Effective January 1, 2009 Raincoast Books will take over Canadian distribution for Oxmoor House, whose well-established brands include Cooking Light, Sunset and Southern Living. Oxmoor has more recently been successful in developing strong publishing programs with Williams-Sonoma, Weight Watchers and O: The Oprah Magazine. For the first season with Raincoast, frontlist highlights will include THE COMPLETE BECK DIET FOR LIFE, the latest title by the popular weight-loss author Dr. Judith Beck, WEBER’S WAY TO GRILL by the award-winning author Jamie Purveyance and COOKING LIGHT FRESH FOOD FAST from the registered dieticians and culinary professionals on staff at Cooking Light magazine.

“We are publishing some of the very best books in a select number of high-growth categories,” said Jim Childs, Publisher of Oxmoor House. “We feel that the Canadian market has yet to reach its full potential and we are confident that through our new partnership with Raincoast we can make this happen.”

“Raincoast is up to the challenge,” said Paddy Laidley, Executive Vice-President, Sales and Marketing for Raincoast. “We provide complete fulfillment, sales and marketing services across Canada and the very smart publishing strategy and savvy marketing of Oxmoor House definitely plays to our strengths at Raincoast.”

About Oxmoor House: 
Since publishing the first Southern Living cookbook in 1979, Oxmoor House has become one of the North America’s leading lifestyle publishers. Today it offers nearly 250 titles across a variety of subject areas including cooking, entertaining, gardening, home decor, home improvement and health. As a subsidiary of Time Inc. and Time Warner Inc., Oxmoor is part the world’s largest media and communications company.

http://www.oxmoorhouse.com