Dreamspinner Press is a
Tallahassee, Florida
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based
LGBTQ
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publisher
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.
Dreamspinner Press is an independent publisher, specializing in
gay romantic fiction with print, eBook, and audiobook releases, and titles translated in French, German, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Thai, Turkish and Hungarian. Titles include content in contemporary, historical, mystery and suspense,
science fiction
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,
fantasy
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and
paranormal
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,
steampunk
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,
transgender
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, Western, and humor genres, along with the house branded lines. In March 2012, a
GLBT teen and
new adult fiction
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imprint, Harmony Ink Press,
was launched for readers ages 14–21.
Authors
Controversies
In 2019, authors began reporting that royalty payments due from Dreamspinner Press were late or missing.
Author
TJ Klune alleged that $27,000 was outstanding. It was later partially paid after Klune threatened legal action.
In 2020, more authors have reported missing or reduced royalty payments. Later that same year, Dreamspinner Press retained a lawyer to oversee restructuring of the company, but maintained that they had no intention of filing for bankruptcy.
In August 2020, Dreamspinner Press was banned from the
Romance Writers of America
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's Qualifying Markets list, due to a protracted period of failing to pay authors royalties.
References
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LGBTQ book publishing companies
Book publishing companies based in Florida
Organizations based in Tallahassee, Florida
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