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Ian Ross

Nikki Palazzo

INNOVATIVE FICTION

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ccb Publishing Introduce patrons to hundreds of alternative and previously undiscovered titles, including numerous bestsellers, Bram Stoker Award winners, Edgar Award finalists and novels inspiring blockbuster movies. From poetry, horror fiction and romance novels, sci-fi/fantasy and more, BiblioBoardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fiction offerings are sure to please all patrons.

Table of Contents

Featured Publisher: Raw Dog Screaming Press 2 Raw Dog Screaming Press Favorites 3 Bancroft Press: Books That Enlighten 4 Barrallier Books: Deluxe Books by Australian Authors 5 BqB Publishing 6 Keeping It real 7 Indecent Proposal: A Novel Read 9 dundurn press: Adult & Juvenile Fiction 10 hilo books: Radium Age Science Fiction 11 Marjim Books: Home of UCS Press 12 Riptide publishing awards & honors 14

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raw dog screaming press

The Raw Dog Screaming Press collection contains dark, deviant, off-kilter and thought provoking literature from the fringe, focusing on “fiction that foams at the mouth.” It offers over 150 titles including novels, short stories, poetry and nonfiction featuring adventures, thrillers, violence,

romance, inner worlds and outer space. The collection also includes supplementary material in the form of free downloadable guides for reading groups, excerpts from upcoming releases and author readings.

6 unique collections • Over 150 titles Includes author readings, reading guides and original book trailer videos Award-winning novels, poetry and short story collections

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I wonder if this book (and its author) represents a changing tide, a new trend in the way books, good books, move from writer to reader.

—Popmatters on RDSP book, Hellbender

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Favorites

If all the books in the library came to life for a cocktail party, the Raw Dog Screaming Press books would be the ones in the corner, coaxing the bartender into mixing up some outlandish but strangely delicious concoction. Raw Dog publishes the dark, the deviant, the off-kilter and the thought-provoking in a range of genres and forms. Here are some of the BiblioBoard team’s favorite books from the fringe.

1. Michael A. Arnzen’s Books

Michael A. Arnzen shocked audiences with this collection of 100 very, very short stories titled 100 Jolts. His vivid work brought flash fiction and micro fiction to readers’ attention. 100 Jolts, alongside two of Arnzen’s other books, is presented with a teachingt guide and author interviews, making it easy to teach his gripping works in high school and college English classes.

2. D. Harlan Wilson’s Fictional Biographies

What if Frederick Douglass had a fourth autobiography he was hiding? What if Freud was basing his research on his own funky sexuality? And what the heck happened to Hitler that made him change careers from artist to racist politician? D. Harlan Wilson answers all the questions you’ve never thought to ask in his trilogy of (mostly) fictional biographies.

3. Raw Dog’s Science Fiction/Fantasy

Aside from in highly specific elective classes at liberal arts colleges, Sci-Fi doesn’t get taught much in schools. Raw Dog’s collection of Sci-Fi and Fantasy stories—which run the gamut from pulp to Baroque—comes with Reading and Resource Guides that make them easy to teach and discuss. There is also bonus content like author readings of some of the best excerpts.

Nikki Palazzo, the Training Manager at BiblioLabs, much enjoys chatting with librarians during her online training sessions and basking in the abundance of quirky eyeglass frames at conferences. In her free time, she writes and reads YA lit and waits, ever-patiently, for her Hogwarts acceptance letter.

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BanCroft Press: Books that enlighten • 12 unique collections • Over 60 full-text eBooks • A variety of great books without a niche

Our Favorite Books: Reality Jane Step behind the cameras with Jane Kaufman, Canadian journalist and, now, producer of a hot new reality show.

Hume’s Fork As a philosophy professor, Legare Hume is full of questions about the meaning of life, but what really haunts him is his failing marriage and his estranged family.

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Bancroft Press: Books That Enlighten contains over 60 titles, heralded by both readers and authors alike. Books in the Bancroft Press collection will have patrons reading for weeks on end. With a wide variety of novels across myriad genres, this collection has something for the romance reader, sci-fi fan, mystery lover and everyone in between. The books do not conform to a niche, but cover a variety of topics to appeal to any audience.

Barrallier Books: deluxe books by australian authors • 5 unique collections • Over 15 full-text eBooks • Unique readings and video interviews from authors

Our Favorite Books: Close to the Wind Ted MacPherson came closer than most to changing the course of history—by mistake.

