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| '''Book View Café''' is an author-owned, all-volunteer publishing cooperative that produces and sells ebooks and provides an online book community. | |||
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| Founded in 2008 with a group of 27 published American authors, including ]<ref>{{cite news| last =Flood| first =Alison| title =Site of the week: Book View Café.| newspaper =The Guardian| date =19 November 2008| url = https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2008/nov/19/fiction-sciencefictionfantasyandhorror| access-date =24 December 2024}}</ref>, ]<ref>{{cite journal| last1 = Griffith| first1 = Nicola| last2 = McCormack| first2 = Una| last3 = Macdonald| first3 = Kate| last4 = Shawl| first4 = Nisi| title =The Work of Vonda N. McIntyre (1948-2019)| journal =Foundation: The International Review of Science Fiction| volume =52| issue = 146| pages =87-94| url =https://www.proquest.com/docview/2894963687?pq-origsite=gscholar&fromopenview=true&sourcetype=Scholarly%20Journals | |||
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| | access-date =24 December 2024}}</ref>, and ], the organization provides 90% of its earnings to their contributing authors. Co-op members each provides skills in return for the contributions needed to publish their books, which allows the group to offer the functions of traditional publishers, such as editing, formatting, typesetting, cover designing, accounting, web designing, technology support, legal consulting, and public relations.<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://vulpeslibris.wordpress.com/2015/04/24/in-conversation-with-the-book-view-cafe/ |title= In conversation with The Book View Café| date= 24 April 2015| website= Vulpes Libris |access-date= 25 December 2024}}</ref> E-books are released directly through ] and Sony's e-reader and via the Book View Café website.<ref>{{cite magazine| last = Jones| first = Philip| title = Sci-fi collective goes direct via Kindle| url =https://www.thebookseller.com/news/sci-fi-collective-goes-direct-kindle| magazine = The Bookseller| date = 3 November 2009| access-date= 25 December 2024}}</ref> | |||
| In 2012 they began to sell ebooks directly to libraries, aiming to work with Smashwords<ref>Book View Café partners with Smashwords. Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Assocation. January 24, 2010. https://www.sfwa.org/2010/01/24/book-view-cafe-partners-with-smashwords/</ref> to supply books on Baker & Taylor's ] platform and to ]. Book View Café offers new titles as well as ] titles.<ref>{{cite journal| last1 = Ennis| first1 = Matt| last2 = Schwaratz| first2 = Meredith| title =Book View Café authors cut ebook deal| journal =Library Journal| volume =137| issue = 12| pages =16| date =1 July 2012}}</ref> The publisher produces books in multiple genres, including fantasy, science fiction, horror, romance, humor, mystery, historical, teen and young adult books, as well as memoirs. | |||
| '''Alton Robert Raible''' (November 14, 1918, – December 19, 2016) was an American painter, printmaker, and book illustrator, who was most widely known for his illustrations for many of the children's novels written by Zilpha Keatley Snyder. | |||
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| ==Biography== | |||
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| Born in Modesto, California, Raible taught art at two colleges in the state, first at the ] in Oakland,CA and later at the ] for over 20 years. | |||
| He first worked with novelist ] on her 1964 book ''Season of the Ponies'', and continued to illustrate her work for many years. The Oxford Encyclopedia of Children's Literature noted that "Raible's dark-toned illustrations tend to have a pebbly, speckled, textured quality that is well suited for Snyder’s magic-laced novels" including three ] Honor books: ''The Egypt Game'' (1967), ''The Headless Cupid'' (1971), and ''The Witches of Worm'' (1972).<ref>''The Oxford Encyclopedia of Children's Literature.'' 2006.</ref> In 1972 Raibles was nominated for the Hans Christian Andersen Award for his illustration for The Headless Cupid. | |||
