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Douglas & McIntyre

Douglas & McIntyre

Canadian Publishing House

Douglas and McIntyre (2013) Ltd. is a Canadian book publishing firm.

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Douglas & McIntyre was founded by James Douglas and Scott McIntyre in 1971 as an independent publishing company based in Vancouver.[2] Reorganized with new owners in 2008 as D&M Publishers Inc., it bought New Society Publishers. In October 2012 the company filed a Notice of Intention (NOI) under the Canadian bankruptcy act.[3] D&M Publishers sold off its imprints while under NOI protection; New Society returned to its previous owners, the imprint Greystone Books was sold to a group headed by Heritage House Publishing and set up as a stand-alone company called Greystone Books Ltd. while the original Douglas & McIntyre list was sold to the owners of Harbour Publishing who placed it under a new independent company, Douglas and McIntyre (2013) Ltd.[4][5][6]

It is the publisher of Douglas Coupland, poet Robert Bringhurst, anthropologist Wade Davis, chef Rob Feenie, artists Bill Reid and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas;[7] and the journalist Susan Delacourt. Its full titles list stands at over 1000, with over 500 active titles.[8][9][10]

References

  1. [1]
    "Booksellers - Douglas & McIntyre". Archived from the original on 2017-11-16. Retrieved 2017-11-15.
  2. [2]
    "Bankrupt publisher saved by B.C. competitor | CBC News". CBC. Retrieved 2020-12-28.
  3. [3]
    "Douglas & McIntyre owner files for bankruptcy". CBC News. October 22, 2012. Retrieved December 25, 2012.
  4. [4]
    Heritage House Publishing Acquires Greystone Books
  5. [5]
    D&M Publishers Finds Buyer for Douglas & McIntyre Imprint
  6. [6]
    D&M's New Society Imprint Sold
  7. [7]
    "Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas - Douglas & McIntyre". www.douglas-mcintyre.com. Archived from the original on 2014-07-30.
  8. [8]
    Douglas & McIntyre author list Archived October 5, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  9. [9]
    Montreal Gazette Archived November 2, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  10. [10]
    Douglas & McIntyre About page Archived October 5, 2007, at the Wayback Machine

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