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Romance Book Publishing

Publish Your Romance. Give Readers a Love Story to Remember.

Turn your romance manuscript into a professionally published book with expert book design, editing, multiple formats, worldwide distribution, and personalized publishing support while keeping 100% of your rights and royalties.

Romance books published by Outskirts Press
Professional Romance Publishing

Give Your Romance the Professional Presentation It Deserves

For more than 20 years, Outskirts Press has helped romance authors transform manuscripts into professionally designed, published books ready to reach readers.

Professional Book Production

Create a polished romance novel with professional cover design, interior formatting, editing options, and production support.

Worldwide Distribution

Make your book available through major retail, wholesale, digital, audiobook, and library distribution channels.

Your Story, Your Rights

Maintain control over your publishing choices while keeping 100% of your rights and royalties.

Romance of Every Kind

Publish Love Stories Across Popular Romance Subgenres

From contemporary love stories and historical romance to romantic suspense, paranormal romance, and inspirational fiction, your subgenre helps shape your cover, positioning, marketing, and the way readers discover your book.

Contemporary Romance
Historical Romance
Romantic Suspense
Paranormal Romance
Fantasy Romance
Inspirational Romance
Multicultural Romance
Women's Fiction
Choose Your Publishing Path

Romance Book Publishing Options

Most romance novels use a traditional black and white interior, while full-color publishing is also available for books that incorporate photography, illustrations, artwork, or other visual elements.

Black and white romance book publishing

Black & White Publishing

The most popular choice for contemporary romance, historical romance, romantic suspense, inspirational romance, and other text-focused novels.

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Full-color romance book publishing

Full-Color Publishing

Ideal for romance books where photography, illustrations, artwork, or other visual elements are an important part of the reader experience.

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Fiction One-Click Publishing and Marketing Suite

Want Publishing and Marketing Bundled Together?

The Fiction One-Click Suite combines professional book publishing with fiction-focused marketing services that can support romance authors in one comprehensive package.

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Formats for Your Romance

Publish Your Romance in the Formats Readers Want

Choose from popular novel trim sizes and paperback and hardback options, then expand your reach with professionally published eBook and audiobook editions.

Paperback and hardback trim sizes available for romance books
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Free Romance Publishing Resource

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Get helpful publishing tips delivered instantly and learn more about preparing your romance novel for professional publication.

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Professional Services for Your Romance

Add the professional publishing and marketing services that best support your manuscript, subgenre, audience, and publishing goals.

From Fiction Authors

Authors Share Their Publishing Experience

Hear from authors who have trusted Outskirts Press to help professionally publish their fiction.

Award-winning thriller author Andrew Ceroni
★★★★★

Award-Winning Thriller Author

“DAVID'S SLING is the sixth novel I have published with Outskirts Press. The reason for that is simple. Without question, they are the absolute best in the wilderness of independent publishers. The OP teams I have worked with are a great bunch of professionals who know their business exceedingly well and made this latest novel the absolute best it could be.”

Andrew Ceroni
Award-winning fiction author Jane Gandolfo
★★★★★

Award-Winning Fiction Author

“I decided on Outskirts Press partly as a leap of faith and partly from their excellent track record. I'm delighted to say that my decision to trust Outskirts with ‘my baby’ has paid off many times over. The customer service is excellent and I have never doubted the skills of the editors, proofreaders, cover artists and author representatives.”

Jane Gandolfo

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Bring your love story to readers with professional publishing support designed to help your book look its best and reach its audience.

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