Want to take advantage of the UTP Covid special? All you need 20 per publisher to get 50%, and right now that’s easy with Goose Lane, the oldest indie publisher in Canada. Just take a look at the notes below! Here is the Goose Lane catalogue for fall if you’d like to look again. Orders […]
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HGD Covid Relief for Indies
Heritage Group Distribution offers more help to indies with Covid relief. See the press release here for full details. The basics: Automatic! You don’t have to do anything (except order). Orders can come/go as per your usual method — no promo code required. Terms are +20% applied automatically on your net invoice. Minimum order is […]
WBRA Virtual Bookfair: Read + Co Presentations
You may have received word from the Western Book Rep Association directly, but I am posting it here because I wanted you to have the schedule and be able to plan to make time for my presentation on Monday, October 19, starting at 2:00 pm. For my presentation, I am separating Kids and Adult presentations, […]
Books in the Media: October 2, 2020
View our media roundup for the week of October 2 on Bookmanager here. Check out the rep notes for full details.
First Read + Seed Success Story: “When Artists Become Heroes”
With financial support via Read + Co’s inaugural Read + Seed program, Edmonton’s Drawn to Books hosted the “Drawn to Write” creator camp in August 2020. This event awarded scholarships to four burgeoning young artists between the ages of nine to eighteen, focussing on promoting creative and inspiring ways kids can engage with their communities. […]
Hot October Releases and Indie Faves
Happy fall! Three important things for you to look at this season: Here are the forthcoming HOT releases shipping in October. These include all my publishers (various vendors) and are organized by release date. These will be shipping in these coming weeks. Note that the first five titles are drop-in titles, and the first one […]
Drop-in Title: The Pocket Guide to The Unheralded Artists of BC Series
One title was missed in the fall HGD catalogue! Coming in October, this is a new format pocket guide to the Unheralded Artists of BC. It includes an outstanding introduction by Marsha Lederman. Be sure to include it on your next HGD order. More info below. Bookmanager single title catalogue here. A valuable art history […]
Books in the Media and Orange Shirt Day: September 25, 2020
Here’s is a larger-than-usual media list, featuring Orange Shirt Day titles, all G&M Fall round-up books, all Vancouver Writers’ Festival books, and some important national-media books and authors that will be doing high-profile events at the Toronto festival. Plus some important Greystone, Dundurn, and Firefly titles. See our rep notes on Bookmanager here for full […]
Raincoast Announcement and Hot New Releases
Three important notices that I know you will want to dig into once you get a chance to breathe! On March 19 Raincoast lowered their free freight minimum on ground shipments to accounts within Canada from $250 to $150 net on invoice. They hope this has helped many of their customers who are using curbside […]
Indie Classics and Course Adptions
Three stellar Bookmanager lists for you from PGC, all shipping via Raincoast: Fall Indie Classics Fall 2020 Top Course Adopted Books SFU and UBC Authors This Season