Ghoulish Books

What Ghoulish Books does

Ghoulish Books is a privately held, for-profit publishing company founded in 2012 and headquartered in Selman City, United States, that publishes and sells horror-genre books. The company's stated function is limited to publishing and selling horror titles; no subsidiary imprints, sub-brands, or alternative trade names are disclosed in the source material. Its web presence is anchored at ghoulish.rip.

The firm's business model, distribution mechanics, and revenue model are not described in the available source data: pricing details, marketing channels, distribution channels, customer segments, and named customer or retail relationships are all absent. The only supporting third-party source returned in this dataset was a loading/verification page with no substantive company data, and no headcount, management team, funding rounds, M&A activity, product launches, certifications, or partnerships were captured. As a result, while the core operational premise — a niche horror publisher — is supported, virtually all surrounding firmographic, commercial, and operational detail is unknown.

Name

Ghoulish Books

Website

https://ghoulish.rip

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Short description

Ghoulish Books is a privately held, for-profit horror-genre book publisher and retailer founded in 2012 and headquartered in Selman City, United States, selling directly to horror readers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Horror Book Publishing

NAICS

Book Publishers (513130), Book Publishers (51313), Book Retailers and News Dealers (45921)

SIC

Books: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2731)

akta.pro primary industry

Genre & Category Publishing (Romance, Mystery/Thriller, Sci‑Fi/Fantasy, etc.) (MPAJAAAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

General Trade Publishing (Adult Fiction & Nonfiction) (MPAJAAAA)

Keywords

• Horror fiction publishing
• Horror book publishing
• Independent book publishing
• Horror literature
• Specialty book publisher

Headquarters

HQ city

Selman City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Core offering

Ghoulish Books is a publishing company that publishes and sells horror books. Operating under the website ghoulish.rip, the company focuses on producing horror literature for readers of the genre.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Horror Books

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves1 record

Direct peers

• PS Publishing: UK-based independent genre publisher with strong horror, sci-fi, and fantasy lists; comparable as a small specialty press operating in overlapping genre categories.
• Valancourt Books: Independent small press with strong horror, gothic, and weird-fiction catalog; comparable as a niche-focused publisher competing for genre readership and limited bookstore shelf space.
• Cemetery Dance Publications: Long-running independent publisher specializing in horror, dark fiction, and suspense — directly comparable to Ghoulish Books in genre focus, niche reader base, and small-press operating model.
• Crystal Lake Publishing: Independent horror publisher producing novels, anthologies, and novellas; shares the genre-pure publishing model and small-team operating profile typical of dedicated horror imprints.
• Angry Robot Books: Genre fiction publisher with substantial horror-adjacent (sci-fi, fantasy, dark) output; comparable in targeting genre-fiction readers and operating as an independent imprint.
• ChiZine Publications: Canadian horror and dark fiction publisher; comparable as a dedicated horror small press with a curated author roster and limited marketing footprint.
• Dark Regions Press: Independent horror and dark fiction publisher with limited print runs and collectible editions; closely comparable to Ghoulish Books as a small-press horror specialist.

Broad incumbents

• Titan Books: Mid-sized genre publisher with deep horror and dark fiction catalog; comparable on genre focus but operates at significantly larger scale and distribution reach.
• Del Rey Books: Penguin Random House genre imprint publishing horror, sci-fi, and fantasy; comparable on genre readership but with vastly broader catalog, marketing, and retail penetration.
• Tor Books: Major imprint of Macmillan publishing extensive horror and dark fantasy titles; competes for horror readers at scale, offering a comparison point for what scale distribution looks like in the same genre.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat1 record

Key risks4 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/GhoulishBooks

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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