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Ravenous Romance Publishing

2008-10-14T17:35:08Z

RRomance: New page: RAVENOUS ROMANCE™ Hollan Publishing, Inc. principals Holly Schmidt and Allan Penn have joined forces with literary agent Lori Perkins to form Literary Partners Group, Inc., which has an...

RAVENOUS ROMANCE™

Hollan Publishing, Inc. principals Holly Schmidt and Allan Penn have joined forces with literary agent Lori Perkins to form Literary Partners Group, Inc., which has announced the launch of Ravenous Romance™, an online publishing company. Ravenous Romance™ will publish daily novel-length erotic romances, as well as lunchtime “Hot Fling™” short stories in e-book and downloadable MP3 format. The company will offer content online at www.RavenousRomance.com beginning December 1, 2008.

Recognizing the shrinking margins and increasing obsolescence of print publishing in today’s market, LPG has leveraged their combined expertise and experience in the growing erotica and romance categories, and is taking them to the rapidly-expanding digital market. E-books and audiobooks are two of the strongest growth areas in publishing, as readers have begun to embrace the convenience of downloading material to smart phones, iPods, PDAs, personal computers, and various new-to-market electronic readers such as the Amazon Kindle and the Sony Reader.

Ravenous Romance™ will offer erotic romance – stories with strong plots and character development, but with steamy sex scenes and explicit descriptions of sexual encounters. The stories will feature strong, passionate heroines and plots that express a broad range of fantasies. Ravenous Romance™ will be a destination site for women, with erotica that celebrates female sexuality, and strong Web 2.0 community-building features.

“We’re not the first in this arena, but we have a competitive advantage due to our unique experience and our ability to price and market our product aggressively, without the channel conflict that characterizes the large trade publishers’ forays into e-books,” says publisher and co-founder Holly Schmidt, who also points out that none of their competitors offer both audiobooks and e-books, nor do they offer new material with the frequency that Ravenous Romance™ will. “We will succeed by producing exceptionally high-quality erotic fiction by award-winning writers and their protégées, and offering it to our readers at an extremely competitive price point. In today’s market, consumers want quality content at an affordable price, with a visually-appealing and user-friendly retail interface. That is what Ravenous Romance™ will deliver.”

Publishers

2008-10-14T17:29:29Z

RRomance: /* Romance Publishers */

[[category:Publishers]]
Some publishers focus only on romance. All major publishers have a division devoted to romance, the best-selling fiction genre in the market. These lines or [[Imprint|imprints]] are found listed on the publishers pages. Some former publishers are now [[Imprint|imprints]] of corporations.

:See also [[:category:Electronic Publishers]] and [[Electronic Publishers]] page for electronic publishers.

:See also [[:category:Erotica Publishers]], [[Erotica]] and [[Erotic Romance]] pages for publishers of erotica/erotic romance.

