Raincoast Books

Raincoast Books
Company typeLimited
IndustryBook distribution
Founded1979
FounderAllan MacDougall, Mark Stanton
HeadquartersRichmond, British Columbia, Canada
Key people
John Sawyer, CEO
Pete MacDougall, Executive VP Sales and Marketing
Graham Fidler, Executive VP Publishers Group Canada
ProductsBooks
Number of employees
100
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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.