Algonquin Automotive

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Algonquin Books was founded as a small independent trade publisher in 1982 by Louis D. Rubin Jr. and Shannon Ravenel, with the help and support of a small group of friends and financial backers. We announced our first list of five books with the following statement:"We shall be publishing books of quality, both fiction and nonfiction. They will be attractively produced, promoted individually, and marketed extensively. Though we hope and expect that our books will gain their share of book club adoptions, mass paperback sales, and movie and television adaptations, it is their quality that will be our foremost consideration, for we believe that it is still possible to publish worthy fiction and nonfiction that will also be financially profitable for author, publisher, and bookseller."In 1989 we were acquired by Workman Publishing, an independent company then in business close to twenty years and succesfully publishing cookbooks (including SILVER PALATE), practical books (including WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU'RE EXPECTING), children's books (including BRAIN QUEST), and calendars. Workman provided financial support and shared its great marketing strength with Algonquin. Its powerful sales force helped to take us national.

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