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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. 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 '''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>, ]<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>, 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> ''Vulpes Libris.'' 2015/04/24/. https://vulpeslibris.wordpress.com/2015/04/24/in-conversation-with-the-book-view-cafe/</ref> E-books are released directly through Kindle and Sony's e-reader and via the Book View Café website.<ref>Philip Jones. 2009. Sci-fi collective goes direct via Kindle. ''The Bookseller.'' November 3, 2009. Retrieved December 25, 2024 from https://www.thebookseller.com/news/sci-fi-collective-goes-direct-kindle</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> ''Vulpes Libris.'' 2015/04/24/. https://vulpeslibris.wordpress.com/2015/04/24/in-conversation-with-the-book-view-cafe/</ref> E-books are released directly through ] and Sony's e-reader and via the Book View Café website.<ref>Philip Jones. 2009. Sci-fi collective goes direct via Kindle. ''The Bookseller.'' November 3, 2009. Retrieved December 25, 2024 from https://www.thebookseller.com/news/sci-fi-collective-goes-direct-kindle</ref>


The publisher produces books in multiple genres, including fantasy, science fiction, horror, romance, humor, mystery, historical, teen, young adult, and memoirs. In 2012 they began to sell ebooks directly to libraries, aiming to work with Smashwords to supply books on Baker & Taylor's ] platform and to ]. Book View Café offers new titles as well as ] titles.<ref>Enis, Matt, & Schwartz, Meredith. (2012). Book view café authors cut ebook deal. ''Library Journal'', 137(12), 16</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.


==References== ==References==

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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. 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.

References

  1. Flood, Alison (19 November 2008). "Site of the week: Book View Café". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
  2. 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.
  3. Vulpes Libris. 2015/04/24/. https://vulpeslibris.wordpress.com/2015/04/24/in-conversation-with-the-book-view-cafe/
  4. Philip Jones. 2009. Sci-fi collective goes direct via Kindle. The Bookseller. November 3, 2009. Retrieved December 25, 2024 from https://www.thebookseller.com/news/sci-fi-collective-goes-direct-kindle
  5. Enis, Matt, & Schwartz, Meredith. (2012). Book view café authors cut ebook deal. Library Journal, 137(12), 16