Raincoast Books is a Canadian book distribution and wholesale company. Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Raincoast was founded by Mark Stanton and Allan MacDougall in 1979 as a consignment wholesaler that shared overhead, warehouse space and staff with the pair's sales agency, Stanton & MacDougall. Today, Raincoast has over 90 employees and three divisions: Raincoast Distribution, Publishers Group Canada, and BookExpress.
^CBC.ca – Arts – "Raincoast Books to ditch publishing arm"
^Pottersource – Penguin Canada Contest 28 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
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Raincoast Distribution
Publishers Group Canada
January 01, 1970
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