So I'm fresh back from Dragoncon and exhausted as it is quite an event but I wanted to share with you all one of the discoveries I found while there.
Bell Bridge Books (Belle Books) - is a small press that sponsored the Writer's Conference portion of Dragoncon. I sat in on several panels that members of their organization were on and I was so excited to see another small press that "gets" what is going on with the changes in publishing and is doing well.
I wasn't "consciously" aware of Bell Bridge when I went to Dragoncon but when I got back to my hotel room I "looked them up" and then the pieces clicked into place. They are one of the presses that did fabulously well with the Sunshine Deals and as a result of that got several of their titles in the top 100 and even the top 10. Also according to their website they have three books that reached #1 (an accomplishment for any book and especially well done as there are few small press offerings that can say this.
I recently saw on Kindle boards that one of my fellow KB'ers, John Hartness, signed a book deal with them. I'm very excited for both parties as I think this will be a very good fit and based on the little bit John told me, Bell Bridge is willing to think outside the box and are not threatened by a hybrid publishing approach.
So...I know that Ridan is not not open to submissions, but for those that think a small press might be the right approach for you - I would recommend Bell Bridge as someone to put on your list.
9 comments:
Nice post Robin. Bell Bridge has good covers like Ridan too. Plus I hear their editorial department is pretty amazing.
I know Ridan is not open to submissions, but I see you have a lot of books in the pipeline at your press. When will we get to read them? You have two books described on your site that are written by newer authors, and I've been waiting months and mnths to read them.
I'm excited you're finding other small press you could recommend.
Oh, June AAP numbers are * finally* out on my blog (click my name).
Neil
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Another informative blog… Thank you for sharing it… Best of luck for further endeavor too.
I know the ladies who own Bell Bridge Books (Nancy Knight, Sandra Chastain, and Deb Dixon) as well as some of their authors from my membership in Georgia Romance Writers (local chapter RWA).
They are an amazing group of women with long, well respected, established careers in romance novels, playwriting,teaching writing, and editing. They mentor and give back to the industry and local writers with their support and workshops, DragonCon, and Moonlight & Magnolias writers' conference (every early October).
I'm so glad you like what you see with their publishing company.
Hope you come back to DragonCon or visit us at M&M next year!
I like reading your book !!! enjoying lot.
Very nice guidelines, thanks for this wonderful share, keep up the good work!
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