Thomas Allen & Son, one of Canada's oldest book distributors, will close its doors in a matter of months, becoming what the company's CEO describes as another casualty of consolidation in the publishing industry.
Jim Allen said he had little choice but to shutter the 106-year-old business after several publishers it worked with were acquired by larger houses that handle distribution in-house.
Allen said plans for the closure were made in 2021 after Workman Publishing, whose books and calendars made up a significant portion of his company's annual sales, was acquired by Hachette Book Group. Hachette handles its Canadian distribution in-house. Allen said he came up with what he believes is a best-case solution for the closure: passing distribution contracts to the Richmond Hill, Ont.-based Firefly Books starting at the end of March 2023.
"It was not an easy decision," Allen said of the closure."But I think it's probably the best decision under the circumstances as the market gets more and more difficult."
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