Double Dragon Publishing

Double Dragon Publishing is a Canadian-based publisher specializing in e-book format publication. Founded by Dee 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

The firm was founded as a single-imprint small press publisher in 2000 by Dee 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 subgenres.

While specializing in eBook publication, the firm also releases paperback books, graphic novels, and pocket books. Double Dragon Publishing became a multimedia company soon after with activities in commercial art, audio book production as well as connections with "Hollywood" and the production of motion pictures.

Authors include Jedaiah Ramnarine, Gail Z. Martin, J.M. Frey, Danny Birt, Geoff Nelder, Simon Drake, Dan DeBono, Tony Teora, E. Rose Sabin, David Conway, Steve Lazarowitz, Michael A. Ventrella, Ben Manning, Thomm Quackenbush, Margret A. Treiber, Gillian Duce and the late Nick Pollotta.

Dee Douglas sold the Double Dragon Publishing brand in 2020 and retired from the publishing industry to create fine art full-time under his Kanien'keha:ka (Mohawk) name D. Ahsén:nase Douglas.

His successful art practice emphasizes exhibitions with themes that bring Modern Indigenous People into the forefront, breaking stereotypes as well as highlighting social issues.

While not abandoning Hollywood altogether, a number of his paintings were acquired by Universal/Peacock for use in their TV show Rutherford Falls Season 2.

He was recently chosen as one of the Top 150 Figurative Artists by the Figuratieve Kunst Vandaag (Belgium) in 2022, and was commissioned to paint a portrait of Roberta Jamieson—a Mohawk woman from the Six Nations of the Grand River Territory Ontario’s first female Ombudsman who was given the Order of Canada on 13 April 1994 and invested on 1 March 1995 as a Member of the Order of Canada.. News

Electronic publishing

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 are electronic only. Their focus on electronic format sales led Piers Anthony to note in 2004 that "DD is one of the best, perhaps THE best, of the electronic publishers".[1]

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 four Eppie Awards, 2003
  • Nominated for six Eppie Awards, 2004

References
  1. "Double Dragon Publishing", DDP website.
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