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HISTORY Naiad was founded by partners Barbara Grier and Donna McBride in January 1973 . The company began in Kansas City, Missouri with $2000, lent by friends of Grier and McBride. Its first title was The Latecomer , a novel by Sarah Aldridge . In 1973, there were few bookstores which would carry such overtly lesbian materials, so Grier and McBride relied heavily on Mail Order in order to market and sell books. Naiad benefitted from its use of the 3800-member mailing list of The Ladder , a prominent and recently defunct lesbian newsletter published by the Daughters Of Bilitis . In addition to original writings, Naiad published out-of-print lesbian novels, such as those of Ann Bannon and Gale Wilhelm . Naiad achieved national prominence in 1985 with its publication of ''Lesbian Nuns'', for which it paid Rosemary Kurb and Nancy Manahan $500,000.Bianco, David. ''Gay Essentials: Facts for Your Queer Brain.'' Los Angeles: Alyson Books, 1999. On their retirement, Grier and McBride passed on the books and authors of Naiad Press to Bella Books . PROMINENT AUTHORS
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