Margaret Bryant, director of sales and marketing for Dundurn, has acquired world rights to Phil Dwyer’s Larry’s Book: Lessons in Dying a Good Death, a non-fiction work chronicling the end-of-life experience of Dr.
Page Two is delighted to announce that we’ve hired a project manager. Carra Simpson has worked in trade book publishing since 2007, most recently as the publishing operations manager at Greystone Books and Douglas & McIntyre.
Page Two was quoted in this Vancouver Sun article about self-publishing in the city.
Journalist Shawn Conner writes: “Helping writers navigate these sometimes confusing waters is Page Two Strategies, a Vancouver-based company founded by Trena White and Jesse Finkelstein.
Today we posted our first expert blog for Digital Book World: Canadian Competition Bureau Limits Agency Ebook Pricing. We will be blogging for DBW every few weeks about digital publishing in Canada, and we’ll be sure to share the links here when we do.
Bruce Sellery, author of The Moolala Guide to Rockin’ Your RRSP, reached #1 on the Globe and Mail bestseller list for self-improvement today. Congratulations to Bruce! We arranged a hybrid deal for Bruce that saw Figure 1 publish his print book into the trade, and Bruce self-publish his ebook and handle special sales of the print book.
By Tracy Sherlock
Almost a year ago, venerable Vancouver publisher Douglas & McIntyre filed for creditor protection, ultimately closing up shop after more than 40 years in business. Today, at least three new companies have emerged in the aftermath, while the former publishing company’s three publishing lines are all still flourishing….
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.
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?
