Riverdale Avenue Books

Riverdale Avenue Books, located in Riverdale, Bronx, New York, was founded in 2012^[1] by Lori Perkins.

Riverdale is a leading hybrid publisher of e-books and print on demand (POD) books. E-books are sold on digital sites such as Amazon, Kobo, Nook, iBooks, and 95 other e-vendor sites. Riverdale POD books are available on Amazon and Nook and five other POD sites.

Riverdale publishes e-books, print on demand (POD) books and audio books under 11 imprints: Desire, an erotica/erotic romance imprint; Riverdale/Magnus the award-winning imprint of LGBT titles; Pop featuring pop culture titles; Afraid, a horror line; SFF, a science fiction fantasy line; Truth, an erotic memoir line; Dagger, a mystery/thriller/suspense imprint; Verve featuring lifestyle titles; Hera featuring both the true and fictional lives and loves of women aged 35 and up; and Sports and Gaming featuring sports and gaming titles. Riverdale is a member of the American Association of Publishers^[2] and publishes between 50 and 75 books a year.

In 2014, Riverdale was named the Bisexual Publisher of the Year by the Bi Writers Association.^[3]

Riverdale's authors include Cecilia Tan, Riki Wilchins, Trinity Blacio, Lissa Trevor, Marc Shapiro, Chris Shirley^[4], Gabby Rivera and Andrew Grey, among many others.

Riverdale's books and authors have won many awards. In 2017 Outside the XY: Queer Black and Brown Masculinity, edited by Morgan Mann Willis won an IPPY Gold Medal in the Gay/Lesbian/Bi/Trans Non-Fiction category and Queering Sexual Violence: Radical Voices from Within the Anti-Violence Movement, by Jennifer Patterson won an IPPY Silver Medal in the same category.^[5] In addition, Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera won an IPPY Silver Medal in the Gay/Lesbian/Bi/Trans Fiction category.^[5] In 2016, Menage a Musketeer: A Novel of Swords and Debauchery^[6] by USA Today's Best Selling Author Lissa Trevor won the IPPY Gold Medal Award for Erotica^[7] and Finding Maculinity — Female to Male Transition in Adulthood^[8] by Alexander Walker and Emmett J. P. Lundberg won the IPPY Silver Medal for Gay/Lesbian/Bi/Trans Non-Fiction.^[9] In 2017 Juliet Takes a Breath was selected by the Amelia Bloomer Project Committee of the American Library Association (ALA) for the 2017 Amelia Bloomer List,^[10] which features the best books with significant feminist content published in the previous 18 months that appeals to young readers (up to 18 years old). The Amelia Bloomer Project is part of the ALA, Social Responsibilities Round Table (SRRT) Feminist Task Force. Outside the XY: Black and Brown Queer Masculinity by Morgan Mann Willis was nominated as a Lambda Literary Award Finalist in the Transgender Nonfiction category.^[11]

In addition, a number of Riverdale's books have hit the bestseller lists on Amazon. For example, when social upheaval caused by the explosion of numerous sexual harassment and inappropriate conduct claims in the workplace swept America in the fall of 2017, within weeks Riverdale published an anthology of 26 essays edited by Lori Perkins titled #MeToo: Essays About How and Why This Happened, What It Means and How to Make Sure It Never Happens Again^[12][13]. The digital book was distributed free while the print version was sold at cost. The digital version of the book rose to number 1 in Amazon's Kindle Store Nonfiction / Politics & Social Sciences / Women's Studies / Feminist Theory category and number 5 in Biographies & Memoirs / Leaders & Notable People / Political in the Kindle Top 100 Free Categories.

Between the Covers is Riverdale Avenue Books' branded erotica and erotic romance reading series. The Downtown Series is held at People Lounge in New York City on the first Friday of every month and the Uptown Series is held at An Beal Bocht in Riverdale, Bronx, on the second Monday of every month. Riverdale is the only publisher in New York City with its own reading series open to all authors of erotica and erotic romance.

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External links

• Official website