Launch Point Press

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| founder = Lori L. Lake

| successor = Jodi & Peggy Zeramby

| country = United States

| headquarters = Portland, Oregon

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| publications = novels, short story collections, anthologies, poetry

| topics = lesbian crime fiction, romance, speculative/sci-fi/fantasy fiction

| genre = Lesbian fiction

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Launch Point Press is a small press publisher{{cite web|author=Karla Strand - GWSL|url=https://www.library.wisc.edu/gwslibrarian/publishers|title=Feminist, GWS, and LGBTQ+ Publishers|publisher=Libraries of UW-Wisconsin|access-date=26 March 2021}} of lesbian literature based in Portland, Oregon.{{cite web|author=LPP Webmaster|url=http://www.launchpointpress.com|title=Launch Point Press|publisher=Launch Point Press|access-date=26 March 2021}}

History

Launch Point Press (LPP) is a lesbian-oriented press with the goal of publishing quality works by newer authors just “launching” their careers or by experienced authors “re-launching” their work. LPP is on the list of women's presses "dedicated either wholly or to a significant degree to publishing material written for, by, or about women. Many of them started during the 'second wave' of feminism."

Since the publication of its first title in 2017, the primary focus of LPP has been on lesbian fiction: lesbian romance, lesbian crime fiction, and lesbian speculative fiction/sci-fi/fantasy novels.{{cite web|author=LPP webmaster|url=http://www.launchpointpress.com/about.html|title=Launch Point Press|publisher=Launch Point Press|access-date=26 March 2021}} A typical production year includes 8 - 10 trade paperback releases.

Effective January 1, 2023, the founder of the press, Lori L. Lake, sold it to new owners Jodi and Peggy Zeramby. {{cite web|author=LPP webmaster|url=http://www.launchpointpress.com|title="Some Changes at Launch Point Press in 2023"|publisher=Launch Point Press|access-date=4 January 2023}} Since then, Launch Point Press has been joined by the authors of Desert Palm Press, another lesbian-oriented and established small press, acquired by the Zerambys when the former owner, Lee Fitzsimmons, retired. {{cite web|author=DPP webmaster|url=https://www.facebook.com/DesertPalmPress/|title="Effective January 1, 2025"|publisher=Desert Palm Press|access-date=1 January 2025}}

Notable Authors

CA Farlow
Edith Zeitlberger
EJ Kindred
Jane Cuthbertson
Judy M. Kerr
Linda Vogt
Lori L. Lake
Michele L. Coffman
Reba Birmingham
Sandra de Helen
Sandra Leigh Gable
Sue Hardesty

Awards

LPP authors have won multiple Golden Crown Literary Society “Goldie” Awards,{{cite web|author=G.Maurino|url=https://lezreviewbooks.com/2020-goldie-awards-winners-gcls|title=2020 Goldie Award Winners-GCLS|date=11 July 2020|publisher=lezreviewbooks|access-date=26 March 2021}} Rainbow Awards,{{cite web|author=Elisa Rolle|url=http://www.elisarolle.com/rainbowawards/rainbow_awards_2014.html|title=Rainbow Awards|publisher=Elisa Rolle, Rainbow Awards|access-date=26 March 2021}} and have been finalists for many honors including the Lambda Literary Award,{{cite web|author=Lambda webmaster|url=https://www.lambdaliterary.org/2005/07/lambda-literary-awards-2004|title=2004 Lambda Literary Awards finalists|date=9 July 2005 |publisher=Lambda Literary Organization|access-date=26 March 2021}} the Goldies,{{cite web|author=GCLS webmaster|url= https://www.goldencrown.org/general/custom.asp?page=AWARDS-2020-Finalists|title=2020 Awards Finalists|publisher=GCLS|access-date=26 March 2021}} and local honors in their individual states and communities.

References

External links

[http://www.launchpointpress.com Official Publisher Website]
[https://www.bellabooks.com/category/publisher-launch-point-press Distribution and Sales: Bella Books]
[https://www.facebook.com/Launch-Point-Press-812387928805981 Facebook Home of Launch Point Press]
[https://www.lambdaliterary.org/tag/launch-point-press Lambda Literary Review Page for LPP]
[https://www.overdrive.com/publishers/launch-point-press Overdrive]