Regal Crest Enterprises

Regal Crest Enterprises
Founded	1999
Country of origin	United States
Headquarters location	Port Arthur, Texas
Nonfiction topics	Lesbian and Gay Writing
Fiction genres	Lesbian fiction
Imprints	Blue Beacon Books; Mystic Books; Quest Books; RCE Books; Silver Dragon Books; Troubadour Books; Yellow Rose Books;
Official website	www.regalcrest.biz

Regal Crest Enterprises, established 1999, is the third largest small press publisher of lesbian literature in the world. RCE is based in Port Arthur, Texas.

Since the publication of its first title in 1999, RCE's primary focus has been on lesbian fiction, though some other titles have also been printed. The press publishes mostly in the genres of lesbian romance, lesbian mystery, lesbian essays and collections, lesbian speculative fiction novels, and lesbian erotica short-story anthologies along with some gay fiction works, particularly in the realm of sci-fi and romance. A typical year includes 14 - 20 trade paperback releases. Total titles in publication currently exceed 150[1]

A number of RCE authors have won Golden Crown Literary Society Awards, and one author has been shortlisted for a Lambda Literary Awards. Various other awards have been received as well, including those offered by The Alice B Readers Award.

Award-winning authors include:

Brenda Adcock
Melissa Good
KE Lane
Paula Offutt
Kate McLachlan

Regal Crest imprints

Blue Beacon Books (Non Fiction)
Mystic Books (Fantasy/Paranormal)
Quest Books (Action-Adventure/Mystery)
RCE Books (Drama)
Silver Dragon Books (Sci-Fi/Speculative Fiction)
Troubadour Books (Poetry)
Yellow Rose Books (Romance)
Young Adult Books[2]

External links

Regal Crest Website - [3]
RCE Submission Guidelines for Authors [4]
RCE Books at Rainbow Ebooks - [5]
Lesbian Fiction Forum - [6]
A Survey of Lesbian Publishing - 7/6/2006 - AfterEllen.com [7]
Sistuhs on the Shelf - [8]
Lori L. Lake's Lesbian Fiction Herstory
Lesbian Literary Organization Golden Crown Literary Society

References

Crest, Regal. "Books in Print". RCE. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
"Regal Crest Book Imprints". Regal Crest Enterprises. 2019. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
"Regal Crest - Quality Books of Distinction - Authors, New Releases and Upcoming Books". Regalcrest.biz. Retrieved 2013-12-05.
"Regal Crest - Submissions". Regalcrest.biz. Retrieved 2013-12-05.
"Rainbow eBooks". Rainbow eBooks. Retrieved 2013-12-05.
http://www.lesbianfiction.org/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=640
https://web.archive.org/web/20110518161148/http://www.afterellen.com/archive/ellen/Print/2006/7/publishing.html. Archived from the original on May 18, 2011. Retrieved June 15, 2011. Missing or empty |title= (help)
https://web.archive.org/web/20110716090134/http://sistahsontheshelf.com/blog/?cat=15. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved June 15, 2011. Missing or empty |title= (help)

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[1] Crest, Regal. "Books in Print". RCE. Retrieved 2 November 2012.

[imprints-2] "Regal Crest Book Imprints". Regal Crest Enterprises. 2019. Retrieved 8 October 2019.

[3] "Regal Crest - Quality Books of Distinction - Authors, New Releases and Upcoming Books". Regalcrest.biz. Retrieved 2013-12-05.

[4] "Regal Crest - Submissions". Regalcrest.biz. Retrieved 2013-12-05.

[5] "Rainbow eBooks". Rainbow eBooks. Retrieved 2013-12-05.

[6] ttp://www.lesbianfiction.org/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=640

[7] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20110518161148/http://www.afterellen.com/archive/ellen/Print/2006/7/publishing.html. Archived from the original on May 18, 2011. Retrieved June 15, 2011. Missing or empty |title= (help)

[8] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20110716090134/http://sistahsontheshelf.com/blog/?cat=15. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved June 15, 2011. Missing or empty |title= (help)