Simply Read Books
Simply Read Books is a children's specific publishing house situated in Vancouver, BC, Canada.
| Country of origin | Canada |
|---|---|
| Headquarters location | Vancouver, BC |
| Distribution | Ingram Publisher Services (Canada, US) Turnaround Publisher Services (UK) NewSouth Books (Australia)[1] |
| Publication types | Books |
| Fiction genres | children's literature |
| Official website | www |
Awards (incomplete list)
Books published by Simply Read Books have won the following awards:
- Governor General's Literary Award for Children's Literature, Illustration
- Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award
- Awards for Excellence in Book Design in Canada by the Alcuin Society
Authors and illustrators (incomplete list)
- Duncan Weller
- Kari-Lynn Winters
- Shaun Tan
- John Marsden (writer)
- Iassen Ghiuselev
- Elisa Gutiérrez
- Matthew Porter
- Sara O'Leary
- Julie Morstad
- Thomas Aquinas Maguire
- Ryan Heshka
- Dan Bar-el
- Tamara James
- Christine Dencer
- Ashley Spires[2]
Controversy
- Simply Read Books has had complaints of late payments, breaches of contracts, and other allegations by many of its authors. This publisher had been the subject of negative articles in Publisher's Weekly[3], the CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Company)[4], and the Quill and Quire[2].
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References
- ".::simply read books::". Retrieved 2018-01-11.
- "Non-payment not the only allegation against Simply Read books | Quill and Quire". Quill and Quire. 2015-06-18. Retrieved 2018-01-28.
- "Simply Read Books Faces Complaints of Late Payments, Breached Contracts". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2018-01-28.
- "The perils of publishing: One Montreal writer tells her story". CBC News. Retrieved 2018-01-28.
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