Simply Read Books Explained

Simply Read Books
Founders:	-->
Country:	Canada
Headquarters:	Vancouver, BC
Distribution:	Ingram Publisher Services (Canada, US) Turnaround Publisher Services (UK) NewSouth Books (Australia)^[1]
Publications:	Books
Genre:	children's literature

Simply Read Books is a children's specific publishing house situated in Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Awards (incomplete list)

Books published by Simply Read Books have won the following awards:

• Governor General's Literary Award for Children's Literature, Illustration
• Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award
• Awards for Excellence in Book Design in Canada by the Alcuin Society

Authors and illustrators (incomplete list)

• Duncan Weller
• Kari-Lynn Winters
• Shaun Tan
• John Marsden (writer)
• Iassen Ghiuselev
• Elisa Gutiérrez
• Matthew Porter
• Sara O'Leary
• Julie Morstad
• Thomas Aquinas Maguire
• Ryan Heshka
• Dan Bar-el
• Tamara James
• Christine Dencer
• Ashley Spires

Controversy

• Simply Read Books has had complaints of late payments, breaches of contracts, and other allegations by many of its authors. This publisher had been the subject of negative articles in Publishers Weekly,^[2] the CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Company),^[3] and the Quill and Quire.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: .::simply read books::.. 2018-01-11.
2. News: Simply Read Books Faces Complaints of Late Payments, Breached Contracts. PublishersWeekly.com. 2018-01-28. en.
3. News: The perils of publishing: One Montreal writer tells her story. CBC News. 2018-01-28. en.
4. News: Non-payment not the only allegation against Simply Read books Quill and Quire. 2015-06-18. Quill and Quire. 2018-01-28.