mobi for some books which is the format for Amazon's Kindle devices.

SUBMISSIONS
What we are looking for:Thrilling Adult and New Adult Romance and Speculative Fiction in the following subgenres:

• Contemporary Romance
• Historical Romance
• Paranormal Romance
• Sci Fi Romance
• Romantic Suspense
• Dark Fantasy
• Urban Fantasy 
• Dystopian

What will attract us to a story: well-written and strong but flawed protagonists, deep characterdevelopment, and exceptional world-building. We are always looking for original ideas and unique voices.

Submission Requirements (Finished manuscripts only).

• For novels, manuscripts should have the word count of 50,000 and up. 
• For novellas, manuscripts should have the word count of 20,000 - 50,000.

Please only submit manuscripts that have been through at least two round of edits. These do not have to be professional edits (that's our job!), but they should be self-edited, beta read, or partner critiqued. 

If the submission is unsolicited, you must send a query and the first ten pages. Manuscripts should be pasted into the body of the email. Do not worry about formatting. All work should be author’s original. Add #Pit2Pub in the subject line.

Plagiarism of any type will not be accepted.

Query

• Please allow at least 4 weeks for a response to a query and 8-12 weeks for response to a full manuscript.
• The query should mention if the novel is a stand-alone or part of a planned series. We are very interested in acquiring series and growing an author’s career over several books.
• Don’t forget to tell us how your story is different and why readers should pick it up. Add comp titles if they are relevant and truly comparable to your story.

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Send all submissions to queries@cityowlpress.com

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