Absolutely Amazing eBooks: Our Story
Absolutely Amazing eBooks was launched on January 1, 2013, in Key West, Florida, by publisher Shirrel Rhoades, Stan Lee’s handpicked successor at Marvel Comics, and entertainment attorney Albert L. Kelley. It was built as a virtual publisher for the digital age: every title is published at the same time as an ebook and as a print-on-demand paperback, and sold online to readers around the world.
Its promise was “something for everybody.” The list grew to cover some thirty-five genres, from mystery, science fiction and romance to young-adult series, memoir, poetry and practical guides, and it gave many new authors their first book, alongside “trunk books” from established writers that had never been published.
Several imprints grew out of Absolutely Amazing eBooks, among them the New Atlantian Library, Whodunit and Basics of…, and in 2015 it added New Pulp Press as a sister company. In 2021 J. T. Colby & Company, Inc. acquired Absolutely Amazing eBooks, and the list is being reissued in new print and ebook editions.