Bleak House Books
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Bleak House Books was an imprint of Big Earth Publishing. Before being acquired by Big Earth in 2005, Bleak House began as an independent publisher, releasing its first book in 2001. Bleak House was a publisher of hardboiled/noir books with real type protagonists, focusing more upon the people in the novels and the way they live in the world.
Bleak House Books also kept a blog[1] and produced podcasts in which various authors and other members of the publishing community were interviewed.
Apart from publishing the majority of its books simultaneously, available upon publication date in both hardcover and paperback, Bleak House Books also released limited collector's edition options called the "Evidence Collection" which included:
- a police booking sheet complete with the author’s vital information
- signature
- fingerprint
- date
- colored endsheet
- number (1-100)
2008 Edgar Award Nominees[2]
Best Novel: Soul Patch by Reed Farrel Coleman
Best First Novel by an American Author:Head Games by Craig McDonald
Best Short Story: "Blue Note" from Chicago Blues by Stuart Kaminsky