Double Dragon Publishing was a Canadian-based publisher specializing in
e-book
An ebook (short for electronic book), also spelled as e-book or eBook, is a book publication made available in electronic form, consisting of text, images, or both, readable on the flat-panel display of computers or other electronic devices. Al ...
format publication. Founded by Deron Douglas in 2000, the company claimed the largest collection of titles in the
science fiction
Science fiction (often shortened to sci-fi or abbreviated SF) is a genre of speculative fiction that deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts. These concepts may include information technology and robotics, biological manipulations, space ...
and
fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction that involves supernatural or Magic (supernatural), magical elements, often including Fictional universe, imaginary places and Legendary creature, creatures.
The genre's roots lie in oral traditions, ...
categories in print, with annual sales of over 45,000 units prior to its closure in 2020.
History
The firm was founded as a single-imprint
small press
A small press is a publisher with annual sales below a certain level or below a certain number of titles published. The terms "indie publisher" and "independent press" and others are sometimes used interchangeably. However, when a distinction ...
publisher in 2000 by Deron Douglas. The publishing house has since grown into a stable publisher with eight separate imprints, focusing on different genres, but generally within the science-fiction, fantasy,
horror, and
paranormal romance
Paranormal romance is a subgenre of both romantic fiction and speculative fiction. Paranormal romance focuses on romantic love and includes elements beyond the range of scientific explanation, from the speculative fiction genres of fantasy, scien ...
subgenres.
While specializing in eBook publication, the firm also released paperback books, graphic novels, and pocket books.
Authors included Jedaiah Ramnarine,
Gail Z. Martin,
J.M. Frey, Danny Birt,
Geoff Nelder,
Simon Drake,
Dan DeBono, Tony Teora,
E. Rose Sabin,
David Conway,
Steve Lazarowitz, Michael A. Ventrella, Ben Manning, Thomm Quackenbush, Margret A. Treiber, Gillian Duce and the late
Nick Pollotta
Nick Pollotta (August 26, 1954 – April 13, 2013 in Chicago) was an American author. He is best known for his humorous novels, including the science-fiction novel, ''Illegal Aliens'' (with Phil Foglio) and the fantasy novels ''Bureau 13'' and '' ...
.
Deron Douglas sold the Double Dragon Publishing brand in 2020 and retired from the publishing industry to create fine art full-time under the nam
D. Ahsén:nase Douglas
Electronic publishing
DDP publishes books in Rocket-eBook, Hiebook,
Adobe PDF
Portable document format (PDF), standardized as ISO 32000, is a file format developed by Adobe in 1992 to present documents, including text formatting and images, in a manner independent of application software, hardware, and operating system ...
, MS Reader,
Mobipocket
Mobipocket SA was a French company incorporated in March 2000 that created the .mobi e-book file format and produced the Mobipocket Reader software for mobile phones, personal digital assistants (PDA) and desktop operating systems.
The Mobipock ...
,
iSilo,
Franklin eBookMan, and Palm Doc formats. While some selected texts are issued in
audiobook
An audiobook (or a talking book) is a recording of a book or other work being read out loud. A reading of the complete text is described as "unabridged", while readings of shorter versions are abridgements.
Spoken audio has been available in sch ...
format, the majority are electronic only. Their focus on electronic format sales led
Piers Anthony
Piers Anthony Dillingham Jacob (born August 6, 1934) is an American author in the science fiction and fantasy genres, publishing under the name Piers Anthony. He is best known for his long-running novel series set in the fictional realm of Xan ...
to note in 2004 that "DD is one of the best, perhaps THE best, of the electronic publishers".
Awards
* Winner, MyShelf Publishing Award, 2002
* Winner, Best Performance by a Publisher, KnowBetter.com, 2002
* Runner-Up, Wooden Rocket Award for best e-book publisher, computercrowsnest.com, 2003
* Nominated for four Eppie Awards, 2003
* Nominated for six Eppie Awards, 2004
References
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Book publishing companies of Canada