Announcements

B2B SYSTEMS MAINTENANCE

March 14, 2024

Please note, the B2B will be unavailable on Sunday, March 17th from 4:30-7:00 PM PST for systems maintenance.

RAINCOAST ANNUAL INVENTORY COUNT

January 29, 2024

Please note, the Raincoast warehouse will be closed for our annual inventory count March 19th - March 21st. Shipping will close at the end of day on March 18th with an order cut-off of March 15th at 11AM. We will be back up and shipping Friday, March 22nd.

HOLIDAY HOURS 2023

October 23, 2023

An order cutoff schedule and holiday hours for December 2023 can be found here.

Please note, cutoff dates are based on regular transit times. Winter road conditions may delay deliveries. The warehouse will continue to process the orders past cutoff dates after each region is cleared.

Customer Service and the order desk will be closed on December 29th.

RAINCOAST TO DISTRIBUTE PAPERBLANKS EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2023

July 1, 2023

Raincoast Books takes over Canadian distribution for Paperblanks Journals Ltd. effective July 1, 2023.

Established in Vancouver in 1991, and now headquartered in Dublin, Paperblanks publishes premium journals and creative tools, with image art inspired by classic book binding design, literature, science, music, mysticism, and creativity.

Raincoast Books will distribute Paperblanks via Chronicle Books who has entered into an agreement to distribute Paperblanks in the United States and Canada. We will sell approximately 50 new Paperblanks titles per season with a backlist of over 1200 titles. Jannex Enterprises was the previous Canadian distributor.

ISBN Prefixes include:

Please contact your local sales representative for more information or info@raincoast.com.

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN HARCOURT TITLES TO HARPERCOLLINS CANADA EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2022

December 7, 2021

In May 2021, HarperCollins Publishers acquired the Books & Media segment of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH). Effective Monday, January 1, 2022, distribution of the former HMH trade list will be fully integrated into HarperCollins’s business processes. Here is the timeline for Canada:

Purchase Order Transition:

- Orders for available trade product placed with Raincoast through 12/30/21 will be shipped and billed from Raincoast.

- All open orders, backlist and Not Yet Published titles, that are in Raincoast systems as of 12/31/21 will be transferred to HarperCollins during the weekend of 1/1/22.

- Beginning 1/2/22 all orders should be placed with HarperCollins Publishers.

Returns and Co-Op Claims:

Effective January 3, 2022, all HMH returns should be sent to HarperCollins Canada. Titles ordered from Raincoast Book Distribution are eligible for return until March 31, 2022. Payment of invoices should be directed to the respective Raincoast or HarperCollins remit-to-address as indicated on each invoice. Claims for cooperative advertising that is booked with your Raincoast sales rep for titles published through to December 31, 2021 should be sent to Raincoast for payment.

January-April 2022 Selling:

Raincoast and HarperCollins have come to an agreement whereby your Ampersand / Hornblower rep will continue to sell January–April 2022 HMH publications. Those January–April titles will be distributed by HarperCollins and all HMH purchase orders should be pointed to HarperCollins January 1 onward. If you have any questions please contact your Raincoast or HarperCollins sales representative.

SHIPPING DELAYS

November 17, 2021

Due to the Provincial state of emergency in BC and rail and road closures in and out of the province, shipments outside of the Vancouver Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island will be severely delayed. Please check with Customer Service or your sales rep for more information.

$150 NET FREE FREIGHT EXTENDED

On March 19 we lowered our free freight minimum on ground shipments to accounts within Canada from $250 to $150 net. We hope this has helped many of our customers who are using curbside pickup and online delivery to help them get through this crisis. We're extending this lower minimum for a third time to December 31st, 2021.

Regards,
John Sawyer, CEO
Raincoast Distribution Group

RAINCOAST A/R COVID-19 UPDATE

March 26, 2020

Dear Customer,

The Covid-19 crisis has affected all of our business but retailers are on the front line and hardest hit. We stand ready to assist you with delays to payment for your receivables with us. We will eventually come through this crisis, and when we do, we want you to continue to be a strong customer. One of the most difficult things about the current situation is trying to guess when things might return to normal. We just don't know. Please, to the extent possible, stay in touch with our credit department: keeping communication lines open is what we ask most from you at this time. Our sales reps continue to play a key role in letting us know how you are doing.

You can contact our credit department at ar@raincoast.com

You can also call our customer service line at 800 663 5714 and ask to be transferred to our credit department.

