Five Rivers Publishing


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Five Rivers Publishing is an independent micro-publisher of fiction and non-fiction, giving voice to new and established Canadian authors. Five Rivers is committed to bringing publishing back to uncompromising personal editors where it belongs, rather than focus-group marketing. We publish real books by real authors for real readers.

We employ print-on-demand technologies as part of responsible management of environmental and financial resources: by printing only the books required, rather than warehousing thousands, we save trees, energy and capital expenditures, while reducing pollution. We also produce eBooks as part of that mandate.

Five Rivers is committed to producing quality books that have benefited from the scrutiny of a good editor, with attention to layout and cover design. We work closely with our authors throughout the process. And we are very aggressive in our marketing, ensuring both our authors and our titles receive the best possible exposure in the global marketplace.

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Motivate to Create: a guide for writers    by Nate Hendley
Price: $4.99 USD. 26410 words. Published by Five Rivers Publishing  on June 18, 2010. .

Veteran freelance writer Nate Hendley explains how to start up or step-up your writing career. Straight-forward advice and commentary on a largely unexplored topic.
Steven Truscott: Decades of Injustice    by Nate Hendley
Price: $4.99 USD. 27270 words. Published by Five Rivers Publishing  on October 3, 2012. .

Imagine being a 14 year-old boy who takes a classmate on a bike ride one spring evening. In the days to follow, the classmate is found dead and you stand accused of rape and murder.
Immunity to Strange Tales    by Susan Forest
Price: $4.99 USD. 50350 words. Published by Five Rivers Publishing  on July 23, 2012. .

A collection of 12 short stories by one of Canada's rising stars of speculative fiction.
Western King: Book 2, The Rune Blades of Celi    by Ann Marston
Price: $9.99 USD. 120450 words. Published by Five Rivers Publishing  on April 18, 2013. .

The wanderer Red Kian has ruled Skai as Regent, but now it is time for him to step down. War clouds are gathering. Maedun sorcerers have taken the continent, and Saesnesi raiders are pillaging the islands.
From Mountains of Ice    by Lorina Stephens
Price: $2.99 USD. 84380 words. Published by Five Rivers Publishing  on November 18, 2009. .

Sylvio spent the past decade banished from Simare’s court, stripped of land, ancestral home and title. And now, after a decade, he is called back to the capitol, summoned by his Prince whom he suspects is a patricide and insane. His very life is in danger and with it the country he has served through all his days.
Kingmaker's Sword    by Ann Marston
Price: $9.99 USD. 113360 words. Published by Five Rivers Publishing  on July 23, 2012. .

An updated re-print of Ann Marston's Book 1 of the much beloved Rune Blades of Celi series.


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