We Love Librarians!
Our publisher's first "real" job was shelving books at her local library at age 12, which sparked a lifelong love of and respect for librarians worldwide.
What we do
Rebeca Books publishes business, women's fiction, and romance written by and featuring women 40 and over.
We are a traditional, royalty-paying publishing house that elevates diverse voices of mature women and seeks to institute fair and just compensation for writers by providing them with - in addition to their generous royalties - a seat at the profit table.
All Rebeca Books titles are available through Baker & Taylor and Ingram.
Don't have an account? No problem!
Our trade sales are managed by APG Books.
Contact Debbie Felt at dfelt@apgbooks.com.
fall line sneak peek
Get a Taste of What's Coming this Fall!
Click on any book cover to see the first few chapters, or email rebeca@rebecabooks.com for the full manuscript.
GEN-X, The Adult Era: Designing a Life of Wellness (on our own, as usual)
Click on the book cover to check out the first few chapters of this hilarious book by April Raque!
Because, while we had all the ability in the world to recover from the craziness of figuring it out (and failing/falling) by ourselves in childhood, we're beyond that now. This is wisdom for Gen-X women, from an educated, experienced Gen-X woman.
the skies are full of us: a true story of speaking up, burning down, and the unbreakable bond of friendship
Grounded in long-lasting bonds of friendship, two women come to a cataclysmic spiritual and feminine awakening when they join brave survivors and speak out about personal experiences of corruption and misconduct within their respective megachurch and international nonprofit organizations. This title adds to the canon created by Glennon Doyle, Elizabeth Gilbert, Cheryl Strayed, Rachel Held Evans, and other courageous, brilliant women.
In the Blink of an Eye: How Briefly Going Blind Opened My Eyes
Defying the odds, Barbara Melvin rose from humble beginnings in Virginia to become a banking industry leader within the elite beachside enclave of Naples, Florida.
But when she woke up blind one morning, it all came crashing down. This is how she began again using the foundations of faith, family, and friends and the lens of her 5 Ps of Success.
why we do it
We Believe in Women
This tendency in the U.S. to ignore women in both professional and personal life just as we enter our time of wisdom and maturity harms everyone.
In our professional life...
We see a world robbed of the powerful voices that accomplished businesswomen bring to elevate, heal, inspire, and lead. Over 12 million small businesses in the U.S. are owned by women, and they employ more than 10 million people. We need access to the collective wisdom borne of charting our own courses in a nation whose workplace only opened to us a generation(ish) ago.
In our personal life...
We see bookshelves overflowing with heroines who are finding themselves and their first loves, but only a scant few telling the tales of awakening, growth, and romance that happen later in life. You know the ones - they include previous relationships, existing children, women already strong in their careers, changed experiences in the bedroom, and a relationship dynamic impacted by the maturity gained in those years.
We see a lack.
So, like any good woman, we're fixing it.
We Believe in Writers
Writers are the backbone of cultural communication and change. With our words, we state what was, reveal what is, and inspire toward what can be. Women are keen observers and participants in all of these phases - especially women who have been on this planet for a hot minute.
We elevate the voices of those mature women and we don't mean "mature" as a euphemism for old. A woman can be 70 and immature (mm hmm, you probably just thought of one!). Here, we come alongside women who possess a wisdom that can help, heal, inspire, grow, educate, and lead the rest of us. We give those words the power of platform, quality packaging, and extensive distribution.
Because wise women writers are what this world needs.
book an author
Want to Host a Rebeca Books Author at Your Library?
Get in touch and we'll coordinate calendars for a fabulous time at your branch. Just email rebeca@rebecabooks.com.
GEN-X, The Adult Era: Designing a Life of Wellness (on our own, as usual)
April Raque is a Mayo Clinic and National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach (NBC-HWC), Reiki Master, interior designer, and environmental activist. She is host of the podcast THINGS MOM NEVER SAID: Secrets To Aging Well.
Based in Naples, Florida, April spends her days designing spaces for great wellness.
the skies are full of us: a true story of speaking up, burning down, and the unbreakable bond of friendship
Sarah Carter and Corinne Shark have been friends for decades. Forever fools for hope, their writing is born of a shared soul ache and deep knowing in their bones that doing the right thing still matters.
They share their journey and insight regularly on the podcast, Spiritual Pyro with Sarah Carter and Corinne Shark.
In the Blink of an Eye: How Briefly Going Blind Opened My Eyes
Barbara Melvin worked in the banking industry for over 33 years, starting as a part time teller and working her way up to Vice President. Cross trained in coaching, mentoring, audits, and investments, she has held Life, Health and Annuity Licenses as well as loan underwriting, mortgages, personal & business loans and more.
Barbara travels nationwide helping audiences of all sizes understand how to build and wield the power of a healthy financial life.
The Start of Library Love at Rebeca Books
Back in 1989, the 12-year-old iteration of our publisher took an after-school job shelving books at her local library in Northwest Tennessee. Rebeca had been a bookworm since she learned to read at 4, and now found herself in a dream world that let her take care of and explore books all afternoon - for money!
She went on to become a best-selling writer of women's fiction and business books, many of which were written as she sat in various public libraries around the country (shamelessly taking advantage of the overtly quiet and covertly creative energy).
By day, she served as a literary publicist for a Big Ten Publisher and then a literary publicity firm owner herself before a multi-year foray into film and television writing and production. By night, she wrote.
Today, when she isn't tackling her mountain of work as publisher of Rebeca Books, Rebeca is honored to serve on her county's Library Advisory Board, where she works hard to ensure the community of today and tomorrow finds as much solace and inspiration as she has among the stacks.
Rebeca Books is the publishing division of The 1C Story Network.