New imprint for Paul Betit titles
In 2015, Maine author Paul Betit launched an independent book imprint, BeeMan Books.
“The publishing industry has changed tremendously during the past decade, and I want to be in position to take full advantage of those advances,” Betit said.
According to recent reports about the publishing industry, as much as 75 percent of the new titles released annually are wholly or partially subsidized by the authors themselves.
“Publishing my books under my own imprint will allow me to have more control over what I produce and enable me to capture a larger share of the revenue stream,” Betit said.
Betit is working on a number of writing projects that he intends to publish during the next several years.
Since 2015, every copy of Betit's crime series featuring U.S. Army CID investigator John Murphy has carried the imprint's distinctive logo on its copyright page and back cover. The series includes Phu Bai, Kagnew Station and The Man In The Canal, which was published in 2014.
In November 2016, BeeMan Books will publish Let Me Tell A Story, a mix of short fiction and memoir. Half of the stories in the collection are set in Maine and a number of them were inspired by his experiences of living in during the Vietnam War and its aftermath.
“I've been writing short fiction of varying lengths,” he said. “It includes semi-autobiographical material as well as novella-length pieces in what I would call the modern crime noir genre.”
Betit has no plans to publish anyone's work but his own.
“The publishing industry has changed tremendously during the past decade, and I want to be in position to take full advantage of those advances,” Betit said.
According to recent reports about the publishing industry, as much as 75 percent of the new titles released annually are wholly or partially subsidized by the authors themselves.
“Publishing my books under my own imprint will allow me to have more control over what I produce and enable me to capture a larger share of the revenue stream,” Betit said.
Betit is working on a number of writing projects that he intends to publish during the next several years.
Since 2015, every copy of Betit's crime series featuring U.S. Army CID investigator John Murphy has carried the imprint's distinctive logo on its copyright page and back cover. The series includes Phu Bai, Kagnew Station and The Man In The Canal, which was published in 2014.
In November 2016, BeeMan Books will publish Let Me Tell A Story, a mix of short fiction and memoir. Half of the stories in the collection are set in Maine and a number of them were inspired by his experiences of living in during the Vietnam War and its aftermath.
“I've been writing short fiction of varying lengths,” he said. “It includes semi-autobiographical material as well as novella-length pieces in what I would call the modern crime noir genre.”
Betit has no plans to publish anyone's work but his own.