George Ow, Sr., the founder of the Ow Family businesses in the New Monterey Market, Monterey, December 1956. Mr. Ow is now retired, and his children, under the leadership of son, George Ow, Jr., continue to manage the family enterprises, including the Capitola Book Company.

The Capitola Book Company
We are a small, independent press located in Capitola, California. Capitola is a small community located on Monterey Bay east of Santa Cruz. The Capitola Book Company is an outgrowth of the Ow family businesses that moved from Monterey to Capitola in the early 1960s. We strive to publish books that reflect the cultural and ethnic diversity of the Monterey Bay Region.

Unsolicited Manuscripts
Our publication schedule for the next three years is full, and we are not accepting any unsolicited manuscripts at this time.

Wholesale prices and arrangements with retailers
Our distributer in the Monterey Bay Region is Otter B. Books. You may contact Otter B. Books through Steve Lawton, 831-476-5334. If you are outside the region and wish to sell our books through your retail outlet, contact David Ow at the Capitola Book Company.

 

Capitola Book Company
1601 41st Avenue
Capitola, CA 95010
Telephone: 831-475-9042