MacintyrePurcell Publishing

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THE FIRST CHAPTER All companies (all people) have their stories (that is why people get into the book business, right?). Our story at MacIntyre Purcell Publishing (MPP Inc.) began in 2004. John ...mehr sehenTHE FIRST CHAPTER All companies (all people) have their stories (that is why people get into the book business, right?). Our story at MacIntyre Purcell Publishing (MPP Inc.) began in 2004. John MacIntyre had just finished a two-book contract with an American publishing company, and he was canvassing around for the next project. That project turned out to be the Nova Scotia Book of Everything. The Nova Scotia Book of Everything not only became the bestselling local title that year, it became the bestselling title three years running. What followed next was the Book of Everything series, featuring destinations across Canada (fifteen in total), all of them bestsellers. In 2009, the series was launched in the U.S. under the title 101, as in Minnesota 101. THE STORY CONTINUES MPP Inc. is a company that was started and is still owned by writers. A favourite quote of ours comes from Canadian icon Mordecai Richler: "the greatest inspiration is not excellence, but rather mediocrity". A very well known book, 1000 Places to See Before You Die, was a phenomenal success. From MPP Inc.'s perspective, it was so ordinary, so pedestrian, we thought we could do it better. And the Book of Musts was born. We held an internal contest with of all the writers, illustrators and book trade folk we could think of to choose a name for the Book of Musts series and believe you me, there were some doozies. One of the suggestions, 1000 Places to See Before You're Too Old to Get There, was a staff favorite. The winning title was submitted by Ironwood Stage and Grill owner Patrick MacIntyre of Calgary. Patrick won a dinner for two at Trattoria della Nonna in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. Once the name was finalized, we contracted wonderful writers and gave them license to riff. The only criteria were they had to write like the wind and love where they lived. Where they took us was up to them. And what a wonderful journey it has been. There are 6 Book of Musts titles currently in print. NEXT CHAPTER It was always part of the plan that MPP Inc. would launch into a broad spectrum of genres. In 2011, MPP Inc. will publish its first children's books as well as three titles of non-fiction. There are simply some books presented by writers that are either known to or discovered by us that creates that feeling of excitement. We like writers and good writing. And that will always be the case.weniger sehen