Orca Book Publishers

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Orca Book Publishers
IndustryBook publishing
Founded1982
Headquarters Victoria, British Columbia,
Canada
Key people
Andrew Wooldridge, publisher
Ruth Linka, associate publisher
Website www.orcabook.com

Orca Book Publishers is a Canadian company that produces books for children. [1]

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Organization

Orca Book Publishers was founded in 1982 [2] and is based in Victoria, British Columbia. [3]

Orca primarily publishes children's literature, [3] with a typical annual output of about 95 new titles. [4] Andrew Wooldridge is the company's publisher, [4] Ruth Linka is the associate publisher, [5] and Sara Harvey is an editor. [6]

History

In 2019, Orca introduced a non-fiction line of books branded as Orca Issues. [7]

Orca published Eric Walters' pandemic novel Don't Stand So Close To Me in 2020. [8] The book was published within 41 days of Walter's pitching the idea to Orca. [8]

15,000 of the company's books caught fire while on the MV Zim Kingston vessel near Victoria, British Columbia in October 2021. [9]

In 2022, the company moved production of its books from China and Korea to Canada. [9]

Notable publications

References

  1. ↑ "Twenty-five top sellers from Canadian-owned publishers - Quill and Quire". Quill and Quire - Canada's magazine of book news and reviews. 2022-03-30. Retrieved 2022-12-12.
  2. ↑ TOM UE. Seven onSeven: A Conversation with the Writers of Orca Book Publishers’ Series. New Writing , [s. l.], v. 11, p. 417–435, 2014. Disponível em: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edsair&AN=edsair.doi...........4218425095486f39b43aa231644f4bbd&site=eds-live&scope=site . Acesso em: 12 dez. 2022.
  3. 1 2 Linsley, Maya (2022-05-26). "Viral books: BookTok's impact on the business of books Martlet". Martlet. Retrieved 2022-12-12.
  4. 1 2 Bennett, Andrea (2021-08-09). "How Have Publishers Survived the Pandemic? 'It's Kind of a Miracle'". The Tyee. Retrieved 2022-12-12.
  5. ↑ Weaver, Jason (17 Nov 2021). "Canadian booksellers are struggling, but not in the way you might think". CBC.
  6. ↑ Williams |, Leigh Anne. "Seven Authors for Seven Novels in New Orca Series". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2022-12-12.
  7. ↑ Corbett |, Sue. "YA for Changing Times". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2022-12-12.
  8. 1 2 "How prolific Canadian author Eric Walters published a pandemic book for school kids in just 41 days". thestar.com. 2020-06-02. Retrieved 2022-12-12.
  9. 1 2 "Orca publishing company worries about fate of 15,000 books onboard cargo vessel that caught fire near Victoria". The Georgia Straight. 2021-11-06. Retrieved 2022-12-12.
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