Bella Books

Infobox_Company
company_name = Bella Books, Inc.
company_
company_type = Corporation
company_slogan =
foundation = 2001
location = Tallahassee, United States
key_people = Linda Hill, Publisher
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industry = Publishing
products = Lesbian fiction
revenue = N/A
homepage = [http://www.bellabooks.com/ BellaBooks.com]

Bella Books is a small press publisher of lesbian literature that is based in Tallahassee, Florida. The chief executive officer is Linda Hill, who is also the chief executive officer of Spinsters Ink.

Since the publication of its first title in 2001, its primary focus has been on lesbian fiction. The press publishes lesbian romance, lesbian mystery and lesbian speculative fiction novels and lesbian erotica short-story anthologies. In 2003 it bought the backstock of Naiad Press [Bullough, Vern L. (2003). "Before Stonewall". Haworth, 2003 (262).] , including the majority of the backlist for Jane Rule. In 2004, it bought the backstock of defunct Rising Tide Press. In 2005 it acquired distribution rights for New Victoria Press, including the works of Sarah Dreher. A typical production year includes 24-30 trade paperback releases as well as reprints of classic titles. Total titles in print exceed 250.

More than fifty of its titles have been shortlisted or have won Lambda Literary Awards or Golden Crown Literary Society Awards, and in 2004 it won the Lambda Literary Foundation's "Independent LGBT Press Award" itself.

Award-winning authors include:

Nancy Garden

Katherine V. Forrest
[http://www.jeannegfellersonline.com/ Jeanne G'Fellers]
[http://www.gerrihill.com/ Gerri Hill]

Karin Kallmaker
[http://www.kgmacgregor.com/ KG MacGregor]

Claire McNab

Jessica Thomas

Titles first appearing in English-speaking markets are translated for distribution in France ( [http://www.ktmeditions.com/ KTM Editions] ), Germany ( [http://www.krugschadenberg.de/ Verlag Krug] ), Spain ( [http://www.editorialegales.com/ Egales] ) and the Czech Republic ( [http://www.lepress.cz/index.php LePress] ). Some titles are also acquired for hardcover editions by [http://www.insightoutbooks.com/ InsightOut Book Club] , a division of the Quality Paperback Book Club.

External links

* "O Pioneers!" - 5/5/2008 - Publisher's Weekly [http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6558917.html]
* "A Survey of Lesbian Publishing" - 7/6/2006 - AfterEllen.com [http://www.afterellen.com/archive/ellen/Print/2006/7/publishing.html]
* "Before Stonewall" By Vern L. Bullough [http://books.google.com/books?id=A7x_VnES2esC&pg=PA262&lpg=PA262&dq=%22bella+books%22+-amazon&source=web&ots=HE3XT_L363&sig=G9mYJoBaAapVOBpTSv-PQ1G_Lok&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=50&ct=result#PPA262,M1]
* Goliath Information Services [http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/product-compint-0000271803-page.html]
* American Directory of Writer's Guidelines by Stephen Blake Mettee, Michelle Doland [http://books.google.com/books?id=Ek960DxJ9Z0C&pg=PA686&lpg=PA686&dq=%22bella+books%22+-amazon&source=web&ots=uQlQxz8mTf&sig=xxtOyXpT2HCBmDM8RNwSedMXtok&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=18&ct=result]
* Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press [http://www.wifp.org/DWM/publishers.html]
* Submission Guidelines for Authors [http://www.bellabooks.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=SUBS&Store_Code=bella]

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