Is Urban Fantasy Popular with ePublishers?

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I'm trying to find the right way to word this question, and I apologize if I placed it in the wrong section. Is the Urban Fantasy genre popular or successful with ePublishers? I know this question would kind of depend on the ePublisher. But overall, is the genre popular/successful with them?
 

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I only buy ebooks anymore because I prefer reading on my Kindle. I have yet to look up a book and NOT been able to find it within the urban fantasy genre. In fact, there have only been two books I haven't been able to find in a ebook format: Jaws and Three Kingdoms.

This probably isn't conclusive but it seems to be a very popular thing right now.
 

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It depends on the publisher, really. Some do UF, some don't.

I kind of thought that was the case. However, I know that a lot of ePublishers require varying degrees of Romance for their submissions. While Samahain is one of the ones that doesn't require HEA or HFN, some of the others do, which kind of further blurs the line of PNR and UF in my opinion. Carina Press is another I think that doesn't require HEA or HFN, but I'm not entirely sure on that. If I remember correctly, Carina Press doesn't even require Romance in their UF anymore.
 

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Carina Press is another I think that doesn't require HEA or HFN, but I'm not entirely sure on that. If I remember correctly, Carina Press doesn't even require Romance in their UF anymore.

Thanks for mentioning us! We've never required romance in any genre we accept. We publish both romance and non-romance, including urban fantasy! Though most urban fantasy does seem to lend itself to some sort of romantic element, it seems like.
 
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