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Several electronic payment processing solutions exist nowadays, and it is not always easy for a merchant to determine which one should be used.
One great company that deserves the closest attention is Prodigy Payment Systems, a Texas based company, which was founded by 4 Dallas citizens. The company was founded on principles of ethics and integrity.
Prodigy Payment Systems provides several forms of electronic payment processing solutions, to SMB retail businesses in United States.
Several merchant payment processing solutions are offered by Prodigy:
- The total retail merchant solution
- Credit card processing
- Check processing
- Debit card processing
- Gift and Reward cards
- EBT
- and Wireless payment processing
admin @ March 3, 2009
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Douglas Gibson Books was the very first editorial imprint in Canada when it was established in March 1986. Legend has it that Jack McClelland, having just sold his company to Avie Bennett, advised him to lure Doug Gibson away from Macmillan of Canada, where he had been Editorial Director since 1974 and Publisher since 1979. By offering Gibson an editorial imprint, plus the independence to run what was in effect a one-man publishing house with no bureaucratic strings attached, Bennett was able to entice him to join McClelland & Stewart.
The hope was that some of the authors who had worked with Gibson over the years would choose to join him in this small “boutique” publishing operation, where he took on only 5-10 books per year and devoted himself to hands-on editing, choosing the jacket and all other details, and supervising the book through the publishing process.
The plan worked brilliantly. The authors who chose to follow Gibson from Macmillan were led by Alice Munro (The Progress of Love in 1986 was the very first Douglas Gibson Book.) Soon the parade of authors included W.O. Mitchell, Robertson Davies, Jack Hodgins, Donald Jack, Mavis Gallant and so many others that Macmillan in a few years folded its fiction publishing programme. The addition of authors such as these to M&S’s own already strong fiction list made for a very formidable group of fiction writers.
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admin @ February 9, 2009
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D&M Publishers is one of the largest independent publishing houses in Canada with full offices in Toronto, Vancouver and Gabriola Island. D&M publishes Canadian fiction and non-fiction which is internationally recognized for the best quality editorial content, design and production. Our driving passion is to create the best Canadian books for readers worldwide and to bring the best international stories to our nation’s readers.
The house includes three unique imprints: Douglas & McIntyre, led by Publisher Scott McIntyre, Greystone Books, led by Publisher Rob Sanders and New Society Publishers led by Publisher Judith Plant.
From the very beginning, D&M has been committed to publishing the finest international authors such as Thomas L. Friedman, P.J. O’Rourke and Ishmael Beah and Canadian icons like Douglas Coupland, David Suzuki and Jean Beliveau.
D&M was co-founded by Jim Douglas and Scott McIntyre in 1971. Since its inception, D&M has created over 2,000 quality books in close to 4 decades and continues to nurture a rich backlist of more than 700 titles, including many Canadian classics.
admin @ February 8, 2009
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Cormorant Books is committed to publishing the best new work in the area of literary fiction and creative non-fiction for the adult market.
Twenty years ago, Jan and Gary Geddes started Cormorant Books on their farm outside of Dunvegan in Eastern Ontario. Each of them had a reason for naming the company for this particular bird. According to Gary, the cormorant is such a good fisher that humans use it, with a wooden ring to prevent it from swallowing its catch.
Gary enjoyed being of use to Canadian writers briefly, then passing the responsibility and the glory to Jan, who had heard a rumour that the cormorant was a voiceless bird. She endeav- oured to give that bird a voice by introducing new writers to readers across Canada. Both Gary and Jan succeeded in acquiring the good catches, the new writers, and providing a foundation for a company that has introduced many significant voices.
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admin @ February 7, 2009