| In addition to book illustrations, Raible exhibited work through the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s<ref>https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:JmPQ1_o9ucgJ:https://infocompraspty.com/wxeazxf/alton-line.html+&cd=52&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us</ref> His paintings and prints were exhibited at venues including Gump's<ref>News Reports, College Art Journal, (1954) 13:3, p. 227, DOI:10.1080/15436322.1954.11465875</ref> and the ].<ref>https://art.famsf.org/alton-raible/well-informed-layman-19633024507</ref> | |||
| A long-time birdwatcher, he painted series depicting owls <refhttps://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/62117885_oil-painting-of-two-owls-by-alton-raible><ref> and other anthropomorphized works featuring birds<ref>https://shopgoodwill.com/item/131661819</ref><ref>https://www.oddmidmod.com/listing/468720734/vintage-50s-modernist-bird-serigraph</ref><refhttp://www.artoftheprint.com/artistpages/raible_alton_chorusline.htm</ref>. | |||
| ==Books illustrated== | |||
| ===By Snyder=== | |||
| * Season of Ponies, by Zilpha Keatley Snyder (1964) | |||
| * The Velvet Room, by Zilpha Keatley Snyder (1965) | |||
| * The Egypt Game, by Zilpha Keatley Snyder (1967)<ref>NPR The Ultimate Backseat Bookshelf: 100 Must-Reads for Kids 9-14. https://www.npr.org/2013/08/05/207315023/the-ultimate-backseat-bookshelf-100-must-reads-for-kids-9-14 </ref> | |||
| * Eyes in the Fishbowl, by Zilpha Keatley Snyder (1968) | |||
| * The Changeling, by Zilpha Keatley Snyder (1970) | |||
| * The Headless Cupid, by Zilpha Keatley Snyder (1971) | |||
| * The Witches of Worm, by Zilpha Keatley Snyder (1972) | |||
| * The Truth About Stone Hollow, by Zilpha Keatley Snyder (1974) | |||
| * Below the Root, by Zilpha Keatley Snyder (1975) | |||
| * And All Between, by Zilpha Keatley Snyder (1976) | |||
| * Until the Celebration, by Zilpha Keatley Snyder (1977) | |||
| * The Famous Stanley Kidnapping Case,by Zilpha Keatley Snyder (1979) | |||
| ===By other authors=== | |||
| * Rolling the Cheese, by Patricia Miles Martin (1966) | |||
| * Good-by, Gray Lady, by Anne M. Green (1967) | |||
| * Eleven! Time to Think of Marriage, Farhut, by Betty McKelvey Kalish (1970) | |||
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Revision as of 00:56, 26 December 2024
Book View Café is an author-owned, all-volunteer publishing cooperative that produces and sells ebooks and provides an online book community.
Founded in 2008 with a group of 27 published American authors, including Ursula LeGuin, Vonda McIntyre, and Seanan McGuire, the organization provides 90% of its earnings to their contributing authors. Co-op members each provides skills in return for the contributions needed to publish their books, which allows the group to offer the functions of traditional publishers, such as editing, formatting, typesetting, cover designing, accounting, web designing, technology support, legal consulting, and public relations. E-books are released directly through Kindle and Sony's e-reader and via the Book View Café website.
In 2012 they began to sell ebooks directly to libraries, aiming to work with Smashwords to supply books on Baker & Taylor's Axis 360 platform and to OverDrive. Book View Café offers new titles as well as backlist titles. The publisher produces books in multiple genres, including fantasy, science fiction, horror, romance, humor, mystery, historical, teen and young adult books, as well as memoirs.
External links
References
- Flood, Alison (19 November 2008). "Site of the week: Book View Café". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
- Griffith, Nicola; McCormack, Una; Macdonald, Kate; Shawl, Nisi. "The Work of Vonda N. McIntyre (1948-2019)". Foundation: The International Review of Science Fiction. 52 (146): 87–94. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
- "In conversation with The Book View Café". Vulpes Libris. 24 April 2015. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
- Jones, Philip (3 November 2009). "Sci-fi collective goes direct via Kindle". The Bookseller. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
- Book View Café partners with Smashwords. Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Assocation. January 24, 2010. https://www.sfwa.org/2010/01/24/book-view-cafe-partners-with-smashwords/
- Ennis, Matt; Schwaratz, Meredith (1 July 2012). "Book View Café authors cut ebook deal". Library Journal. 137 (12): 16.