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47North

Imprint of Amazon Publishing for speculative fiction

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name	47North
parent	Amazon Publishing
status	Active
founded
founder
country	United States
headquarters	Seattle, Washington
genre	Fantasy, horror, science fiction
owner	Amazon
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47North is a publishing imprint of Amazon Publishing, the publishing company of Amazon. It is the seventh imprint begun under the parent company Amazon Publishing, and publishes speculative fiction under three main genres: fantasy, science fiction, and horror. It launched in October 2011 with 15 initial books.

History and publishing formats

In October 2011, Amazon Publishing announced its seventh imprint, 47North, named for the latitude of Seattle, where Amazon headquarters are. 47North is an imprint publishing novels and shorter stories in the fantasy, science fiction, and horror genres.

Some 47North works are released as Kindle Serials, a serial novel format where works are released in several episodes over a period of weeks. Readers purchase an ebook copy of the book once, and subsequent episodes are delivered at no additional cost. On the completion of the serial novel, it is re-released as a complete novel in ebook and print form.

List of notable authors

Authors published via 47North include:

Brett Battles
Greg Bear
Dana Cameron
Dave Duncan
Evan Currie
Meg Elison
Nicole Galland
Lee Goldberg
Charlie N Holmberg
Kenneth Johnson (producer)
Marko Kloos
Mark Lawrence
Seanan McGuire
Scott Meyer
William Rabkin
Chris Roberson
Ransom Stephens
Neal Stephenson
Mark Teppo
Jeff Wheeler

Submissions

Amazon Publishing does not accept unsolicited manuscripts.

References

Rao, Leena. (October 11, 2011). "Amazon Expands To Science Fiction, Horror And Fantasy With Seventh Publishing Imprint 47North". TechCrunch.
(October 11, 2011). "Amazon Publishing Launches Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Imprint, 47North".
Friedman, Roberto. (August 13, 2019). "Two LGBTQ authors in the mix: Jim Provenzano & Meg Elison".
"Work with Us". Amazon Publishing.

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