Nimbus Publishing
{{Short description|Publishing company}}
{{Infobox publisher
| name = Nimbus Publishing Ltd.
| image = File:NimbusLogoBlue.png
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| founded = 1978
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| country = {{CAN}}
| headquarters = Halifax, NS
| distribution = Self-Distributed (Canada)
Baker & Taylor Publisher Services (US){{Cite web| title = Baker & Taylor {{!}} News| accessdate = 2021-03-02| url = https://www.baker-taylor.com/viewnews.cfm?press_id=412&typ=c}}
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| publications = Books
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| imprints =Vagrant Press
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| owner =Terrilee Bulger & Heather Bryan
| numemployees =17
| website = [http://www.nimbus.ca/ www.nimbus.ca]
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Nimbus Publishing is a publishing company based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The company specializes in subjects relevant to the Atlantic Provinces.
Until 2016, the company published an average of 35 to 40 new titles a year, but expanded its output to 55 titles in 2017. The company publishes in a broad span of genres including children’s picture and fiction books, non-fiction, history, nature photography, current events, biography, sports, and cultural issues.
It is the largest Canadian-English language publisher east of Toronto.{{Cite web |url=http://www.nimbus.ns.ca/AboutUs/tabid/897/Default.aspx |title=About Us |access-date=2009-01-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081222070038/http://www.nimbus.ns.ca/AboutUs/tabid/897/Default.aspx |archive-date=2008-12-22 |url-status=dead }}
In 2005, Nimbus introduced a new fiction imprint called Vagrant Press.{{Cite web |url=http://www.nimbus.ns.ca/Vagrant/submissionguidelines/tabid/1432/Default.aspx |title=Submission guidelines |access-date=2009-01-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081226042615/http://www.nimbus.ns.ca/Vagrant/submissionguidelines/tabid/1432/Default.aspx |archive-date=2008-12-26 |url-status=dead }} In 2012, owner John Marshall sold the company and general manager Dan Soucoup retired.{{Cite web|date=2018-05-03|title=As it celebrates its 40th anniversary, Halifax's Nimbus Publishing has ambitious plans for the future|url=https://quillandquire.com/omni/as-it-celebrates-its-40th-anniversary-halifaxs-nimbus-publishing-has-ambitious-plans-for-the-future/|access-date=2021-07-01|website=Quill and Quire|language=en}} Two employees, Terrilee Bulger and Heather Bryan, bought the company in order to prevent acquisition by a larger publishing house.
In March 2018, the publishing house moved to a warehouse on Strawberry Hill Street in Halifax. At that time, a coffee shop and bookstore were added to the premises.{{Cite web|date=2018-03-12|title=Halifax's Nimbus Publishing expands into new location featuring coffee shop and bookstore|url=https://quillandquire.com/omni/halifaxs-nimbus-publishing-expands-into-new-location-featuring-coffee-shop-and-bookstore/|access-date=2021-03-11|website=Quill and Quire|language=en}}
Notable authors
Notable titles
- Bud the Spud and Hockey Night Tonight, by Stompin' Tom Connors
- Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion and the Road to Recovery, by Janet Kitz
- We Were Not the Savages, by Daniel N. Paul
References
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External links
- [http://www.nimbus.ca Official website]
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Category:Book publishing companies of Canada
Category:Publishing companies established in 1978
Category:Companies based in Halifax, Nova Scotia