Ellora's Cave was the first major online publisher of romance novels. It is now a large, well-known romance publisher that releases both ebooks and print books to romance novel fans. Begun as an ebook publisher in 2000 and later began publishing print books. It was the first online publisher to be recognized by Romance Writer's of America, one of the largest writers' groups in the country.
Erotic Romantic Fiction
Like many modern romance novels, the books in the Ellora's Cave collection include erotic story elements. This blend of romance and erotica is called Romantica by the publisher. The publisher's mix of erotic fiction and classical romance themes is divided into many subcategories of Romantica, all of which include explicit sexual content that is portrayed in a positive light.
Ellora's Cave carries many supernatural and fantasy romance categories as well as more traditional romance categories. Along with the historical and contemporary romance novels are science fiction, fantasy, time travel, paranormal, werewolf and shapeshifter romance novels.
Romance Ebooks
Like most romance novels, the virtual covers of Ellora's Cave novels feature racy covers that entice readers to download the novels. Each of the romance ebooks can be previewed with a small excerpt, much like browsing books in a print bookstore.
Writing for Ellora's Cave
Ellora's Cave has published the works of more than 400 romance writers, and they regularly publish new romance novels. Unlike many romance publishers, Ellora's Cave accepted unagented submissions. Only electronic submissions are accepted. Romance writers should submit a 2-5 page synopsis of the novel and sample chapters via email. Writing guidelines are available through the website as a PDF.
The publisher claims one of the highest earning of all ebook publishers. This romance publisher accepts about 4 percent of the unsolicited submissions that it receives. Ellora's Cave also publishes romance books that have gone out of print if the rights have reverted to the author. There is no advance payment for accepted manuscripts. Books that are sold in print form pay 7.5 percent of the sale price to the author. Books published as ebooks pay 37.5 percent to the author. Royalty payments are paid monthly by check.
Romance Publishing
About half of the paperback market in the North America is comprised of romance novels. The genre is the best chance for unpublished writers to publish their first novels. More new writers publish romance novels as a first novel than any other genre on the market, making romance publishers one of the best ways to break into the print market.
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