Borgo Press
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The Borgo Press was a small publishing company founded by Robert Reginald in 1975 funded by the royalties gained from his first major reference work,{{cn|date=July 2014}} Stella Nova: the contemporary science fiction authors (1970).Reginald 1970.
That same year Reginald met Mary Wickizer Rogers, a student at Cal State. They married the following year and together formed the backbone of the publishing company into the 1990s.{{cn|date=July 2014}}
Borgo Press specialized in literature and history, reflecting the interests of its owners. It published 300 titles from 1976 to 1998.Reginald, Robert, and Mary A. Burgess. [https://web.archive.org/web/20111001051043/http://www.millefleurs.tv/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=368&Itemid=186 "BP300: An Annotated Bibliography of the First 300 Publications of the Borgo Press, 1975–1998"]. March 2007. Let a thousand flowers bloom (millefleurs.tv). Posted 2010-03-15. Archived 2011-10-01. Retrieved 2014-07-11.
In 2003 it started up again as an imprint of Wildside Press{{clarify|date=July 2014|reason="started up again" in what sense?}} (Rockville, Maryland; John Gregory Betancourt, publisher), where Reginald has managed the imprint since 2006.[http://www.wildsidepress.com/about.htm "About Us"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140813040330/http://www.wildsidepress.com/about.htm |date=August 13, 2014 }}. Wildside Press. Retrieved 2014-07-11.
Book series
- Bibliographies of Modern Authors ("The Work of" series)
- Borgo Bioviews
- Borgo Literary Guides
- Classics of Fantastic Literature
- Clipper Studies in the American Theatre
- Essays on Fantastic Literature
- Files Series
- I. O. Evans Studies in the Philosophy and Criticism of Literature
- Milford Series: Popular Writers of Today
- The Woodstock Series: Popular Music of Today
References
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- Reginald, Robert (1970). Stella Nova: the contemporary science fiction authors. Los Angeles, CA: Unicorn & Son.
- Reginald, Robert (1975). Contemporary science fiction authors, first edition. New York, NY: Arno Press. (Revised edition of Stella Nova)
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20111001051100/http://www.millefleurs.tv/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=394%3Aborgo-press&catid=66%3Anonfiction&Itemid=219 "Measuring the Marigolds: The Fall and Rise of Borgo Press"]. May 24, 2003. Let a thousand flowers bloom (millefleurs.tv). Posted 2010-02-19. Archived 2011-10-01. Retrieved 2014-07-11.
- Wildside Press: [https://web.archive.org/web/20140714120941/http://www.wildsidebooks.com/search.asp?keyword=borgo+press&search=GO Borgo] (search report)
- [https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/borgo_press Borgo Press] at sf-encyclopedia.com
- [https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/wildside_press Wildside Press] at sf-encyclopedia.com
- [https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/reginald_robert Robert Reginald] at sf-encyclopedia.com
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