Written by January 7th, 2021

Hera: Accepting Submissions

Updated February 2025

Hera is an independent digital publisher. They are currently seeking submissions of manuscripts in the following genres: crime and thriller, romance, saga and general fiction. They are not interested in non fiction, young adult or children’s fiction, poetry, science fiction and fantasy or short stories.

They were founded in 2018 and published their first book in January 2019. Their books generally have excellent and engaging covers.

Hera is based in the UK and run by Keshini Naidoo, formerly of Avon (HarperCollins UK) and Bookouture, and Lindsey Mooney, who has worked on digital strategy at Hachette and Random House, and has worked directly with a number of eBook companies. In 2021 they were acquired by Canelo, an established UK press.  

Please respect and follow all of their submission guidelines.

They offer all authors 50% royalties on net. Authors receive detailed edits, as well as website and social media support.

They ask that you send a one-page synopsis, the whole manuscript as a Word document, and contact details via email. Manuscripts must be a minimum of 80,000 words in length.

They promise to respond to all submissions they receive and they try to do that within 12 weeks. To learn more or to submit, go here.


Emily Harstone is the author of many popular books, including The Authors Publish Guide to Manuscript SubmissionsSubmit, Publish, Repeat, and The 2020 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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