By Charlie Smith
When Canada’s largest independent publisher, D&M Publishers, went into creditor protection last year, it shocked many authors and book lovers.
Eventually, Heritage House bought the assets of D&M’s Greystone Books, and the owners of Harbour Publishing acquired the Douglas & McIntyre imprint, but it left some D&M employees looking for ways to stay in the industry.
By Julie Baldassi
Former D&M Publishers staffers Trena White and Jesse Finkelstein have announced the launch of a new company, Page Two Strategies, that will serve both authors and corporate clients on a variety of projects.
By Leigh Anne Williams
The 2012 demise of D&M Publishing, one of Canada’s most respected independent publishers, was mourned throughout the industry, but pieces of the business and the people who ran it seem to have scattered like seeds that are now sprouting in all kinds of new growth on Canada’s West Coast.
The Canadian publishing landscape is set to transform with the launch of a brand new agency, from two highly respected managers of the now defunct D&M Publishers.
You’re danger junkies. Gluttons for punishment. Moths to a flame.
Such was the response from concerned family and friends when we announced our plan to launch a publishing agency.
And who could blame them?
