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Alyson Books, formerly known as Alyson Publications, was a book
publishing house Publishing is the activities of making information, literature, music, software, and other content, physical or digital, available to the public for sale or free of charge. Traditionally, the term publishing refers to the creation and distribu ...
which specialized in
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fiction and non-fiction. Former publisher Don Weise described it as "the world's oldest and largest publisher of
LGBT literature LGBTQ literature may refer to: * Lesbian literature * Gay literature * Bisexual literature * Transgender literature * Intersex literature * Or any other literature featuring the LGBTQ community By country * LGBTQ literature in Argentina * ...
" and "the home of award-winning books in the areas of
memoir A memoir (; , ) is any nonfiction narrative writing based on the author's personal memories. The assertions made in the work are thus understood to be factual. While memoir has historically been defined as a subcategory of biography or autob ...
, history, humor, commercial fiction, mystery, and
erotica Erotica is art, literature or photography that deals substantively with subject matter that is erotic, sexually stimulating or sexually arousing. Some critics regard pornography as a type of erotica, but many consider it to be different. Erot ...
, among many others".Weise 2009.


History

Founded in
Boston Boston is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. The city serves as the cultural and Financial centre, financial center of New England, a region of the Northeas ...
in 1980 by Sasha Alyson, Alyson Publications began in 1990 to sell LGBT-themed children's books, entitled ''Alyson Wonderland''. It was acquired by Liberation Publications in 1995 and sold to Regent Entertainment Media, Inc. in 2008, and in November, as Alyson Books, named Don Weise its publisher. He has written of his commitment to Alyson's traditional areas of specialisation, but has stated that he is keen also to embrace "more serious nonfiction—particularly in the areas of current affairs, politics,
self-help Self-help or self-improvement is "a focus on self-guided, in contrast to professionally guided, efforts to cope with life problems" —economically, physically, intellectually, or emotionally—often with a substantial psychological basis. When ...
, and autobiography—as well as
literary fiction Literary fiction, serious fiction, high literature, or artistic literature, and sometimes just literature, encompasses fiction books and writings that are more character-driven rather than plot-driven, that examine the human condition, or that are ...
and works by today's most respected LGBT authors." In 2010, ''
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'' announced that Alyson Books would switch to digital (e-book) publishing only, with plans to convert backlist titles in this fashion.Anon.
"Alyson Books Will Restructure as E-book Only House; Weise Leaves"
''Publishers Weekly'', October 1, 2010.
Don Weise left Alyson at that time. , the URL for the Alyson Books website produces a "DNS resolution error" message.


Some books published by Alyson

* "Gay Old Girls" (ISBN 1555834760) by Zsa Zsa Gershick (Joshua Irving Gershick) * "Secret Service: Untold Stories of Lesbians in the Military" (ISBN 0739454234) by Zsa Zsa Gershick (Joshua Irving Gershick) *''Death Trick'' (), by Richard Stevenson *''101 Gay Sex Secrets Revealed'' (), by Jonathan Bass *''How to Get Laid: The Gay Man's Essential Guide to Hot Sex'' (), by Jonathan Bass *'' Finding H.F.'' (), a young adult novel by Julia Watts *'' Young, Gay and Proud'' (), edited by Sasha Alyson and Lynne Yamaguchi Fletcher *The '' Dykes to Watch Out For'' comic strip by
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* ''Lesbian Lists: A Look at Lesbian Culture, History, and Personalities'' () by Dell Richards (1990) *''The Second Coming: A Leatherdyke Reader'' (), edited by Pat Califia and Robin Sweeney *''Melting Point'' (), short stories by Pat Califia *''Doing it for Daddy'' (), short stories by Pat Califia *'' Macho Sluts'' (), erotic fiction by Pat Califia *''Doc and Fluff'' (), a novel by Pat Califia *'' Latter Days'' (), novelization by T. Fabris for the 2003 major motion picture of the same name *''The First Gay Pope and Other Records'', by Lynne Yamaguchi Fletcher *''The Femme Mystique'' (), short stories edited by
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*''Pillow Talk'' (), short stories edited by Lesléa Newman *''Pills, Thrills, Chills and Heartache'' (),
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bestseller and 2004
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finalist, edited by Clint Catalyst and Michelle Tea *The ''Lillian Byrd'' crime fiction series, by Elizabeth Sims *'' Revolutionary Voices: A Multicultural Queer Youth Anthology'' (), edited by Amy Sonnie *''The Trouble with Harry Hay: Founder of the Modern Gay Movement'', by
Stuart Timmons Stuart Timmons (January 14, 1957 – January 28, 2017) was an American journalist, activist, historian, and award-winning author specializing in LGBT history based in Los Angeles, California. He was the author of ''The Trouble With Harry Hay: Fo ...
*''
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'', a novel by Aaron Krach *''Out on Fraternity Row: Personal Accounts of Being Gay in a College Fraternity'', by Shane Windmeyer *''Secret Sisters: Stories of Being Lesbian & Bisexual in a College Sorority'' *''Best Lesbian Love Stories, 2003–2005'', edited by Angela Brown *''Mentsh: On Being Jewish and Queer'', edited by Angela Brown *''Love, Bourbon Street: Reflections of New Orleans'', edited by Greg Herren and Paul J. Willis—winner 2006 Lambda Literary Award for Anthologyhttp://www.lambdaliterary.org/ Lambda Literary Foundation *'' Bi Any Other Name: Bisexual People Speak Out'' (), edited by Loraine Hutchins and Lani Kaʻahumanu *''The Bisexual's Guide to the Universe'', by Michael Szymanski and Nicole Kristal—winner 2006 Lambda Literary Award for Bisexual *''Entangled Lives: Memoirs of 7 Top Erotica Writers'' (), edited by Marilyn Jaye Lewis *
First You Fall
' a novel by Scott Sherman, winner of the Lambda Literary Foundation Award, 2009, Best Gay Mystery *''Girl Meets Girl: A Dating Survival Guide'' 2007 () by Diana Cage *''One Teenager in 10'' (), edited by Ann Heron *''Foreskin: A Closer Look'' ( ISBN 978-1555832124) by Bud Berkeley


References

* Weise, Don.
Welcome to Alyson Books
" ''Alyson Books''. (accessed May 13, 2009).


External links

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