Avalon Books

Avalon Books
StatusDefunct
Founded1950
FounderThomas Bouregy
SuccessorAmazon Publishing
Country of originUnited States
Headquarters locationNew York
Fiction genresScience fiction, mystery, romance
Official websiteavalonbooks.com (archived)

Avalon Books (originally Bouregy & Curl) was a small New York-based book publishing imprint owned by Thomas Bouregy & Company.

Established in 1950 by Thomas Bouregy, it would be run by his daughter, Ellen Bouregy Mickelsen, from 1995 to 2012 when it was sold to Amazon.[1] Avalon was an important science fiction imprint in the 1950s and 60s; later its specialty was mystery and romance books.[2]

On June 4, 2012 it was announced that Amazon had purchased the imprint and its back-list of about 3,000 titles. Amazon said it would publish the books through the various imprints of Amazon Publishing.[2]

  1. ^ "About Us". Avalon Books. Archived from the original on June 7, 2012. Retrieved June 4, 2012.
  2. ^ a b Julia Bosman (June 4, 2012). "Amazon Buys Avalon Books, Publisher in Romance and Mysteries". New York Times. Retrieved June 4, 2012.