Booktrope

Booktrope
Founder Andy Roberts, Katherine Sears, Heather Ludviksson and Ken Shear[1]
Country of origin United States
Headquarters location Seattle, WA
Distribution Worldwide
Publication types Books, E-books
Imprints Forsaken, Gravity, Edge, Entice, Vox Dei
Official website www.booktrope.com

Booktrope is a Seattle-based hybrid publisher which specialises in community-based team publishing. The company uses a piece of proprietary software called Teamtrope[2] to match authors to editors, proof-readers, cover designers, book managers and project managers, with the stated aim of keeping costs down and passing on the savings to the consumer. It will cease operations effective May 31, 2016.[3]

History

Booktrope won first place at the Seattle Angel Conference in November 2013, securing $250,000 in investments. In 2014, the company announced a relationship with the Intellectual Property Group in which the IPG would represent the company's catalog to the entertainment industry.[4] The following January, the company opened for submissions[5] for the first time in two years.

The company took on an additional $215,000 investment in January 2015,[6] and announced the launch of two new imprints in February of the same year. Forsaken focuses on horror; Gravity is led by Rachel Thompson and focuses on stories about trauma and recovery. These imprints joined existing imprints Edge (BDSM and dark thrillers), Entice (erotica) and Vox Dei (Christian).[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Booktrope | CrunchBase". CrunchBase. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  2. ↑ "Booktrope's Unique Approach to Publishing Attracts Attention from Hollywood". PRLog. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  3. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-05-08. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
  4. ↑ "Booktrope's Unique Approach to Publishing Attracts Attention from Hollywood". PRLog. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  5. ↑ "Booktrope wants your submissions". Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  6. ↑ "Booktrope | CrunchBase". CrunchBase. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  7. ↑ "New Booktrope Imprints!". Retrieved 22 February 2015.

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