Double Dragon Publishing is a Canadian-based publisher specializing in

e-book An ebook (short for electronic book), also known as an e-book or eBook, is a book publication made available in digital form, consisting of text, images, or both, readable on the flat-panel display of computers or other electronic devices. Alt ...

format publication. Founded by Dee Douglas in 2000, the company claims the largest collection of titles in the

science fiction Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel uni ...

and

fantasy Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction involving magical elements, typically set in a fictional universe and sometimes inspired by mythology and folklore. Its roots are in oral traditions, which then became fantasy literature and d ...

categories currently in print, with annual sales of over 45,000 units.

History

The firm was founded as a single-imprint small press publisher in 2000 by Dee Douglas. The publishing house has since grown into a stable publisher with eight separate imprints, focusing on different genres, but generally within the science-fiction, fantasy, horror, and

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subgenres. While specializing in eBook publication, the firm also releases paperback books, graphic novels, and pocket books. Double Dragon Publishing became a multimedia company soon after with activities in commercial art, audio book production as well as connections with "Hollywood" and the production of motion pictures. Authors include Jedaiah Ramnarine, Gail Z. Martin, J.M. Frey, Danny Birt,

Geoff Nelder Geoff Nelder is a British freelance editor and author. He has written both fiction and non-fiction, and his research in the field of air pollution and climate won him a fellowship with the Royal Meteorological Society. Nelder's fictional work fa ...

Simon Drake Simon Drake (born Simon Alexander; 1 March 1957) is an English magician based in London. He is best known for the television series ''The Secret Cabaret'' made for Britain's Channel 4. Early life Born in London, Drake is the son of a GP. Dr ...

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, Tony Teora,

E. Rose Sabin Elenora Rose Sabin (E. Rose Sabin) is an author of fantasy and science fiction novels for adults and young adults, the most notable being ''A School for Sorcery'', which is set in an invented world in a country called Arucadi. That novel in ma ...

, David Conway, Steve Lazarowitz, Michael A. Ventrella, Ben Manning, Thomm Quackenbush, Margret A. Treiber, Gillian Duce and the late Nick Pollotta. Dee Douglas sold the Double Dragon Publishing brand in 2020 and retired from the publishing industry to create fine art full-time under his Kanien'keha:ka (Mohawk) nam
D. Ahsén:nase Douglas
His successful art practice emphasizes exhibitions with themes that bring Modern Indigenous People into the forefront, breaking stereotypes as well as highlighting social issues. While not abandoning Hollywood altogether, a number of his paintings were acquired by Universal/Peacock for use in their TV show Rutherford Falls Season 2. He was recently chosen as one of the Top 150 Figurative Artists by the
Figuratieve Kunst Vandaag (Belgium)
in 2022, and was commissioned to paint a portrait of Roberta Jamieson—a Mohawk woman from the Six Nations of the Grand River Territory Ontario’s first female Ombudsman who was given the Order of Canada on 13 April 1994 and invested on 1 March 1995 as a Member of the Order of Canada.

Electronic publishing

DDP publishes books in Rocket-eBook, Hiebook, Adobe PDF, MS Reader, Mobipocket, iSilo, Franklin eBookMan, and Palm Doc formats. While some selected texts are issued in

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format, the majority are electronic only. Their focus on electronic format sales led

Piers Anthony Piers Anthony Dillingham Jacob (born 6 August 1934) is an American author in the science fiction and Fantasy (genre), fantasy genres, publishing under the name Piers Anthony. He is best known for his :Xanth books, long-running novel series set in ...

to note in 2004 that "DD is one of the best, perhaps THE best, of the electronic publishers"."Double Dragon Publishing"
DDP website.

Awards

* Winner, MyShelf Publishing Award, 2002 * Winner, Best Performance by a Publisher, KnowBetter.com, 2002 * Runner-Up, Wooden Rocket Award for best e-book publisher, computercrowsnest.com, 2003 * Nominated for four Eppie Awards, 2003 * Nominated for six Eppie Awards, 2004

References

{{reflist Book publishing companies of Canada