The Barrallier Books collection focuses on deluxe books by Australian authors. These books are beautifully designed and contain a range of fiction and non-fiction texts for readers of a wide interest range. In addition to unique fiction offerings set Down Under, the collection has books about the history of the guitar, the Tasmanian landscape and the game of cricket, as well as essays and memoirs of politically involved figures and much more.

Asylum Australia’s region comes to conflict. The tensions are fed by political instability, neo-fundamentalism and an increasing trade in the tragic commodity of refugees.

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BQB Publishing • 11 unique collections • Over 45 full-text eBooks • For readers of all ages

Our Favorite Books: You Can’t Iron a Wrinkled Birthday Suit Unless you live in Never Never Land, you’re getting older every minute. And one day, you’ll be certifiably old. Hilarious and endearing, this novel takes a look at old age.

Rude Awakenings This political thriller is a must-read full of explosions, financial crises, money scams and extremely stressed-out politicians.

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BQB Publishing is an independent publishing company that focuses on bringing the works of talented new writers into the marketplace. The BQB Publishing Anthology features award-winning titles spanning a variety of genres and catering to readers of all ages. This collection has over 45 books of adult and children’s fiction, along with select nonfiction titles that entertain and inform.

Keeping it real In Anytime Soon, twenty-four-year-old Anaya is facing the scariest stage of her life: post-college graduation. She’s saved money while studying by living at home with her health-obsessed mom, her alcoholic dad, her distant sister and the memory of her brother who was killed at a party he attended with Anaya. Anaya has no clue what do with her future. She could move into an apartment with her friends, but they’re into partying and drugs, and she’s not. She could go to grad school, but she wants work experience first. She’s not even really sure what kind of work she wants to do. Everything in her life is uncertain. This novel captures perfectly the complex confusion and stress of a 20-something millennial. Sympathetic, honest and inspiring, Tamika Christy’s novel defies the expectations of the New Adult age category. The book is a companion for students worrying about their future and graduates isolated by their own uncertainty. Christy creates vivid and varied characters who take on issues ranging from the amusing (what to wear to a private party with professional athletes?) to the provocative (where do African Americans stand in the ongoing fight for equality?).

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CCB Publishing • Over 10 unique collections • Over 200 full-text eBooks • Jack Engelhard’s famous Indecent Proposal • A wide variety of genres, perfect for all patrons

Our Favorite Books: Bylines & Deadlines Young and impetuous, Kristine Larkin sets out to fulfill her dreams of becoming an award-winning journalist—never mind the consequences.

Indecent Proposal Indecent Proposal remains one of the most widely read and discussed novels around the world, due to the strong writing and riches that include a moral dilemma for the ages.

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With the CCB Publishing Module, readers can enjoy a varied assortment of books across myriad genres, including romance, Christian living, historical fiction, biography/ memoir and juvenile fiction. The CCB Publishing collection features the award-winning novel from Jack Engelhard, Indecent Proposal, remembered today as the starstudded film featuring Demi Moore and Robert Redford. From Working Romance, a tale of forbidden love, to farflung Western adventures like The Long Way Home, howto books like Parenting From the Heart, volumes for cat owners and everything in between, this collection is sure to have something for everyone.

: l a s o p o Pr t n e c e d In A Novel Read By Ian Ross

would you desperately hope to fix it? Or could you? Honestly, these are never questions I’m going to have to answer. The idea, though, is intriguing in every way. Money and power are alluring and are two of the most powerful things on the planet. I found it interesting to weave myself into the context of Joshua and Joan’s turmoil and the love triangle that gets created by the From the perfect marriage of high- sultan’s presence and influence. school sweethearts builds an intricate Each page a tantalizing turner, I plot of soul-tearing decisions: Would quickly wrapped up Engelhard’s you gamble everything in hopes of novel and moved on to the 1993 film a bigger and better life? Would you adaptation, which is actually pretty “sell” your wife (just for a night, of decent in itself. I propose you do course) for a million in the bank? If the same. you did, but all goes awry, just how Money. Gambling. Greed. Sex. Lust. Jealousy…and soul-baring selflessness? If these ingredients sound to you like the perfect mashup for an emotional roller-coaster ride of a novel, you’re correct. Indecent Proposal by Jack Engelhard (CCB Publishing) is a bestselling literary masterpiece that asks the reader, among other things, what would you be willing to do for a million dollars?

Ian Ross is the Editorial Assistant at BiblioLabs in Charleston, SC. He likes history, fishing, brewing beer, power tools and EMS.

