Canadian Manda Group, Baker & Taylor sign on with Sutherland

Sutherland House announces sales and distribution agreements in Canada and USA

(Toronto) Sutherland House, Canada’s newest publisher of quality non-fiction, is pleased to announce its sales and distribution agreements in Canada and the United States.

Domestically, Sutherland House will be distributed by the University of Toronto Press. The press’s exclusive sales agent in Canada will be Canadian Manda Group. Founded in 1977, Manda has offices in every region of the country and one of the largest sales forces anywhere in North America.

“Canadian Manda is very excited to begin working for Ken Whyte and Sutherland House,” says Carey Low, vice-president and partner at Manda. “We are proud play a part in bringing to market books that will enrich the dialog around timely and important conversations, and look forward to many bestselling books in the years to come.”

In the United States, Sutherland House will be represented for distribution and sales by Baker & Taylor, a premier publishing services agency founded in 1828.

“We are pleased to be representing Sutherland House,” says Mark Suchomel, senior vice-president. “This small publisher stands out among thousands of others due to the high level of sophistication and sharp instincts of Ken Whyte. Like Ken, the list is smart and focused and a great addition to the book industry.”

Says Kenneth Whyte, publisher and editor of Sutherland House, “We are most appreciative of the support and enthusiasm of UTP, Manda, and Baker & Taylor. To reach sales and distribution agreements with these pillars of the industry simply on the strength of our list, without having produced any sales figures yet, is gratifying. We have put a lot of work into our list.”

Sutherland House, based in Toronto, will release eight books in 2019. It is accepting proposals and manuscripts from writers everywhere.

http://sutherlandhousebooks.com

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New Young Author Gets His Foot In 10,000 Doors. Hey It Is A (Good) Living

Yahaya Baruwa talks about his plan to find a million readers - one door knock at a time!

There are 1,000 ways to sell your book - taking a page from the past Yahaya invents the 1001st!

Meet Yahaya Baruwa (pronounced: YaHaYa BaRuWa). He is a recent York University Graduate. Today he and I shared a microphone at CHRY-fm, the My Data Bag show with William Doyle Marshall. I am not sure why we were on air but Yahaya certainly did.
He was there to talk about the difficult journey he took to get his new novel "Struggles of a Dreamer" published. Just like the title, it was a struggle for the Nigerian Canadian to just get the book printed. When he couldn't find a traditional publisher, he decided to form a publishing company on his own and print his own book.
He told the radio listening audience that he has set a goal of getting a million people to read his book. He reckons he has sold at least 5,000 copies. "I am not giving up. I still believe I can do it!"

With just one book in his stable, Baruwa needs to make sales fast to pay the bills. He listed the book on Amazon, Indigo and the like and did manage to get it into most of Toronto's bookstores - one store at a time.
He has emailed the world, but, it isn't the new social media tools that is driving sales of this book - it is the old fashion, Encyclopaedia Britannica sales method that is moving copies.
" I knock on doors and tell people to buy my book. I have a friend who helps me too, but, it is hard slow work. We have had a few doors slammed."
How many books do you think he has sold door-to-door? 3,000 and counting. At $20 a copy, he has found that the personal approach works.
" I have been working Scarborough. I estimate that I have visited over 10,000 homes and it takes a few minutes each time to make the sale!"
"Struggles of a Dreamer, is a novel that can be enjoyed by the young and the old readers alike; most especially those in search of inspiration to pursue their personal ambitions," said Yahaya Baruwa. "You will encounter the struggles of a dreamer (Toku'te, the son of a farmer) as he faces the challenges of the limiting boundaries of his tradition. You will laugh, cry, experience romance, be frightened, held in suspense, and become inspired as you find out how Toku'te manages to remain afloat in a world that requires everyone to fit the same mold."

http://www.strugglesofadreamer.com/