Master Point Press is a Canadian

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company located in

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. It grew out of Canadian Master Point magazine (1992–1997), which was published by Ray and Linda Lee. The company began publishing books in 1994. While primarily interested in books on

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, MPP also publishes books on other games and intellectual pursuits, such as

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. Notable bridge players whose works have been published by Master Point Press include

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, Edwin Kantar,

Terence Reese John Terence Reese (28 August 1913 – 29 January 1996) was a British bridge player and writer, regarded as one of the finest of all time in both fields. He was born in Epsom, Surrey, England to middle-class parents, and was educated at Bradf ...

Barbara Seagram Barbara Seagram (born 1949 in Barbados, West Indies) is a Canadian Registered Nurse and contract bridge writer, teacher, and administrator. She is co-author of thirty-two published bridge books, including co-writing with Marc Smith ''25 Bridge C ...

, and David Bird.List of authors published by Master Point Press
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through the Book Publishing Industry Development Program (BPIDP) for their publishing activities. The company has been expanding its online presence with a

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ging site, an ebook site
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a resource for both bridge teachers and students.

References

External links

Master Point Press, official website

Teach Bridge, an online bridge community of bridge teachers and bridge players, run by Master Point Press

Bridge Blogging, a community of Master Point Press authors and other bridge writers commenting regularly on the bridge scene
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