Following the last Council meeting, we are pleased to welcome four new members to the ACP!
Amethyst House Publishing Inc.
Scarborough, ON
President: Peter Charizanis
Amethyst House Publishing Inc. was established to provide quality books and to help new and upcoming Canadian Authors and Illustrators advance in the Canadian and International Publishing Market. Amethyst House is an Associate ACP member.
University Extension Press
Saskatoon, SK
Managing Editor: Perry Millar www.uep.usask.ca
University Extension Press is currently nested within the Extension Division of the University of Saskatchewan. To date, the UEP publishing program has reflected the programs in the Extension Division: Food, Agriculture and Horticulture; Indigenous Peoples; Science, Technology and the Environment; Business and Leadership; Humanities, Community Arts; Adult Education; ESL. UEP is an Associate ACP member.
Wingate Press is a Canadian-owned and -operated publisher based in Stratford, Ontario. They publish editions of both literary and non-fiction works, as well as poetry and short fiction anthologies. They also produce first-edition paperbacks aimed at a diverse market. Wingate Press is an Associate ACP member.
Substance Books is the biggest commission-free book promotion network, providing web marketing ideas and promotional opportunities to over 200 authors and independent publishers. Services include online book publicity and promotion, website evaluation and design services, a free book marketing newsletter, and online forums and resources for authors and publishers. Substance Books is a Supporting ACP member.
Welcome to our new members!
UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA PRESS LAUNCHES NEW VIRTUAL STORE TO RIVAL AMAZON! —
Booklovers worldwide can now purchase hundreds of titles published by The University of Alberta Press (UAP) at its new virtual store located on the Press' website at www.uap.ualberta.ca. UAP is one of the first Canadian university presses to embark on the technological adventure of selling its books on the Internet. Long-term success by competitors such as Amazon and Chapters indicates there is definitely a demand for online bookstore services. The explosion of the Internet and the World Wide Web has resulted in immediate access to global customers who are interested in buying books, particularly niche-market ones. Sales have been steadily increasing and have been truly global. After conducting a beta test of the online store this past summer, UAP more than made back its costs within a three-month period. Sales have come from all over the world, including Australia. Customers visiting the UAP website will find the store is just a mouse click away, where they can select from an eclectic assortment of UAP titles and choose how quickly they want their books to be shipped to them. Whether interested customers are local or international-based, visiting the store has proven to be a smooth, stress-free experience and UAP looks forward to meeting more and more of its customers online as a result of this exciting new business method. For more information, please contact Cathie Crooks, Sales/Marketing Manager, University of Alberta Press, P: 780.492.5820, E: ccrooks@ualberta.ca.
Congratulations to everyone at UAP on this exciting new initiative!
December 2, 2004: SASKATCHEWAN BOOK AWARDS—
Congratulations to all members who were honoured at last week’s Saskatchewan Book Awards! ACP member winners are noted below; for a complete list of finalists and winners, please see the Saskatchewan Book Awards website at www.bookawards.sk.ca
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Greystone Books received both the Book of the Year and Non-fiction awards for Candace Savage’s “Prairie: A Natural History”
McGill-Queen’s University Press received both the Scholarly Writing and the Saskatoon Book Award for Robert Calder’s “Beware the British Serpent”
Coteau Books received the Fiction award for Larry Gasper’s “Princes in Waiting” and the First Peoples Publishing Award for Randy Lundy’s “Gift of the Hawk”
Orca Books received the Children’s Literature award for Beth Goobie’s “Flux”
NeWest Press received the Regina Book Award for Byrna Barclay’s “The Room with Five Walls”
Thistledown Press received the First Book Award for Bonnie Dunlop’s “The Beauty Box”
Canadian Plains Research Center received the Award for Publishing for Heinjo Lahring’s “Water and Wetland Plants of the Prairie Provinces”
Congratulations to all winners!
UPDATE ON ACP PRESENCE AT THE SALON DU LIVRE DE MONTREAL 2004—
The Salon du Livre de Montreal has wrapped up for another year. Thank you to all our publishers who participated in the program. The ACP consultant met with 22 French publishers at the ACP booth over the five-day period. French publishers brought 11 projects to the ACP. Nicola Danby, the ACP consultant, will be conducting follow up on all the meetings in order to help facilitate the negotiations between interested publishers for translation and collaboration projects. Nicola will be contacting each publisher individually regarding French publisher interest. 21 ACP publishers participated this year with a total of 87 titles.
ACP CHILDREN'S STUDY PRINTED - AVAILABLE FOR DISTRIBUTION—
The ACP Children's committee study Canadian Books in Schools: Raising the Profile arrived from the printer's today and is available to any ACP member who would like to request a copy. Members of the Children's Committee have automatically been sent a printed copy. To request a copy of the full report free of charge, please contact Jack Illingworth at jack_illingworth@canbook.org. The study identifies influences affecting Canadian book selection, identifies needs and challenges for marketing Canadian books, identifies strategies and resources for awareness building about the importance of school libraries, and provides opportunities and directions for marketing Canadian books for schools.
Highlights of the report have been compiled into a revised version for distribution to the education community in Canada.
