Bloomsbury Publishing is changing its Canadian distributor effective 1 August 2008. They’re moving from Raincoast Books to Penguin Canada. Penguin publisher David Davidar said his company will sell and distribute adult trade and children’s books for Bloomsbury UK, Bloomsbury US, Walker & Company, and A&C Black reference books.
Raincoast will continue to sell and distribute Bloomsbury and Walker & Company titles in Canada until 31 July, and to accept returns until 31 October. “The books and authors have been well represented by Raincoast in the past and the parting is amicable,” said Raincoast’s Vice President of Marketing Jamie Broadhurst.
Bloomsbury is best known in the genre as the publisher of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter.