Dorchester Enters the Audio Realm

New York, N.Y. – Dorchester Publishing proudly announces its partnership with Audio Realms to release many of Dorchester’s bestselling romance and horror novels as multiple audio formats.

As a premier publisher of mass market genre originals, Dorchester is renowned for discovering and nurturing the careers of countless nationally bestselling and award-winning authors. Its backlist of more than 1,000 active titles spans romance, horror, science fiction/fantasy, thriller and mystery genres.

“Audio Realms’ incredible passion for genre fiction makes them the obvious and logical partner for our audio business,” said Tim DeYoung, Dorchester Senior VP of Sales. “This partnership will allow Dorchester to expand its audience by connecting with readers beyond traditional formats.”

Audio Realms currently offers classic material by Algernon Blackwood, Robert E. Howard, Clark Ashton Smith, Andre Norton and Marion Zimmer Bradley. The partnership with Dorchester allows it to expand to nationally bestselling authors like modern masters Brian Keene, Richard Laymon and Jack Ketchum.

“We started with the concept of genre-specialized classic sci-fi, fantasy and horror that I became enamored with growing up,” said Fred Godsmark, Audio Realms C.E.O., who has been a professional sound engineer and sound designer for more than 15 years.

Audio Realms is now producing paranormal romance audio versions of novels by New York Times bestselling authors C. L. Wilson, Nina Bangs and Katie MacAlister, as well as some of the more groundbreaking names in horror and paranormal romance. In addition to listings on www.Dorchesterpub.com, readers will now be able to visit www.AudioRealms.com for classic sci-fi, fantasy and horror, www.DarkRealmsAudio.com for urban horror and www.DarkDesires.com for paranormal and other romance. To purchase audio books in downloadable MP3 format, readers can visit www.theaudiobookshop.com.

About Dorchester Publishing:

Dorchester Publishing has published mass market books since 1971, making it the oldest independent mass market publisher in America.   Renowned for discovering New York Times bestselling authors such as Victoria Alexander, Christine Feehan and Lynsay Sands, Dorchester has also nurtured the careers of MWA Grand Masters Lawrence Block, Marcia Muller and Donald Westlake; HWA Lifetime Achievement Award winners J.N. Williamson and Hugh B. Cave; Spur Award winners Johnny D. Boggs, Jane Candia Coleman and John D. Nesbitt. It is also the publisher of the popular Hard Case Crime series of pulp-style noir mysteries.

About Audio Realms:

Audio Realms has been in business for nearly six years, with its own production and manufacturing facility in Chapel Hill, N.C., where it handles everything from recording to order fulfillment. It offers classic sci-fi and fantasy, modern horror and romance audiobooks. Audio Realms released the Elric series from Michael Moorcock, as well as six compilations of material by H. P. Lovecraft, garnering accolades from numerous sources, including SFFA.com and Lovecraft scholar S. T. Yoshi.