Douglas and McIntyre (2013) Ltd. is a Canadian book publishing firm.
Douglas & McIntyre was founded by James Douglas and Scott McIntyre in 1971 as an independent
publishing company
Publishing is the activity of making information, literature, music, software and other content available to the public for sale or for free. Traditionally, the term refers to the creation and distribution of printed works, such as books, news ...
based in Vancouver. 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. D&M Publishers sold off its imprints while under NOI protection; New Society returned to its previous owners, the imprint
Greystone Books
Greystone or Graystone may refer to:
Locations
* Graystone Manor, the first condominium building built in the continental United States
* Greystone, West Virginia
* Greystone Airport, a private airport in Ocala, Florida
* Greystone (estate), a h ...
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.
It is the publisher of
Douglas Coupland, poet
Robert Bringhurst
Robert Bringhurst Appointments to the Order of Canada (2013). (born 16 October 1946) is a Canadian poet, typographer and author. He has translated substantial works from Haida and Navajo and from classical Greek and Arabic. He wrote ''The Eleme ...
, anthropologist
Wade Davis, chef
Rob Feenie, artists
Bill Reid
William Ronald Reid Jr. (12 January 1920 – 13 March 1998) (Haida) was a Canadian artist whose works include jewelry, sculpture, screen-printing, and paintings. Producing over one thousand original works during his fifty-year career, Reid ...
and
Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas; and the journalist
Susan Delacourt. Its full titles list stands at over 1000, with over 500 active titles.
Douglas & McIntyre About page
References
Further reading
BC Business 1991 profile of Douglas & McIntyre co-founder Scott McIntyre
External links
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Records of Douglas & McIntyre are held by Simon Fraser University's Special Collections and Rare Books
Book publishing companies of Canada
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