Some of you may feel you should immediately send returns to reduce A/R. If you have returns of books that you are sure will be excess to what you need when you re-open and customers return, by all means initiate a return. Our warehouse remains open at this time, but please contact us to double-check that before you ship. Please do not send stock that would be useful to have in-store when you re-open it is better that we arrange for you to delay payment to us instead of returning and then re-ordering.

We are all on an emergency footing, and we will do our part in helping you get through this.

Regards,
John Sawyer, CEO
Raincoast Distribution Group

$150 NET FREE FREIGHT

March 19, 2020

We are lowering our free freight minimum on ground shipments to accounts within Canada to $150 net from the current level of $250 until May 31st, 2020. This new free freight minimum will apply to all items from across the Raincoast Distribution Group: Raincoast Books, Publishers Group Canada, and Book Express.

We know that you are on the frontlines of an unprecedented situation and are finding new ways to serve your communities through online and curbside service. We hope our new program will help you, and we remain committed to assisting all our customers to provide excellent service in whatever form they choose to deliver it.

John Sawyer, CEO
Raincoast Distribution Group

RAINCOAST BOOKS COVID-19 - UPDATE ON SERVICES AS OF MARCH 16, 2020

March 16, 2020

Our Richmond office staff are largely working from home. Customer service and credit department lines remain open. Warehouse functions continue as normal, though we are heading into our annual inventory count March 24 - 27, with a shipping cut off of March 20th.

We are aware that our customers face unprecedented challenges and will do our best to help in what ways we can.

John Sawyer, CEO
Raincoast Distribution Group

RAINCOAST'S NEW CLIENT PUBLISHERS FOR 2020

December 12, 2019

Raincoast offers full-service sales and marketing expertise for leading publishers from Canada and around the world and has the largest sales force in Canadian book publishing. We are delighted to welcome some new publishers to the fold.
Please contact your local sales representative for more information or info@raincoast.com.

Raincoast distributes Galison & Mudpuppy effective January 1, 2020

VANCOUVER- Raincoast Books is taking on Canadian distribution for Galison and Mudpuppy in January 2020. Galison is a New York-based company that creates stationery and gift products that bring art to people's lives. Part of the McEvoy Group, Galison includes Mudpuppy, the award-winning children's toy brand, Galison Private Label custom division, and Christian Lacroix Paris. They are major players in the burgeoning puzzle market which is one of the fastest growing trends in retail.

ISBN prefix:
978-0-73535

Raincoast distributes Conari via Mango Publishing

VANCOUVER- Mango Publishing has acquired Red Wheel/Weiser imprint Conari Press. The deal, which involved close to 300 titles, closed October 2019. Raincoast now has stock in Canada of the backlist. New frontlist titles will begin publishing later in 2020.

Conari, founded in 1987, publishes in the areas of personal growth, spirituality, parenting and women's issues. Mango's Associate Publisher, Brenda Knight, previously held the same position at Conari, and will now oversee the imprint at Mango. Under the deal, Red Wheel/Weiser has retained rights to a handful of books published by Conari, including The Book of Awakening.

ISBN prefixes:
978-0-94323
978-1-57324

RAINCOAST'S NEW CLIENT PUBLISHERS FOR 2019

August 1, 2019

Raincoast offers full-service sales and marketing expertise for leading publishers from Canada and around the world and has the largest sales force in Canadian book publishing. We are delighted to welcome some new publishers to the fold.
Please contact your local sales representative for more information or info@raincoast.com.

Raincoast distributes Sounds True effective May 1, 2019

VANCOUVER- Raincoast Books has taken over Canadian distribution of Sounds True's physical books effective May 1, 2019. Sounds True's library of more than 1,500 multimedia titles feature some of the leading teachers and visionaries of our time. Sounds True will retain distribution for digital audio and ebook titles.
Visit their website here.

ISBN prefixes include:
978-1-56455
978-1-59179
978-1-60407
978-1-62203
978-1-68364
978-1-89488

Raincoast distributes BIS Publishers effective July 1, 2019

VANCOUVER- Raincoast Books has taken over Canadian distribution of BIS Publishers effective July 1, 2019. Founded in 1985, the Amsterdam-based publishing house creates outstanding books for students, professionals, change makers and creative minds.
Visit their website here.

ISBN prefix:
978-0-96369

Raincoast to distribute Wattpad Books Fall 2019

VANCOUVER- Raincoast Books will distribute Wattpad Books. The first titles will publish in August 2019. Wattpad is a global multiplatform entertainment company based in Toronto and Wattpad Books is the company's first direct publishing division. Wattpad Books combines editorial and marketing skills to bring leading Wattpad authors to the trade book market and to new readers.
Visit their website here.

