We specialize in Horror & Urban Fantasy and related genres, both in print and ebook.
Black Bed Sheet Books/Diverse Media
Acquisitions: c/o Acquisitions Department. Estab. October 2008. Publishes hardcover and trade paperback originals and reprints, and ebooks. Publishes 18-30 print titles per year, 20-40 ebook-only titles. Receives 40% of books from first-time authors; 80% from unagented writers. Pays average of 15% royalty on wholesale price for print books, 18%-50% on ebooks. Does not yet offer advance. Publishes book up to one year after acceptance, with an average of 6-8 months. Accepts simultaneous submissions. Publishes fiction and nonfiction of all types, but specializes in horror fiction.
Past titles: Forest J Ackerman's Anthology of the Living Dead(edited by J. Travis Grundon, contributors include Del Howison, Joe Moe, and Mr. Ackerman himself), Blood Orchard by S.D. Hintz, The Butcher Bride by Vince Churchill, The Gentle Art of Making Enemies by Kevin Mellor, The Last Church by Lee Pletzers.
In October 2008, I set into motion what it takes to establish a bona-fide publishing company out of my garage and became a celebrated innovator in today's book industry known throughout the world for what we do.
