Bella Books
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| Founded | 2001 |
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| Country of origin | United States |
| Headquarters location | Tallahassee, Florida |
| Key people | Linda Hill, Publisher |
| Fiction genres | Lesbian fiction |
| Official website | www |
Bella Books is a small press publisher of lesbian literature based in Tallahassee, Florida.
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History
Kelly Smith, along with other investors, created the corporation in Michigan in 1999 as an outgrowth of Smith's long relationship with A Woman's Prerogative Bookstore in Ferndale Michigan. Bella Books was named after a Jack Russell terrier who sat court at the bookstore. In 2004 Smith left the company and was replaced by the current chief executive officer Linda Hill, who is also the chief executive officer of Spinsters Ink and BeanPole Books. Hill moved the press to Tallahassee in 2005.
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,[1] 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. In 2008 it acquired reprint rights to the work of Ellen Hart. A typical production year includes 24-30 trade paperback releases as well as reprints of classic titles. Total titles in print exceed 300.
Titles first appearing in English-speaking markets are translated for distribution in France (KTM Editions), Germany (Verlag Krug), Spain (Egales) and the Czech Republic (LePress). Some titles are also acquired for hardcover editions by InsightOut Book Club, a division of the Quality Paperback Book Club.
Awards
More than one hundred[citation needed] of its catalog 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.
Notable authors
Notable authors include:
- Katherine V. Forrest
- Nancy Garden
- Ellen Hart
- Karin Kallmaker
- Alex Marcoux
- Claire McNab
- Jean Stewart
- Blayne Cooper
Notes
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References
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Further reading
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External links
- Articles with unsourced statements from January 2013
- Official website not in Wikidata
- Book publishing companies based in Florida
- Feminism in the United States
- Feminist book publishing companies
- Lesbian feminist literature
- Lesbian organizations in the United States
- LGBT book publishing companies
- LGBT in Florida
- Publishing companies established in 2001
- Women in Florida
- Small press publishing companies
