Double Dragon Publishing is a Canadian-based publisher specializing in e-book

E-book

An electronic book is a book-length publication in digital form, consisting of text, images, or both, and produced on, published through, and readable on computers or other electronic devices. Sometimes the equivalent of a conventional printed book, e-books can also be born digital...

 format publication. Founded by Deron Douglas in 2000, the company claims the largest collection of titles in the Science Fiction and Fantasy categories currently in print, with annual sales of over 45,000 units.

History

Double Dragon Publishing (DDP) was founded as a single-imprint small press publisher in 2000 by Deron Douglas. The publishing house has since grown into a stable publisher with eight separate imprints, focusing on different genres, but generally within the science-fiction, fantasy, horror, and paranormal romance sub-genres.

While specializing in eBook publication, Double Dragon Publishing also releases paperback books, graphic novels and pocket books. It is still maintained by many industry experts that Double Dragon Publishing is the leading publisher of eBooks.

Electronic Publishing Focus

DDP publishes books in Rocket-eBook, Hiebook, Adobe PDF, MS-Reader, Mobipocket, iSilo, Franklin eBookMan, and Palm Doc formats. While some selected texts are issued in audiobook format, the majority of the publisher's offerings are electronic only. Their focus on electronic format sales led Piers Anthony

Piers Anthony

Piers Anthony Dillingham Jacob is an English American writer in the science fiction and fantasy genres, publishing under the name Piers Anthony. He is most famous for his long-running novel series set in the fictional realm of Xanth.Many of his books have appeared on the New York Times Best...

to note in 2004 that "DD is one of the best, perhaps THE best, of the electronic publishers."

Awards

• Winner, MyShelf Publishing Award, 2002
• Winner, Best Performance by a Publisher, KnowBetter.com, 2002
• Runner-Up, Wooden Rocket Award for best e-book publisher, computercrowsnest.com, 2003
• Nominated for 4 Eppie Awards, 2003
• Nominated for 6 Eppie Awards, 2004

Other Activities

Many of Double Dragon's titles have gone to the big screen as a direct result of the efforts of this medium size company. Such notable titles include A Study in Red, Legacy of the Ripper, and Requiem for the Ripper.