![]() ![]() ![]() Once they got going, Belmont published about 12 titles per month, with print runs of between 30,000–70,000 copies. īelmont's initial offerings were four titles - a Western, a mystery, a science fiction book, and a detective book. According to the son of one of the founders, the name of the company came from Belmont Park, as the owners were fans of horse racing. When Columbia was shut down in 1960 (due to the demise of the pulp industry), Goldwater, Silberkleit, and Coyne immediately formed Belmont Books. Goldwater, Louis Silberkleit, Maurice Coyne, the co-founders of Archie Comics, who also ran the pulp magazine publisher Columbia Publications. Belmont was owned by the same company that owned Archie Comics. Dick, Philip José Farmer, Lin Carter, Robert Bloch, Frank Belknap Long, and Gardner Fox. ![]() The company published books by such notable authors as Philip K. ![]() It specialized in science fiction, horror and fantasy, with titles appearing from 1961 through 1971. Science fiction, horror, fantasy, sword and sorceryīelmont Books, also known as Belmont Productions, was an American publisher of genre fiction paperback originals founded in 1960. Goldwater, Louis Silberkleit, Maurice Coyne ![]()
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