ISBN prefixes:
978-0-99368
978-1-98936

Raincoast to distribute Mango Publishing effective December 1, 2019

VANCOUVER- Raincoast Books will distribute Mango Publishing effective December 1, 2019. Mango is an innovative independent publisher founded in 2014. It is one of the fastest growing publishers in North America.
Visit their website here.

ISBN prefixes:
978-1-63353
978-1-64250

Raincoast will accept Mango returns effective January 1, 2020.

ALLAN MACDOUGALL, 1947-2019

February 21, 2019

It is with deep sadness that we announce the death of Allan MacDougall, co-founder and former CEO of Raincoast Books.

Allan believed that the culture of a company is its most important asset and he led by example while building Raincoast into the largest book distributor and wholesaler in Canada. Allan had a never-ending supply of energy, a mischievous sense of humour and deep and abiding interest in people for all walks of life.

You can read the full statement about Allan here.

TERRI HARKER TAKES ON FIELD SALES MANAGER ROLE AT RAINCOAST

September 27, 2018

Raincoast Books is very pleased to announce that Terri Harker will be joining our team as Field Sales Manager, starting Oct 1st.

Terri's background includes sales management experience with Simon & Schuster in Canada and, latterly, in New York, where she was Director of Sales in their Children's Division. She returned to Canada to work with Hachette in opening their first Canadian office as Director Sales & Marketing, then joined CMMI, where she worked with Target on rolling out their Canadian stores.

Terri will be managing Raincoast's sales agency reps at Ampersand and Hornblower, working closely with them and their accounts in the field to find ways to grow their business.

Terri has worked on both the selling and buying side of the table and has a passion for books, and independent retail that will serve Raincoast well as we continue to focus our efforts on growing our Independent, Library, Gift and Specialty channels.

Terri will be reporting to Pete MacDougall, VP Sales.

PUBLISHERS GROUP CANADA IS MOVING

June 26, 2018

Effective July 18, 2018 Publishers Group Canada's sales and marketing office will be located at:

128A Sterling Road, Suite 201
Toronto, ON M6R 2B7

Phone and fax numbers will remain the same.

RAINCOAST INVENTORY NOW LIVE ON PUBSTOCK

May 29, 2018

Bookmanager retailers can now access our inventory in real time. Most Pubstock users update on-hands daily, but now, with a simple keystroke, users can ask Bookmanager to check up-to-the-second availability on hot titles. Just press 'L' for 'Live' in your Bookmanager software.

RAINCOAST/PGC RETURNS POLICY CHANGE

Raincoast/PGC will no longer reject customer returns simply because these were purchased more than 12 months prior to the returns date, although customers should still keep stock for at least 3 months prior to returning. Out of print titles must be returned within 12 months of delist date and titles from publishers who we no longer distribute must be returned within 3 months. Please see the links on the left for detailed information.

MACMILLAN AND RAINCOAST TO DISTRIBUTE BLOOMSBURY IN CANADA AS OF AUGUST 1, 2016

April 11, 2016

Macmillan Publishers and Raincoast Books announced today they will take over the Canadian distribution of Bloomsbury Publishing effective August 1 2016. Included in the arrangement are titles to which Bloomsbury holds Canadian but not US rights, notably the Harry Potter series.

Macmillan will be responsible for Indigo, Amazon and the mass wholesalers in Canada. Raincoast will service the independent bookstore, library, and specialty markets as well as Costco Canada. Raincoast will be responsible for all Canadian marketing and publicity.

Derek Stordahl, Executive Vice-President at Bloomsbury USA, said: "The Canadian market has always been extremely important to Bloomsbury, and this new arrangement expands our existing US relationship with Macmillan to serve Canada. As part of this new initiative, we very much look forward to working with the impressive team at Raincoast Books to help Bloomsbury's authors reach Canadian readers."

Paddy Laidley, Executive Vice-President of Sales and Marketing at Raincoast, said: "We're enormously excited to be working with Bloomsbury. They're great people and they have a stellar list which complements those of our other clients, an important consideration for us."

Alison Lazarus, President of Sales at Macmillan, said: "We are thrilled to add responsibility for Canadian sales and distribution for Bloomsbury and to now have all of North America. This will enhance our already great long-term working relationship between Macmillan and Bloomsbury. We look forward to growing Bloomsbury's business in Canada and working closely with Raincoast to do that."

Each company will begin transitioning immediately and Macmillan and Raincoast will be responsible for selling in Bloomsbury's fall lists. Books will be available to ship August 1. No Bloomsbury Academic titles are included in this arrangement.

