Castle Quay Inks Distribution with Anchor/Word Alive

Two of the foremost imprints for Canadian Christian authors — Word Alive Press and Castle Quay Books — will soon be sharing warehousing and distribution. An announcement published Monday at Rush to Press (Evangelical Christian Publishing Association) shared the news:

Toronto/Palm Beach (June 2023) – Castle Quay Books is pleased to announce their new partnership agreement with international book distributor Anchor/Word Alive Distribution who will now provide sales, marketing and distribution services for their entire book line in the United States and Canada.

The full article quoted heads of both companies;

“We are pleased to be working with Anchor/Word Alive Distribution in both the USA and Canada,” said Larry Willard, founder and CEO of Castle Quay Books. “We were looking for a prominent, reliable, quality provider of sales and distribution services for our imprint and we feel we have found it with Anchor/Word Alive.”

Jeremy Braun, managing director for Word Alive said, “We look forward to serving the customers of Castle Quay Books in Canada and are pleased to offer our strong network of retail and trade connections to allow us to meet the needs of the entire community.”

as well as Anchor:

“We are glad to partner with Castle Quay Books to meet their distribution and fulfillment needs in North America,” said Karen Fulton, Director of Operations for Anchor Distributors. “Our location just south of the Canadian border coupled with a well-developed supply chain provides an excellent solution for Castle Quay Books to continue bringing their excellent message to the North American reader.

Click here to read the article in full.

The piece also noted that Castle Quay is no longer just Christian books, but publishes 20 different subject categories.

Ingram Christian Wholesale (formerly known as Spring Arbor) lists the Top 5 demanded titles by Castle Quay as:

1. A Devotional for Mothers and Sons – Sandee MacGregor
2. My Journey of Faith – Charles Mulli
3. Counterfeit Code – James Beverley
4. Certainty – A Place to Stand – Grant Richison
5. Save My Children – Emily Wierenga

and Top 5 for Word Alive Press as:

1. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Workbook – McLaughlin
2. Understanding the Revelation – Michael Scantlebury
3. Not Only Just a Really Good Human – Dwight Onley
4. God is That You – Tina Pitamber
5. The Real Welcoming Church – Stewart Brown

Ingram data as accessed 11/JLY/23 at 15:30