Basic Information
Black Bed Sheet Books/Diverse
Media/Banana Phone Books
Acquisitions: c/o
Acquisitions Department. Estab. October 2008. Publishes hardcover and
trade paperback originals and reprints. Publishes 20-35 titles per year.
Receives 40% of books from first-time authors; 95% from unagented writers.
Pays average of 12% royalty on wholesale price. Does not yet offer
advance. Publishes book up to one year after acceptance, with an average of
4-5 months. Accepts simultaneous submissions. Publishes fiction and
nonfiction of all types, but specializes in horror/fantasy fiction.
Under the BANANA PHONE imprint, publishes children's books and cook books.
Recent titles:
Human Nature by Matthew Ewald; The Butcher Bride by Vince
Churchill;
Thoughts of Unbridled Black by Jake Istre, The Gentle Art of Making
Enemies by Kevin Mellor.
A Word from the Founder
Thank you for your interest in
Black Bed Sheet Books.
In October 2008, I set into
motion what it takes to establish a bona-fide publishing company out of my
garage and two other offices inside my home. If this venture proves to be
an extremely successful one, I’ll still be operating out of my garage
and home, but perhaps in larger ones. Even if it doesn’t go that far, I’ve
submerged a great many years of my life into not only the art of writing as
a profession, fiction as well as non, but into the entire process of taking
something creative from typed manuscripts to computer documents to something
scribbled on grocery store paper bags or napkins, packaging them into a
bookstore-quality products and presenting them to the world…..my own works,
as well as works of others, since 2002 under the name of Diverse Media.
Now, I’ve decided that the time has come to take my publishing pursuits to
the next level and to establish Black Bed Sheet Books as a credible,
reputable, and successful publishing venture. Since my reputation and focus
is built upon the genre of horror literature, that is what BBS will
specialize in. I will not limit myself nor BBS to this genre, and all
avenues are open, hence the byline “fine publishers of exemplary literature,
fiction and non.”
In the past, I’ve invested my
writing career into publishers and agents that fell short of even minimal
expectations. As a result, I’ve become fiercely independent. I’ve been
working for myself and as a result brought myself farther into my career
than any third party has taken me, and I have the will and means to do the
same for you.
My objective is to be the ideal
publisher I as a writer always wanted to have, and I intend to carry out
that mission to the fullest. I will personally work with each one of my
authors to meet the highest quality publishing standards, and release each
title to the broadest marketing and selling potential utilizing all the
tools and resources available to me.
What We Offer
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Professional editing
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Professional book design, interior layout inside and out, with
exterior art and cover design that not only makes authors proud but sells
books
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Printing & distribution through Lightning Source; we signed
contracts with them for both the United States and Canada, the United
Kingdom & Europe, and their global distribution channels
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Our titles are available and orderable through brick & mortar
book stores and chains
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Our titles are returnable (although we are a small publishing
company, realizing the possible expenses resulting from returned books, this
is dependent on agreement with the author)
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We will assign each title with an 10 & 13-digit ISBN and a
Library of Congress number, along with all the registration procedures a
publisher makes that isn’t the responsibility of the author after signing
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We believe an author signing with us should pay absolutely
nothing for anything regarding their book, so we accept no fees. Since
we’re small and just starting out, we will make every effort to pay for
marketing/promotional materials such as posters, book marks, buttons, pens,
t-shirts, trinkets, but will consult with the author as well as third party
investors for funding on such items. It is our endeavor to be able to pay
fully for these expenditures in the near future
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Appearances/signings: we have a multitude of resources for
our authors actively and physically making appearances and signings.
Working with each author on an individual basis, we will actively negotiate
on the author’s behalf convention/book store/event appearances/signings and
work with the author to provide an adequate number of books to sell at such
events
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Despite the climate of the current economy, we will strive to
be kick-ass for you. This isn’t a fly-by-night endeavor. We’re not afraid
to admit we’re starting off small or profess our limitations. We believe we
have what it takes to accept, package, and market a literary product to our
mutual success.
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Movies/foreign print translations, to which we will actively
seek these avenues for each of our authors
Distribution Channel Partners and Markets:
· Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk,
Amazon.ca
· Baker & Taylor
· Barnes & Noble
· Bertram's - major trade
wholesaler in the UK (servicing over 1,000 booksellers) with links to major
traders in Western Europe.
· Blackwell Book Services -
international library supplier
· Coutts - library supplier and
retailer
· Cypher Library Supplier - a
leading supplier to UK public libraries
· Dawson Library Supplier -
supplier to academic, institutional and specialist libraries in the UK and
mainland Europe.
· Gardner's - major trade
wholesaler, servicing the major UK book chains and internet shops as well as
European booksellers.
· Holt Jackson - January 2005,
a leading library supplier
· Ingram Book Company & Spring
Arbor Distributors, Ingram International (Chapters-indigo.ca)
· NACSCORP
· Nielsen BookData - the UK's
main bibliographic company (not a trader)
· Paperbackshop.co.uk - January
2005, a major e-retailer and Marketplace trader on Amazon
· The Book Depository - a major
e-retailer and marketplace trader on Amazon
We also plan, over the course of
the near future, to establish alliances with organizations devoted to
publishers/small press, and the like, and to provide benefits for our
authors, employees, and sub-contractors.
We hope you choose Black Bed
Sheet Books as your next publishing endeavor.
Sincerely,
Nicholas Grabowsky
Founder/owner/publisher/writer
