Indigo only establishes commercial relationships with publisher and/or distributors of books. If your organization is a publisher, you must have a distributor that is able to manage the physical logistics of selling books to Indigo. In order to establish a relationship with you as a vendor to Indigo, you will be required to:
If you believe that your organization is able to meet Indigo’s requirements to become a Book vendor, please contact NewPublisher@indigo.ca for further discussion.
To register for a an ISBN number : please go to The Canadian ISBN Service System (CISS) www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/ciss-ssci/index-e.html
We require your printed editions to be bound professionally. The bindings do not have to be expensive but they must be sturdy.If you have any questions/or concerns, these should be addressed with your publisher. If a product recall is required, any communications should be sent to Indigo via your publisher.
Yes- opportunities from overseas vendors are assessed in the same manner that we assess vendors from North America.
Please refer to Indigo’s Vendor Manual for Books. This is a document that details Indigo’s supply chain requirements. It also includes Indigo’s list of cost recovery fees that are applied in the event your organization does not meet our supply chain expectations.