A book that will fascinate and inform readers who love Canadian writing
“Publishing Canadian books has always been an... read full description
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Apr 11, 2011
Tiffany
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Every Canadian book publishing professional should read this book. Roy MacSkimming has written the one-stop-shop book on the history of book publishing in Canada, spanning from the early-twentieth century to 2003 when the book was published. He discusses the birth of such established presses as McClelland & Stewart, University of Toronto Press, MacMillan, etc., in addition to the advent of independent book publishing in the 60s, headed by House of Anansi, Coach House, New Star, etc. I'm fairly c
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Jun 18, 2009
Aras
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This book tracks the history of English-language publishing in Canada from WWII until the printing of the book (2003). Canada faces some unique challenges, such as sharing a language and much culture with much more populous and economically powerful nations, and a large geographical area with a small and scattered population. So the story told here is of a lot of earnest people with momentary successes and the almost inevitable eventual failures and bitter endings.
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Oct 25, 2010
Karena
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The small bit of this book which I read (I was mining it for information) was great. Even though I worked in the industry I learned a lot which was new to me. I highly recommend this book to any aspiring Canadian author...just so you know what you're getting into!
Aug 05, 2011
Patrick
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A brilliant and readable history of Canada's book publishing industry. I recommend it highly!
Feb 18, 2011
A history of Canadian publishing. Well written and surprisingly entertaining. Excellent profiles of major players like John Gray, Jack McClelland, William Toye and Mel Hurtig. Later chapters dealing with literary agents, Chapters and multinationals were depressing.
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