Authors now have a great new choice when it comes to submitting their science fiction romance stories. In Spring, 2010, Harlequin will launch Carina Press, a publishing house devoted to digital romance and erotic romances.
Congratulations to Angela James who will serve as Executive Editor. Below is all the sparkly new information about Harlequin's foray into the digital publishing landscape:
Harlequin launches digital-only publishing house
Carina Press™ currently accepting submissions
Toronto, ON (November 9, 2009) – Harlequin Enterprises Limited, the global leader in series romance and one of the world’s leading publishers of women’s fiction, announced today the launch of Carina Press™, a digital-only publishing house that will operate independently of their traditional publishing businesses.
Carina Press is a digital-only publishing house whose eBooks will be sold direct to consumers through the Carina Press Web site and numerous third-party Web sites. Carina Press will publish a wide range of women’s fiction—from romance to erotica, science fiction to mystery, family sagas to choose your own adventures, horror to thriller and more, including every conceivable subgenre of these categories.
“As a digital-only publisher Carina Press is a natural extension to our business; it builds on our digital strength and leadership position. We expect to discover new authors and unique voices that may not be able to find homes in traditional publishing houses,” said Donna Hayes, CEO and Publisher of Harlequin Enterprises. “It definitely gives us greater flexibility in the type of editorial we can accept from authors and offer to readers. As well, we hope to reach a new group of readers with niche editorial.”
Brent Lewis, Vice President Digital, is delighted to announce Angela James is joining Carina Press as Executive Editor. A veteran of the digital publishing industry, James is a well-known advocate for digital publishing. James has enjoyed a long and varied publishing career including senior editorial positions at digital-first publishers. “I have admired Harlequin's digital initiatives for years, and have always thought of them as leaders in the digital arena, so I'm unbelievably excited to join the Carina Press team,” said James. “I believe Harlequin can bring digital publishing to the next level for both authors and readers.”
Lewis added, “Angela has been a key player in growing the digital marketplace for romance. Her experience and insight is a tremendous benefit to the Carina Press team.”
Carina Press is currently accepting submissions in all genres of commercial fiction. Carina Press will consider shorter length stories, genre novels between 50,000 to 100,000 words and longer and complex narratives of over 100,000 words. Carina Press will also acquire books that have been previously released in print form, but for which the author has either retained digital rights or had digital rights revert to them. All submissions should be sent to submissions@carinapress.com.
Carina Press plans to launch in summer 2010 and will release new titles on a weekly basis. Between now and the launch, readers and writers can follow the progress of Carina Press via their blog.
For full submission guidelines and more information on Carina Press please go to www.carinapress.com.
Joyfully yours,
Heather
12 comments:
Harlequin is Canadian. Eh.
I know, I'm such a homer. But dude! That's such great news. A brand new (shiny, as Heather said) path into e-pub.
We love shiny.
How exciting! A great choice indeed. :-)
Looking forward to seeing what goodies they put out.
Thanks for posting this, Heather. I am very excited and hopeful we'll get to publish some great SFR.
This is such great news! Can't wait to see what they put out. Off to polish the ms. now : )
Great to see Angela James landing on her feet.
The more the merrier!
I'm very glad to see Harlequin take a risk with niche genres. Have any of you read the submission guidelines? This in particular caught my eye:
...very interested in women’s fiction, science fiction, fantasy, futuristic, mystery, thrillers, horror, and niches.
Use of the word niche is very telling. This is an example of a publisher willing to explore the benefits of the long tail. Small presses have been doing it already, but it's beneficial to readers to have even more variety and choices.
Also, SF/F are the second genres listed in terms of what they seek--that's got Angela James written all over it!
Fingers crossed that this venture equals many happy sales!
Yes, Heather, that makes me happy too, so long as they don't bank on only or almost entirely Erotic or Highly Sensual Romance. If they do, I don't stand a chance with them. Think they'll take books with BLOND heroes?
;)
...so long as they don't bank on only or almost entirely Erotic or Highly Sensual Romance. If they do, I don't stand a chance with them.
Ditto, Kimber An. I can do somewhat sensual, but not as scorching as a lot that's out there.
Knew you'd post on this, Heather! I was thrilled to see this because I'm polishing up a 20,000 word fairy tale retelling that I wrote specifially to submit to e-publishers. The timing of this for me was incredible.
Definitely following this with interest!
@Kimber An I think stories with erotic and highly sensual content will be their bread and butter, but fans can help other types of storie sell just as well.
@Tia Oh, I'm so glad. Be sure and let me know if you get an acceptance.
Ella, I know. It'll be interesting to see what kind of house "style" develops.
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