== Romance Publishers ==
{| class="wikitable" border="1" cellpadding="2"
|-
! width="250" |Publisher
! Type
! [[ISBN Prefix]]
|-
|[[Alinar Publishing]]
|electronic
|
|-
|[[Amber Quill Press]]
|electronic, print
|
|-
|[[Amira Press]]
|electronic, print
|0-9789935 and 1-934475
|-
|[[Aphrodite's Apples Press]]
|electronic
|
|-
|[[Arlington]]
|print
|0-85140
|-
|[[Arrow Publications]]
|graphic novellas
|
|-
|[[Atria]], [[Imprint|imprint]] of [[Simon and Schuster|Simon & Schuster]]
|print
|
|-
|[[Avon]], now an [[Imprint|imprint]] of [[HarperCollins]]
|print
|0-380, now 0-06
|-
|[[Awe-Struck E-Books]]
|electronic
|
|-
|[[Ballantine]]
|print
|0-345
|-
|[[Bantam]], now an [[Imprint|imprint]] of the [[Bantam Dell Publishing Group]]
|print
|0-553
|-
|[[BelleBooks]]
|
|
|-
|[[Berkley]]
|print
|0-425
|-
|[[Black Lace]]
|print
|0-352
|-
|[[Black Velvet Seductions]]
|electronic, print
|
|-
|[[Blade Publishing]]
|electronic
|
|-
|[[BooksForABuck.com]]
|electronic
|
|-
|[[Brava]] an [[Imprint|imprint]] of [[Kensington]]
|print
|0-7582
|-
|[[By Grace Publishing]]
|electronic
|
|-
|[[Cerridwen Press]]
|electronic, print
|
|-
|[[Champagne Books]]
|electronic, print
|
|-
|[[Changeling Press]]
|electronic, print
|
|-
|[[Chippewa Publishing LLC]]
|electronic
|
|-
|[[Cobblestone Press, LLC]]
|electronic
|
|-
|[[Corgi]]
|print
|0-552
|-
|[[Dark Eden Press]]
|electronic
|
|-
|[[Dell]], now an [[Imprint|imprint]] of the [[Bantam Dell Publishing Group]], includes [[Imprint|imprint]]:
* [[Island]]
|print
|0-440
|-
|[[Desdmona]]
|
|
|-
|[[Dorchester]] includes [[Imprint|imprints]]:
* [[Leisure Books]] and
* [[Love Spell]]
| print
|
* 0-8439
* 0-505
|-
|[[Ellora's Cave Publishing]]
|electronic, print
|
|-
|[[EAA Signature Series Books]]
|
|
|-
|[[Fawcett]], now an [[Imprint|imprint]] of [[Ballantine]]
|print
|0-449
|-
|[[Forbidden Publications]]
|electronic
|
|-
|[[Freya's Bower]]
|electronic
|
|-
|[[Genesis Press]]
|print
|
|-
|[[Grand Central Publishing]], formerly [[Warner]]
|print
|0-446
|-
|[[Hard Shell Word Factory]]
|electronic
|
|-
|[[Harlequin]] includes [[Imprint|imprints]]:
* [[Mira]]
* [[Kimani Press]]
|print
|0-373
* 1-55166 and 0-7783
* 1-58314, now 0-373
|-
|[[HarperCollins]]
|print
|0-06 and 0-00
|-
|[[Hodder and Stoughton|Hodder & Stoughton]]
|print
|0-340
|-
|[[Highland Press]][http://www.highlandpress.org Highland Press]
|electronic
|
|-
|[[Imajinn Books]]
|print, elctronic
|1-893896, 0-9759653 and 1-933417
|-
|[[Ivy]], now an [[Imprint|imprint]] of [[Ballantine]]
|print
|0-8041
|-
|[[Jove]]
|print
|0-515
|-
|[[Kensington]] includes [[Imprint|imprints]]:
* [[Pinnacle]]
* [[Zebra]]
|print
|
* 0-7860 and 1-55817
* 0-8217
|-
|[[Lady Aibell Press]], [[Imprint|imprint]] of [[Chippewa Publishing LLC]]
|electronic
|
|-
|[[Linden Bay Romance]]
|electronic, print
|
|-
|[[Liquid Silver Books]]
|electronic
|
|-
|[http://www.livingbeyondreality.com Living Beyond Reality Press]
|electronic, print
|
|-
|[[Literary Metro]]
|electronic
|
|-
|[[Loose Id]]
|electronic, print
|
|-
|[[loveyoudivine]]
|electronic, print
|
|-
|[[Midnight Showcase]]
|
|
|-
|[[Mills and Boon|Mills & Boon]]
|print
|0-263
|-
|[[Moody Press]]
|print
|
|-
|[http://www.Mojocastle.com MojoCastle Press]
|electronic, print, graphic novels
|
|-
|[[Moonlit Romance]]
|electronic, print-on-demand
|
|-
|[[Multnomah]]
|print
|
|-
|[[New American Library]]
|print
|0-451
|-
|[[New Concepts Publishing]]
|electronic, print
|
|-
|[[Pan]]
|print
|0-330
|-
|[[Parker Publishing]]
|
|
|-
|[[Penguin]]
|print
|0-14
|-
|[[Phaze]]
|electronic, print
|
|-
|[[Piatkus]]
|print
|0-7499
|-
|[[Pocket Books]], an [[Imprint|imprint]] of [[Simon and Schuster|Simon & Schuster]]
|print
|0-671, 0-7434 and 1-4165
|-
|[[Popular Library]]
|print
|0-445
|-
|[[Putnam]]
|print
|0-399
|-
|[[Ravenous Romance Publishing]]
|electronic
|
|-
|[[Red Rose Publishing]]
|Electronic/ print books coming 2008
|
|-
|[[Red Sage]]
|print
|

Ravenous Romance Publishing
Electronic
|-
|[[Samhain Publishing, Ltd.]]
|electronic, print
|
|-
|[[Silhouette]]
|print
|0-373
|-
|[[Silk's Vault Publishing]]
|electronic
|
|-
|[[Simon and Schuster|Simon & Schuster]]
|print
|0-671, 0-7434 and 1-4165
|-
|[[Siren Publishing, Inc.]]
|electronic, print
|
|-
|[[St. Martin's Press]]
|print
|0-312
|-
|[[Tease Publishing]]
|electronic, print
|
|-
|[[The Wild Rose Press]]
|electronic/print
|
|-
|[[Tor]]
|print
|0-8125 and 0-7653
|-
|[[Torquere Press]]
|electronic
|
|-
|[[Twilight Times Publishing]]
|electronic, print
|
|-
|[[Tyndale]]
|print
|
|-
|[[Virgin Books]]
|print
|
|-
|[[Walker and Company|Walker & Company]]
|
|
|-
|[[Warner]], now [[Grand Central Publishing]]
|print
|0-446
|-
|[[Waterbrook Press]]
|
|
|-
|[[Whiskey Creek Press]]
|electronic, print
|
|-
|[[Whiskey Creek Press Torrid]] an imprint of [[Whiskey Creek Press]]
|electronic, print
|
|-
|[[Whispers Publishing]]
|electronic
|
|-
|[[The Wild Rose Press]]
|electronic, print
|
|-
|[[William Morrow]], now an imprint of [[HarperCollins]]
|print
|0-688, now 0-006
|-
|[[Wings ePress, Inc.]]
|electronic
|
|-
|[[Zondervan]]
|
|
|}