RAINCOAST MEDIA CONTACT:
Jamie Broadhurst, VP Marketing Raincoast VANCOUVER: 604-448-7124
jamie@raincoast.com

CHRONICLE BOOKS TO DISTRIBUTE HARDIE GRANT BOOKS IN NORTH AMERICA

January 15, 2016

San Francisco-based publisher Chronicle Books LLC announced today that it has entered into an agreement to distribute Hardie Grant Books in North America.

Founded in 1997 in Melbourne, and now publishing from both London and Australia, Hardie Grant Books is a leading publisher of illustrated books in a number of categories including food and drink, design and interiors, humour and advice. Amongst their internationally bestselling authors, they count Greg and Lucy Malouf, Megan Hess, Domonique Bertolucci, Kit Kemp and the Green Kitchen blog authors, David Frenkiel and Luise Vindahl.

Hardie Grant Books now joins Quadrille Publishing, also part of Hardie Grant Publishing Group, which has just enjoyed its first season with Chronicle Books.

Chronicle Books and its Canadian distributor Raincoast Books, will be responsible for selling approximately 40 titles a season, starting with the Fall 2016 season.

Hardie Grant Publishing will hire a marketing and publicity executive to work on both Quadrille and Hardie Grant Books situated at the Chronicle Books' office in San Francisco. "Hardie Grant is a market leader in English language illustrated book publishing," says Jack Jensen, President of Chronicle Books. "After a longstanding partnership working with Hardie Grant to distribute our products in Australia, we are thrilled that we can now bring their future lists to the North American market."

"We are delighted that Chronicle Books will now extend its sales expertise to both our imprints Hardie Grant and Quadrille, and we look forward to working closely with them," says Julie Pinkham, HGP's Group Managing Director.

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN HARCOURT TRADE TITLES NOW AVAILABLE TO ORDER

As of January 1, 2016 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt trade titles are available to order from Raincoast. We have spent December stocking our warehouse and are in a good position to start processing orders and accepting customer returns.

PETER MACDOUGALL TAKES ON VP ROLE AT RAINCOAST

August 11, 2015

Raincoast Books announced today that Peter MacDougall is being promoted to Vice President of Sales while Chelsea Newcombe becomes National Accounts Manager. Newcombe will report to MacDougall, as will Sandy Cooper, Director of Field Sales.

MacDougall will lead the sales team in developing new sales opportunities while continuing to work directly with key buyers. He will also work with Paddy Laidley, EVP of Sales & Marketing, to play a more active role with Raincoast's publishers, working with them to identify areas of potential growth. Newcombe's new role as National Accounts Manager recognizes her fine work with key accounts.

"In his ten years as National Accounts Manager, and then as Director of National Accounts, Pete has built excellent relationships both within Raincoast and outside the company and has consistently shown grace under fire during times of great change. These things will serve him well in his new position", said Laidley. "These changes make a strong team that much stronger, positioning us to better take advantage of the growth opportunities that we continue to see in the industry, while serving our existing customers and clients well. We're in it for the long haul."

RAINCOAST SIGNS HOUGHTON MIFFLIN HARCOURT TRADE PUBLISHING FOR 2016

April 27, 2015

Raincoast Books announced today that it will take over Canadian distribution of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade Publishing titles, effective January 1, 2016. Raincoast will handle sales, marketing and logistics for HMH trade titles to all Canadian customers.

Paddy Laidley, Executive Vice-President of Sales and Marketing at Raincoast said:

"HMH's industry reputation is renowned and its titles and authors recognized for their quality and appeal. We've been impressed by their offerings for many years, but also by the caliber of their people and the alignment of our shared values. Raincoast is delighted that our teams will now be working together to grow the HMH business in Canada."

Laurie Brown, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing at HMH said:

"We are excited by the potential to reach even more readers in partnering with Raincoast. We have been especially admiring of Raincoast's marketing outreach to the children's and young readers' markets and believe HMH and Raincoast will be a perfect fit."

HMH's Canadian customers will experience no immediate changes. Through to the end of 2015, customers can continue to order books from the current distributor: Thomas Allen. Instructions regarding transition details, including returns and ISBN prefixes, will be communicated to customers later this year, prior to the transition date of Jan 1, 2016.

New "LOAD ORDER" Function!

RAINCOAST REMAINDER LIST

ALTERNATE LOCAL FAX NUMBER

NEW CUSTOMER SERVICE/ORDER DESK HOURS

PUBLISHER CHANGES

Out of Print and Title Status Changes Now Available Online!

You Can Now See Backorders Ready to Ship!

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