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...
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
The link I know you’ve been waiting for — this week’s media roundup is here. Note The Lying Life Of Adults by Elena Ferrante is in and is on sale September 1! Europa has marketing materials for The Lying Life Of Adults available here. Materials include the following: Videos,...
There can be no doubt that the power of LOCAL has been an undeniable trend during the past five months. Regional titles continue to occupy bestseller lists and consumers are snapping them up like never before. If you’re looking to pile ’em high on a table, fill a window, or profile...
Here is our weekly media list from all our Read + Co publishers in one easy place (about a two-minute read; don’t miss the rep notes). This week’s update focusses on KIDS books. Hottest PGC kids titles selling fast are at this link. Here are two relevant newsletters: one...
Sadly, I am no longer to be selling you the RWW list (as you know, I am a big fan of these kinds of books). Thomas Allen will be picking up the line. As per the quill announcement, below. Returns to GPI are good til December, so please don’t...
Here are the hot media titles this week gathered from all my publishers — it is a three-minute read! The World Fantasy Award shortlist and Booker long-listed titles are also on here. The 75-year Hiroshima anniversary was on August 6. Social distanced commemoration events took place in communities across...
I wanted to share info on Europa’s forthcoming travel writing series, The Passenger. This series is great! It looks amazing — like a well-bound, thick, high-quality literary journal — and it is ideal for anyone looking to take a trip from home this summer in the safety of their...
Claws of the Panda: Beijing’s Campaign of Influence and Intimidation in Canada, by Jonathan Manthorpe (Victoria), has been named a finalist for the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing. This is the book’s second nomination this year, having been named a finalist earlier for the Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize...
Distribution changes: Publishers Group Canada Publishers Group Canada will distribute Free Spirit Publishing across all channels, effective Sept. 1. (Social Education and Emotional education titles for parents and teachers) I currently rep both these lines from GPIm but they are both switching to PGC Raincoast. Their fall catalogue can...