== Former Publishers ==
* [[Avid Press]]
* [[Candlelight]]
* [[Diamond - Publisher|Diamond]]
* [[Loveswept]]
* [[Neighborhood Press Publishing]]
* [[Tapestry]]
* [[Titan Press]]
* [[Triskelion Publishing]]
* [[Venus Press]]
* Twilight Fantasies - electronic publisher, closed October 24, 2007

Publishers

2008-10-14T17:25:04Z

RRomance: /* Romance Publishers */

[[category:Publishers]]
Some publishers focus only on romance. All major publishers have a division devoted to romance, the best-selling fiction genre in the market. These lines or [[Imprint|imprints]] are found listed on the publishers pages. Some former publishers are now [[Imprint|imprints]] of corporations.

:See also [[:category:Electronic Publishers]] and [[Electronic Publishers]] page for electronic publishers.

:See also [[:category:Erotica Publishers]], [[Erotica]] and [[Erotic Romance]] pages for publishers of erotica/erotic romance.

== Romance Publishers ==
{| class="wikitable" border="1" cellpadding="2"
|-
! width="250" |Publisher
! Type
! [[ISBN Prefix]]
|-
|[[Alinar Publishing]]
|electronic
|
|-
|[[Amber Quill Press]]
|electronic, print
|
|-
|[[Amira Press]]
|electronic, print
|0-9789935 and 1-934475
|-
|[[Aphrodite's Apples Press]]
|electronic
|
|-
|[[Arlington]]
|print
|0-85140
|-
|[[Arrow Publications]]
|graphic novellas
|
|-
|[[Atria]], [[Imprint|imprint]] of [[Simon and Schuster|Simon & Schuster]]
|print
|
|-
|[[Avon]], now an [[Imprint|imprint]] of [[HarperCollins]]
|print
|0-380, now 0-06
|-
|[[Awe-Struck E-Books]]
|electronic
|
|-
|[[Ballantine]]
|print
|0-345
|-
|[[Bantam]], now an [[Imprint|imprint]] of the [[Bantam Dell Publishing Group]]
|print
|0-553
|-
|[[BelleBooks]]
|
|
|-
|[[Berkley]]
|print
|0-425
|-
|[[Black Lace]]
|print
|0-352
|-
|[[Black Velvet Seductions]]
|electronic, print
|
|-
|[[Blade Publishing]]
|electronic
|
|-
|[[BooksForABuck.com]]
|electronic
|
|-
|[[Brava]] an [[Imprint|imprint]] of [[Kensington]]
|print
|0-7582
|-
|[[By Grace Publishing]]
|electronic
|
|-
|[[Cerridwen Press]]
|electronic, print
|
|-
|[[Champagne Books]]
|electronic, print
|
|-
|[[Changeling Press]]
|electronic, print
|
|-
|[[Chippewa Publishing LLC]]
|electronic
|
|-
|[[Cobblestone Press, LLC]]
|electronic
|
|-
|[[Corgi]]
|print
|0-552
|-
|[[Dark Eden Press]]
|electronic
|
|-
|[[Dell]], now an [[Imprint|imprint]] of the [[Bantam Dell Publishing Group]], includes [[Imprint|imprint]]:
* [[Island]]
|print
|0-440
|-
|[[Desdmona]]
|
|
|-
|[[Dorchester]] includes [[Imprint|imprints]]:
* [[Leisure Books]] and
* [[Love Spell]]
| print
|
* 0-8439
* 0-505
|-
|[[Ellora's Cave Publishing]]
|electronic, print
|
|-
|[[EAA Signature Series Books]]
|
|
|-
|[[Fawcett]], now an [[Imprint|imprint]] of [[Ballantine]]
|print
|0-449
|-
|[[Forbidden Publications]]
|electronic
|
|-
|[[Freya's Bower]]
|electronic
|
|-
|[[Genesis Press]]
|print
|
|-
|[[Grand Central Publishing]], formerly [[Warner]]
|print
|0-446
|-
|[[Hard Shell Word Factory]]
|electronic
|
|-
|[[Harlequin]] includes [[Imprint|imprints]]:
* [[Mira]]
* [[Kimani Press]]
|print
|0-373
* 1-55166 and 0-7783
* 1-58314, now 0-373
|-
|[[HarperCollins]]
|print
|0-06 and 0-00
|-
|[[Hodder and Stoughton|Hodder & Stoughton]]
|print
|0-340
|-
|[[Highland Press]][http://www.highlandpress.org Highland Press]
|electronic
|
|-
|[[Imajinn Books]]
|print, elctronic
|1-893896, 0-9759653 and 1-933417
|-
|[[Ivy]], now an [[Imprint|imprint]] of [[Ballantine]]
|print
|0-8041
|-
|[[Jove]]
|print
|0-515
|-
|[[Kensington]] includes [[Imprint|imprints]]:
* [[Pinnacle]]
* [[Zebra]]
|print
|
* 0-7860 and 1-55817
* 0-8217
|-
|[[Lady Aibell Press]], [[Imprint|imprint]] of [[Chippewa Publishing LLC]]
|electronic
|
|-
|[[Linden Bay Romance]]
|electronic, print
|
|-
|[[Liquid Silver Books]]
|electronic
|
|-
|[http://www.livingbeyondreality.com Living Beyond Reality Press]
|electronic, print
|
|-
|[[Literary Metro]]
|electronic
|
|-
|[[Loose Id]]
|electronic, print
|
|-
|[[loveyoudivine]]
|electronic, print
|
|-
|[[Midnight Showcase]]
|
|
|-
|[[Mills and Boon|Mills & Boon]]
|print
|0-263
|-
|[[Moody Press]]
|print
|
|-
|[http://www.Mojocastle.com MojoCastle Press]
|electronic, print, graphic novels
|
|-
|[[Moonlit Romance]]
|electronic, print-on-demand
|
|-
|[[Multnomah]]
|print
|
|-
|[[New American Library]]
|print
|0-451
|-
|[[New Concepts Publishing]]
|electronic, print
|
|-
|[[Pan]]
|print
|0-330
|-
|[[Parker Publishing]]
|
|
|-
|[[Penguin]]
|print
|0-14
|-
|[[Phaze]]
|electronic, print
|
|-
|[[Piatkus]]
|print
|0-7499
|-
|[[Pocket Books]], an [[Imprint|imprint]] of [[Simon and Schuster|Simon & Schuster]]
|print
|0-671, 0-7434 and 1-4165
|-
|[[Popular Library]]
|print
|0-445
|-
|[[Putnam]]
|print
|0-399
|-
|[[Red Rose Publishing]]
|Electronic/ print books coming 2008
|
|-
|[[Red Sage]]
|print
|

