Canongate Books (often simply Canongate) is a Scottish independent publishing firm based in Edinburgh; it is named for The Canongate, an area of the city. It was originally a speciality press focusing on Scottish-interest books, generally with small print runs; its most major author was Alasdair Gray.

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  • Canongate Books (often simply Canongate) is a Scottish independent publishing firm based in Edinburgh; it is named for The Canongate, an area of the city. It was originally a speciality press focusing on Scottish-interest books, generally with small print runs; its most major author was Alasdair Gray. In 1994 it was bought out by employee Jamie Byng, using funds provided by his stepfather Christopher Bland, and began to publish more general works, including the highly successful Pocket Canons editions of books of the Bible, as well as the Payback Press and Rebel Inc. imprints. Among its most notable publications is Life of Pi, the first Scottish-published book to win the Booker Prize or to sell a million copies in its first year, and the Canongate Myth Series of novellas, in which contemporary authors reimagine ancient myths from a variety of cultures. In 2007 two of Canongate's successful releases were Scarlett Thomas' The End of Mr. Y and Miranda July's No One Belongs Here More Than You. Before his rise to prominence in 2006, Canongate acquired the UK and Commonwealth publishing rights for two books by Barack Obama, The Audacity of Hope and Dreams From My Father, which have both been very successful in 2008 and 2009. Canongate also acquired the rights to publish Change We Can Believe In, Barack Obama's book of policy speeches in 2008. In 2008, Canongate announced they had bought The Death of Bunny Munro, the second novel by musician Nick Cave. It was reported early in 2009 that they had also secured the rights to publish Simon's Cat by Simon Tofield.
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  • Canongate Books (often simply Canongate) is a Scottish independent publishing firm based in Edinburgh; it is named for The Canongate, an area of the city. It was originally a speciality press focusing on Scottish-interest books, generally with small print runs; its most major author was Alasdair Gray.
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