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A number of financially independent smaller publishers that have formed an alliance to share promotion and administration, led by faber. As well as offering much needed distraction and cheer just one printed book, ebook or audio book purchased through a bookshop or from a small publisher in. Book publishers, best self publishing services in toronto. Walker books is an independent british publisher of childrens books, founded in 1978 by sebastian walker, amelia edwards, and wendy boase. The books will satisfy the keenest of puzzle masters, budding artists and the deepest of thinkers. Recently founded in 2014, fat fox books aims to publish books intended for readers between the ages of three to fourteen years old. List of book distributors and wholesalers nonfiction. If youve written a childrens book and want to get it published, you have a few options. Olympia publishers consider submissions from a wide range of genres, both fiction and nonfiction.
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