Ravenous Romance Publishing
Electronic
|-
|[[Samhain Publishing, Ltd.]]
|electronic, print
|
|-
|[[Silhouette]]
|print
|0-373
|-
|[[Silk's Vault Publishing]]
|electronic
|
|-
|[[Simon and Schuster|Simon & Schuster]]
|print
|0-671, 0-7434 and 1-4165
|-
|[[Siren Publishing, Inc.]]
|electronic, print
|
|-
|[[St. Martin's Press]]
|print
|0-312
|-
|[[Tease Publishing]]
|electronic, print
|
|-
|[[The Wild Rose Press]]
|electronic/print
|
|-
|[[Tor]]
|print
|0-8125 and 0-7653
|-
|[[Torquere Press]]
|electronic
|
|-
|[[Twilight Times Publishing]]
|electronic, print
|
|-
|[[Tyndale]]
|print
|
|-
|[[Virgin Books]]
|print
|
|-
|[[Walker and Company|Walker & Company]]
|
|
|-
|[[Warner]], now [[Grand Central Publishing]]
|print
|0-446
|-
|[[Waterbrook Press]]
|
|
|-
|[[Whiskey Creek Press]]
|electronic, print
|
|-
|[[Whiskey Creek Press Torrid]] an imprint of [[Whiskey Creek Press]]
|electronic, print
|
|-
|[[Whispers Publishing]]
|electronic
|
|-
|[[The Wild Rose Press]]
|electronic, print
|
|-
|[[William Morrow]], now an imprint of [[HarperCollins]]
|print
|0-688, now 0-006
|-
|[[Wings ePress, Inc.]]
|electronic
|
|-
|[[Zondervan]]
|
|
|}

== Former Publishers ==
* [[Avid Press]]
* [[Candlelight]]
* [[Diamond - Publisher|Diamond]]
* [[Loveswept]]
* [[Neighborhood Press Publishing]]
* [[Tapestry]]
* [[Titan Press]]
* [[Triskelion Publishing]]
* [[Venus Press]]
* Twilight Fantasies - electronic publisher, closed October 24, 2007