Written by June 25th, 2026

Epic Ink: Seeking Manuscript Proposals

Epic Ink is an imprint of Quarto Publishing Group. Epic Ink focuses on publishing entertainment or pop culture books that are visually striking. You can see books they’ve previously published under this imprint here. On their imprint-focused page here they particularly highlight the Bucket List Series, which includes this book. They also mention the “Inspiring Life Series” but while I found a lot of biographies and fan focused work on the site, I didn’t see anything with that series linked to it. They also mention their collaboration with the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

I did notice that many of the biographies they published, like this one about Chappell Roan were categorized as for “kids & teens”. However BILLIE EILISH IS LIFE which was part of the Modern Icons series was categorized as Arts, Crafts & Hobbies, History, Biography & Culture.

They are open to proposals for entertainment or pop culture book ideas. They share the details of submitting here. As far as I can tell the correct editor for this imprint would be the Quartro Explores editor as they coverMath, Science, Nature, History, Biography, Culture, Travel & Recreation” unless it’s aimed at younger readers, where I’d submit it to their kids and teens email address. 


Emily Harstone is the author of many popular books, including The Authors Publish Guide to Manuscript SubmissionsSubmit, Publish, Repeat, and The 2026 Guide to Manuscript Publishers. She regularly teaches three acclaimed courses on writing and publishing at The Writer’s Workshop at Authors Publish. You can follow her on Facebook here.

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