Over December, we discovered that our offer of free shipping was very popular. Who knew? In response, we've decided to make our January sale the 'Canada Post Stimulus Sale.' That's right! Help us help Deepak Chopra (not that Deepak Chopra) and the fine men and women of the postal service by ordering books this January. You pay for the books, we pay for the shipping, and the postal workers have more packages to ship. Everybody wins.
In the tradition of the holidays, Coach House (like every other publisher and retailer in the universe) is having a holiday sale! But unlike others, our holiday sale comes with its own song.
Never content to do the bare minimum, we've devised The Twelve Days of CHristmas Sale, with a whopping 25% discount on a dozen different books (or categories of book) throughout December. Here's hoping your true love gets the hint when you start singing, 'On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love gave to me ...
We're offering our holiday sale a month early! Here at Coach House, we're all about thinking ahead (sometimes). So, we're starting the holidays early for all you keeners and people who carry a bank balance! (We call those people 'The 1 %.')
In celebration of our ebook expansion, we've got a gem of an ebook deal happening this July. It's our Diversified Portfolio Sale! If you order any two print books from our online site, we'll deliver you the ebook of your choice absolutely free! It's our way of introducing you to some of the excellent ebooks we have available.
It's June, which means it's also time for LGBTQ pride! And at Coach House, we couldn't be prouder to tell you that our June online sale features all our titles that involve LGBTQ themes at 20% off the cover price for all of June in our probably inappropriately titled Big Gay Sale! We hate to be crassly commercial about Pride -- it's an important celebration of the gay-pride movement -- but we also like to combine our politics with book discounts.
This May, thrill to The Mother of All Sales! Just in time for Mother's Day (Sunday, May 8 – you're welcome), Coach House is putting all it's mom-centric titles on sale at a maternal 25% off during the fifth month of the calendar year
March is a special month. Not only was it the first month in the ancient Roman calendar, it is also host to two — count 'em, two — featured titles on the Coach House website: Rachel Zolf's Neighbour Procedure and Carla Gunn's Amphibian!
We've added a book clubs section to our website, to help you and your book club sort through Coach House novels for possible book club selections. When you select a Coach House title, you'll not only be reading compelling, Canadian-authored books, you'll also be able to discuss how the book was made, as Coach House is one of only three Canadian publishers to print its books in house!
February brings with it Valentine's Day. And the perfect gift for said holiday – whether you love the day or loathe it – is Andrew Kaufman's debut novel, All My Friends Are Superheroes.
Coach House will, as of February 14, offer free digital downloads with the purchase of any print edition (provided, of course, the book currently exists in e-format). You buy one of our print books, the electronic book is yours for the taking.
Sounds great, but how does it work? One of two ways:
Coach House founder and master printer Stan Bevington is this year’s recipient of the Robert R. Reid lifetime achievement award for excellence in book art. The award is given annually by the Alcuin Society, a non-profit dedicated to preserving and celebrating Canadian contributions to print culture.
Previous Robert R. Reid recipients include former Coach House typesetter and designer Glenn Goluska.
In a two-part interview with Coach House founder and master printer Stan Bevington, Nigel Beale, from the Biblio File podcast, delves into the intriguing combination of factors that inspired Bevington's passion for print culture and took Coach House to the forefront of Canadian book design.
The interview is both a journey through the history of technologies and typefaces, as well as an advice manual for collectors seeking rare pieces of Canadiana.
