Launch Point Press is a small press publisher of lesbian literature based in Portland, Oregon.
Launch Point Press (LPP) is a lesbian-oriented press with the goal of publishing quality works by newer authors just âÂÂlaunchingâ their careers or by experienced authors âÂÂre-launchingâ their work. LPP is on the list of women's presses "dedicated either wholly or to a significant degree to publishing material written for, by, or about women. Many of them started during the 'second wave' of feminism."
The primary focus of LPP is lesbian fiction: lesbian romance, lesbian crime fiction, and lesbian speculative fiction/sci-fi/fantasy novels. A typical production year includes 8 - 10 trade paperback releases.
Effective January 1, 2023, the founder of the press, Lori L. Lake, sold it to new owners Jodi Zeramby and Peggy Zeramby. On January 1, 2025, Jodi Zeramby and Peggy Zeramby welcomed, as a sister press, Desert Palm Press, another lesbian-oriented and established small press, established by Lee Fitzsimmons.
LPP authors have won Golden Crown Literary Society âÂÂGoldieâ Awards, Lesfic Bard Awards, and have been finalists for many honors including the Rainbow Awards, and local honors in their individual states and communities.