Wildside Press
| Company type | Independent publishing firm |
|---|---|
| Industry | Publishing |
| Founded | 1989 |
| Founder | John Betancourt, Kim Betancourt |
| Headquarters | Cabin John , United States |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Products | Books, ebooks, audiobooks, magazines |
Wildside Press operates as an independent publishing firm located in Cabin John, Maryland. It was established in 1989 by John Betancourt and Kim Betancourt. While originally concentrating on speculative fiction through trade and limited edition releases, the company has broadened its range of genres and publishing formats over time.
The publisher offers a diverse catalog including mystery fiction, romance, science fiction, fantasy, and non-fiction. Its distribution spans downloadable audiobooks, CDs, ebooks, magazines, as well as traditional print books. To date, Wildside Press has produced roughly 10,000 titles utilizing both print-on-demand technology and conventional publishing methods.
Writers
Contemporary authors featured by Wildside Press include Lloyd Biggle Jr., Alan Dean Foster, Paul Di Filippo, Esther Friesner, S. T. Joshi, Ionuț Caragea, Michael Kurland, Paul Levinson, David Langford, Nick Mamatas, Brian McNaughton, Vera Nazarian, Paul Park, Tim Pratt, Stephen Mark Rainey, Alan Rodgers, Darrell Schweitzer, Lawrence Watt-Evans, and Chelsea Quinn Yarbro.
The press also maintains the legacies of renowned authors such as James Branch Cabell, H. Rider Haggard, and Clark Ashton Smith, alongside lesser-known figures like R. A. Lafferty. Among its notable reprint initiatives are pulp magazine staples including The Phantom Detective, Secret Agent X, and Spider.
Furthermore, Wildside Press is responsible for publishing Robert E. Howard's ten-volume Weird Works collection, which compiles his complete writings originally published in the pulp magazine Weird Tales, restored to their authentic magazine versions.
Imprints
- Borgo Press
- Cosmos Books
- Point Blank
Currently Published
- Adventure Tales
- Black Cat Mystery Magazine
- Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine
- Weirdbook
No Longer Published
- Cat Tales: The Magazine of Fantastic Feline Fiction
- H. P. Lovecraft's Magazine of Horror
- Strange Tales
- Underworlds: The Magazine of Noir and Dark Suspense
- Weird Tales
Ebooks
Wildside Press markets ebooks through its own website as well as other sales platforms. It features a "Freebies" section providing both permanent and weekly complimentary titles, often compiled into "megapack" or "minipack" collections.