Why We Published: the books of 2008 and 2009

When Five Rivers launched into publishing, it was with humble beginnings and a small catalogue, primarily my own works. It was never my intention for Five Rivers to be a vanity house, yet in those first two years we were very embryonic, soliciting manuscripts and developing our mandate, which was to be a showcase of new and established Canadian voices. We tested the waters with: Shadow Song, by Lorina Stephens, August 2008 And the Angels…

Goodreads Festive Season Sale

Exclusively at Goodreads, all of Five Rivers eBooks are available from now until January 1, 2011 for a mere $1.00. It’s our way of saying thank you to all the people who support and believe in indie presses, and who love interesting and eclectic books. The eBooks are all in ePub format, and so easily read on most readers and computers. If you do avail yourself of this special offer, we’d love to read your…

Profile Series: Deb Salisbury

We’re pleased to present the second author Five Rivers published, Deb Salisbury, editor of Elephant’s Breath & London Smoke: Historical Colour Names, Definitions & Uses. Q: As a little girl, you used to make dresses for your sister’s dolls, which led to an adult love of historic fashion and the recreating of it, so that in 1994 you established Mantua-Maker Historical Sewing Patterns. Was that journey a conscious one, or something that simply evolved over…

Elephant’s Breath & London Smoke — Review from Jonquil Serpyllum

In our daily feed from Google Alerts, we discovered this favourable review of Deb Salisbury’s Elephant’s Breath & London Smoke, and thought we’d share it with you. Elephant’s Breath and London Smoke: Historic Colour Names, Definitions, & Uses. Edited by Deb Salisbury, Five Rivers, Neustadt, Ontario, Canada, 2009, ISBN 978-0-9739278-2-5, $32.95. To begin with, this book is fun. Just skimming the pages leads you to treasures like “wine yellow”, “the pale and doubtful shade of…

First Appearance of Smashwords Distribution

In my daily check of various marketing strategies Five Rivers employs, I was very pleased to find today the distribution we chose to undertake through Smashwords has taken effect. All our books are now available, in all digital formats, through Barnes and Noble. This is the first of many channels into which Five Rivers eBooks will stream. In the coming weeks you should be able to find our digital books at Amazon and Sony, and…