North 49 is the CBA Libris Distributor of the Year 2000!

An award-winning organization, North 49 Books has been providing bestselling books to Canadian booksellers since 1992.

North 49 Books is also the exclusive distributor for the:

• The NHL Official Guide and Record Book and The Official Toronto Blue Jays Guide

North 49 Books is a one-stop shopping service for booksellers, offering a constantly changing inventory of over 3000 bestselling books from more than 500 publishers. We pride ourselves our on efficient, fast and convenient service.

More about North 49 Books and Waldock Publishing

In September, 1992, Waldock Publishing Ltd. launched Canada's first Canadian-owned and controlled national trade book wholesaler offering:

• Guaranteed next day delivery.
• One-stop shopping for best-selling hardcovers and paperbacks.
• The best selection of Canadian, U.S. and U.K. titles.
• Instant on-line stock confirmation.
• National telemarketing.
• Catalogue and promotional mailings, faxes and email.

• The best selection of Canadian, U.S. and U.K. titles.

HIGHLIGHTS:

• September, 1992: Launch of company and first roll-out of NHL OFFICIAL GUIDE AND RECORD BOOK as exclusive title.
• May, 1993: Co-published MAPLE LEAF MAGIC, sold 20,000 copies in two weeks.
• May, 1996: Launched Polar Bear Press, an imprint to publish original, regional Ontario titles. There are now 14 titles in print.
• April, 1997: Moved to larger premises.
• June, 2000: Winner of Canadian Booksellers' Association Distributor of the Year Award, traditionally awarded to distributors. North 49 Books is the first wholesaler to be so honoured. Awarded again in 2002 and 2003. Nominated in 2004 and 2005, results not yet in.
• Catalogue and promotional mailings, faxes and email.

• The present: North 49 Books remains the only trade book wholesaler in Canada that guarantees same day shipping of best-selling titles-and fulfills that guarantee.

THE PRINCIPALS IN NORTH 49 BOOKS ARE:

Peter J. Waldock has been in the book wholesaling business since 1987. Previous to that he was Executive Vice-President of McClelland & Stewart, reporting to the owner, Jack McClelland. He founded Penguin Books Canada Limited in 1973 and ran it profitably for the following 10 years during which time he initiated its Canadian publishing program, publishing such well-known authors as Robertson Davies, Alice Munro, Timothy Findley, Mordecai Richler and Carol Shields. He is a past President of the Canadian Book Publishers' Council, was awarded 'Publisher of the Year' by the Canadian Booksellers' Association and was the founding President of the Canadian Telebook Agency. He was on the faculty of the Banff Publishing Workshop for 14 years and served as their Program Director from 1989 to 1994. He has been President of the Canadian Association of Book Wholesalers since 1998, when the association was founded. He is also Chairman of BookNet Canada, an industry organization that is dedicated to improvements in the supply chain for books and has been since the inception of the organization in 2002.

Diane Waldock has been in the book wholesaling business since 1990. She also owns Hughes Marketing, an order fulfillment firm that specializes in books. Since 1983 she has worked with major magazines, newspapers and book publishers on direct marketing programs. She was previously Director of Marketing at CIRPA, a Canadian record industry group, where she promoted and sold an electronic ordering system for audio. Prior to that she was Director of Marketing at Penguin Books Canada Limited and was also responsible for editorial and design aspects of the award-winning Canadian publishing program. She served on the faculty of the Banff Publishing Workshop for seven years. She is responsible for marketing at North 49 Books, among other things, and is in charge of the company's publishing program, Polar Bear Press.