Shebooks Publishes Short E-Books for Women

ShebooksLogoShebooks is a new publisher of short e-books by and for women. Shebooks.net offers a curated collection of original and hard-to-find memoir, fiction and journalism tailored to women.

Bridging the gap between long magazine articles and e-books, each shebook is designed to be read in under two hours. Now available on Amazon Kindle and Nook at a price of $2.99 per book, Shebooks will be available by monthly subscription beginning in March 2014.

The nine titles released on the Shebooks preview site include six memoirs and three works of fiction by well-established authors and essayists, including Hope Edelman, Marion Winik, Faith Adiele, Jessica Anja Blau and Suzanne Paola.

“Women writers are looking for new outlets for their most personal work, and women readers crave great reads that fit into their busy lives,” said Laura Fraser, editorial director and a co-founder of Shebooks. “We are thrilled by the variety and quality of our first titles.”

Shebooks was co-founded in 2013 by Laura Fraser, a journalist, writing teacher and best-selling author (An Italian Affair); veteran magazine editor Peggy Northrop (former Global Editor-in-Chief of Reader’s Digest, former Editor-in-Chief of More, current Editor-in-Chief of Sunset); and publishing veteran Rachel Greenfield (former Executive Vice President, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia).

Shebooks was awarded a seed grant by the New Media Women’s Entrepreneurial Fund administered by the American University’s J-Lab in 2013. The company is currently in the midst of raising its first round of seed funding.

According to the submission guidelines for writers, each “shebook” will run around 10,000 words, but can be as short as 7,500 or as long as 30,000 word. Writers whose stories are accepted for publication will receive 50% of the profits.

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Shebooks.net

Submission Guidelines: Shebooks