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Unpublished Hargreaves Collection to be Released by Five Rivers

Growing up Bronx: A Memoir of my Shapers and Shakers, by H.A. Hargreaves, is a tender, insightful memoir in ten short stories. Two stories of the collection, Requiem for a Bookman, and The Seer of Nanny Goat Hill, both aired on Alberta Anthology, CBCFM in the early 1980s. Today, Five Rivers is thrilled to announce we’ll be releasing Growing up Bronx early in 2013. As Hargreaves indicates in the sub-title, the collection is a tribute…

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23
Aug 2011
By Lorina StephensHargreaves, PublishingComments Off on Unpublished Hargreaves Collection to be Released by Five Rivers

Busy Summer for Five Rivers

It’s been a very busy summer here at Five Rivers, and nearly a month since last I updated our blog. Apologies for the silence. There’s just been a lot to do. So what’s the scoop? Why so busy? Well, we’ve released three new books, back to back, in both print and digital formats, and it’s been that latter part, the digital part, that has taken so much time, as always. Now, however, we’re pleased to…

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03
Aug 2011
By Lorina StephensPublishingComments Off on Busy Summer for Five Rivers

In the Face of Diminished Retail Shelf Space

According to an article published yesterday in Canada’s Quill & Quire, Indigo’s new business strategy may have far-reaching consequences. Not only has Indigo decreased the floor space it allots to books to 50% (which begs the question: how can you call yourself Indigo BOOKS and Music, when half your inventory is giftware destined for garage sales and landfill?), but it now will return books to publishers within 45 days, depending on sales performance. Just how…

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08
Jul 2011
By Lorina Stephensfuture of publishing, PublishingComments Off on In the Face of Diminished Retail Shelf Space

Five Rivers Books Now Available on Smashwords Mobile App

Smashwords and ScrollMotion Announce Partnership to Create Mobile Apps for Indie eBook Authors and Publishers New York, NY and Los Gatos, CA – May 4, 2011 – ScrollMotion (http://www.scrollmotion.com/), creative leaders in the digital publishing business, and Smashwords, the leading ebook publishing and distribution platform, have announced today that ScrollMotion will create individual mobile applications for Smashwords’ Premium Catalog of over 34,000 original ebooks. ScrollMotion will develop applications across a variety of mobile platforms including…

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06
May 2011
By Lorina StephensPublishingComments Off on Five Rivers Books Now Available on Smashwords Mobile App

H.A. Hargreaves Work to be Published by Five Rivers

H.A. Hargreaves is one of Canada’s remarkable, one might even say legendary, speculative fiction writers. He is a retired professor of English, formerly at the University of Alberta (Edmonton), and was twice nominated (1982 and 1983) for the Lifetime Contributions category in the Prix Auroras. His collection of short stories, North by 2000, in its time received wide critical acclaim from both peers and periodicals. Today Five Rivers is pleased to announce the rebirth of…

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05
May 2011
By Lorina StephensHargreaves, Publishing4 Comments