Founded | 1971 |
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Founder | Jim Douglas and Scott McIntyre |
Country of origin | Canada |
Headquarters location | Vancouver |
Distribution |
University of Toronto Press (Canada) Publishers Group West (US) [1] |
Publication types | Books |
Imprints | Douglas & McIntyre |
Official website |
www |
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 based in Vancouver. [2] 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. [3] D&M Publishers sold off its imprints while under NOI protection; New Society returned to its previous owners, the imprint Greystone Books 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. [4] [5] [6]
It is the publisher of Douglas Coupland, poet Robert Bringhurst, anthropologist Wade Davis, chef Rob Feenie, artists Bill Reid and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas; [7] and the journalist Susan Delacourt. Its full titles list stands at over 1000, with over 500 active titles. [8] [9] [10]