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Dundurn Press Adult & Juvenile Fiction • 575+ High-Quality Books • Award-winning Fiction • 4 Beautiful Anthologies

Our Favorite Books: Lucky Strike Lucky Strike is a light-hearted, laugh-out-loud mystery with characters who epitomize the life of those in eastern Nova Scotia. The mystery is as fun as a Cape Breton kitchen party and as refreshing as a dip in the Atlantic.

Ben Franklin’s War Enjoy this tale of humour and adventure about a motley crew of orphans who hide Benjamin Franklin from the British Redcoats during the American War of Independence.

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Dundurn Press is a distinguished publisher of a wide variety of books inspired by Canadian people, history, places and events. The Adult & Juvenile Fiction Module provides readers with a variety of bestselling books ranging in topic and reading level. Some of Dundurn’s books have won prestigious awards, including the Edgar Allan Poe Award, the City of Ottawa Book Award, the Lambda Literary Award, the Rogers’ Writers Trust Fiction Prize, the Toronto Book Award and many more. Enjoy high-quality books from an award-winning press with this diverse collection.

Hilobooks: Radium Age Science Fiction • 10 Radium Age Novels • Introductions by seasoned literary editors

Our Favorite Books: Goslings When a plague kills off most of England’s male population, Mr. Gosling abandons his family for a life of lechery.

HiLoBooks has serialized and reissued ten brilliant science fiction novels from the 1904–33 era they call the genre’s Radium Age. HiLoBooks’ Radium Age series is critically acclaimed and highly popular due in part to their providing these previously lost or out-of-print books to readers everywhere. This collection contains Radium Age Science Fiction novels from some of the most famous names in literature, including Jack London, Arthur Conan Doyle, H. Rider Haggard, Rudyard Kipling and Cicely Hamilton.

The Night Land In the far future, what remains of the human population dwells deep below the Earth’s frozen surface.

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MarJim books: Home of UCS Press • 120 LGBTQ books • Over 20 unique collections • Romance, horror, sci-fi/fantasy, adventure, historical fiction and more

Our Favorite Books: Holding to the Light Award-winning poet Mary Hanford Bruce explores her awakening consciousness and shares her pain and insights she experienced both in the United States and abroad.

Dr. Sally’s Voodoo Man Dr. Sally retreats to Cameroon, Africa on a Fulbright scholarship to escape her past and find meaning in life.

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The MarJim Books: Home of UCS Press collection provides dozens of books in a variety of genres. The fiction ranges from adventure to romance; the nonfiction ranges from historical to memoir; the self-help books range from psychological to religious. Favorite titles like Retreat From Rostov, Mars Descending and The Holmes Boys are all gathered here along with new books to capture hearts and guide lives.

riptidelGBTQpublishing: fiction • Over100 LGBTQ novels • Over 20 unique collections • Romance, horror, sci-fi/fantasy, adventure, historical fiction and more

Our Favorite Books: The Gravedigger’s Brawl

Riptide Publishing is a boutique purveyor of some of the finest LGBTQ fiction, romance and erotica available in print and eBook format today. Created by industry veterans and LGBTQ authors, Riptide Publishing strives to bring the best in LGBTQ fiction to the world. This elegant product provides both novels in series and those serving as standalone stories. Many of these novels were written by award-winning authors, gaining recognitions with such honors as the Rainbow Award for outstanding work in LGBTQ writing.

Dr. Wyatt Case is way more comfortable browsing a history museum than playing wingman—that is, until quirky history guru Ash Lucroix catches his eye.

Lost and Found An RV security officer and a saxophone player fall in love, but is love enough in the face of lies, run-aways and commitmentphobia?

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Riptide Publishing Awards & Honors Rainbow Award Winners

The Rainbow Award committee of more than 150 judges review hundreds of LGBT novels from all over the world, from all sorts of authors and all kinds of publishers and award a lucky few with the Rainbow Award for excellence in LGBTQ fiction.

Lambda Literary Award Finalists

The Lambda Literary Foundation nurtures, celebrates and preserves LGBT literature through programs that honor excellence, promote visibility and encourage development of emerging writers. Their annual Lambda Literary Awards honor works that do exemplify those goals.

EPIC eBook Award Winners, CBC Bookie Award Winners and More!

Riptide Publishing titles have won a variety of other honors as well, including the EPIC eBook Award, Armchair BEA Award, Bookie Award, Goodreads Choice Award and many more for achievement in LGBTQ romance, erotica and general fiction.

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Riptide Publishing is a boutique purveyor of some of the finest LGBTQ fiction, romance and erotica available in print and eBook format. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not the only ones who are saying it, either. Check out these Riptide Publishing titles that have won awards and gained great reviews from some of the most prestigious institutions in the business.

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