B2B SYSTEMS MAINTENANCE
August 2, 2024
Please note, the B2B will be unavailable on Friday, August 16th from 4:00-10:00 PM PST for maintenance.
SOURCEBOOKS ACQUIRES CALLISTO PUBLISHING; RAINCOAST TO DISTRIBUTE IN CANADA EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2024
May 31, 2024
In 2023, Sourcebooks acquired the publishing assets of Callisto Media. Both publishers rely heavily on data and are among the fastest-growing publishing companies in North America. Founded in 2011, Callisto combines the power of big data and technology to produce high-quality nonfiction. Callisto will publish frontlist under three imprints: Callisto, Callisto Kids, and Callisto Teens.
Effective June 1, 2024, Sourcebooks is Vendor of Record and Raincoast will take on distribution in Canada. Raincoast will accept returns on Callisto titles now. Callisto was previously distributed by Simon & Schuster. They will continue to accept returns through November 30, 2024.
ISBN Prefixes include:
97816380
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97816415
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97816387
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97816473
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97988860
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97819397
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97816231
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97819424
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97816487
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97819434
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97816853
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97809895
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97988865
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97806155
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97816461
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Please contact your local sales representative for more information or info@raincoast.com.
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.
New "LOAD ORDER" Function!
You can now load orders from a spreadsheet or text file using the new "Load Order" menu option! The new function allows you to copy the information from your file into a web page. All you need is two columns: ISBN and Qty, separated by a space, comma, or tab. If you use spreadsheets or your system has the ability to dump your order to a file, this option could help speed up your ordering process!
Click the Load Order link in the menu above for a short video tutorial.
RAINCOAST REMAINDER LIST
The Raincoast Remainder list is now available online! Click on the Download Raincoast Order Forms link in the left hand column.
ALTERNATE LOCAL FAX NUMBER
Local customers please update your records and use (604) 323-7108 when sending faxes to us.
Long distance customers, please continue to use 1-800-565-3770.
NEW CUSTOMER SERVICE/ORDER DESK HOURS
The Customer Service/Order Desk hours for Raincoast, Publishers Group Canada, and BookExpress are now 7:00 am to 4:30 pm PST Monday to Friday.
PUBLISHER CHANGES
Effective January 15, 2025 Raincoast will cease distribution of Drawn & Quarterly products. Read details.
Effective September 1, 2024 Raincoast will cease distribution of Wattpad WEBTOON Book Group products. Read details.
Effective March 31, 2023 Raincoast will cease distribution of Mango Publishing products. Read details.
Effective November 9, 2022 Raincoast will cease distribution of Future House Publishing products. Read details.
Effective January 1, 2023 Raincoast will cease distribution of Papercutz products. Read details.
Effective January 1, 2022 Raincoast will cease distribution of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt products. Read details.
Effective January 1, 2018 Raincoast will cease distribution of Berrett-Koehler products. Read details.
Effective January 1, 2018 Raincoast will cease distribution of Readerlink products. Read details.
Effective February 1, 2017 Raincoast will cease distribution of MerryMakers products. Read details.
Effective January 1, 2017 Raincoast will cease distribution of Palgrave Higher Education's titles. Read details.
Effective January 1, 2017 Raincoast will take over Canadian distribution of Edda USA's titles. Read details.
Effective July 1, 2016 Raincoast will take over Canadian distribution of Hardie Grant's adult titles. Read details.
Effective January 1, 2016 Raincoast will take over Canadian distribution of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade Publishing titles. Raincoast will handle sales, marketing and logistics for HMH trade titles to all Canadian customers. Read details.
Effective March 31, 2015, Raincoast will cease Canadian distribution for Moleskine. Read details.
Effective February 1, 2015, Raincoast takes on Canadian distribution for Media Lab Books. Read details.
Effective January 31, 2015 I.B. Tauris will be distributed in Canada by AtlasBooks, a division of Bookmasters. Returns will be accepted until March 31, 2015. Read details.
Effective January 1, 2015, Raincoast takes on Canadian distribution for Familius. Read details.
Effective January 1, 2015, Raincoast takes on Canadian distribution for MerryMakers. Read details.
Effective January 1, 2012 Owlkids Books will be distributed in Canada by UTP Distribution. Read details.
Effective January 1, 2011, Raincoast takes on Canadian distribution for Sourcebooks. Read details.
Effective January 1, 2011, Quirk Books will be distributed by Random House of Canada. Read details.
For further details, please read the Publisher & Rights Changes.
Out of Print and Title Status Changes Now Available Online!
You can now check Out of Print and Title Status Changes online and find out which titles are no longer available. Click here or in the left hand column.
You Can Now See Backorders Ready to Ship!
See Backorders that are ready to ship as well as their dollar value by going to Open Orders and filling in the "Show ready-to-ship items only" box and clicking "Go".
You can also see this information in My Order.
How do I look at my orders?
Once logged in, go to "My Account" to view:
Recent Orders: all orders placed within the last 6 months
Open Orders: all unshipped orders
Latest Shipments: all shipments within the last 50 invoices
Returns: details on returned stock.
How do I search for a title?
Search our entire catalogue using Quick Search in the top right corner or Advanced
Search in the menu.
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