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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. |
'''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 ]<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> |
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 | ||
| | access-date =24 December 2024}}</ref> |
| 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>{{Cite web| url= https://www.sfwa.org/2010/01/24/book-view-cafe-partners-with-smashwords/| title= Book View Café partners with Smashwords| date= 24 January 2010| website= Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association| access-date= 25 December 2024}}</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. | In 2012 they began to sell ebooks directly to libraries, aiming to work with ]<ref>{{Cite web| url= https://www.sfwa.org/2010/01/24/book-view-cafe-partners-with-smashwords/| title= Book View Café partners with Smashwords| date= 24 January 2010| website= Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association| access-date= 25 December 2024}}</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. | ||
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Latest revision as of 20:45, 28 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.
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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 Association. 24 January 2010. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
- Ennis, Matt; Schwaratz, Meredith (1 July 2012). "Book View Café authors cut ebook deal". Library Journal. 137 (12): 16.