NEW RAINBOW PUBLISHER LTD.

What NEW RAINBOW PUBLISHER LTD. does

New Rainbow Publisher Ltd. (operating as Les Éditions Nouvel Arc-en-ciel) is a small, privately held Canadian book publishing house founded in 2016. According to firmographic data, the company is based in Gatineau, Canada, though its product content and website copy reference Montreal as the cultural and historical anchor (the firm's logo and URL use the French name Les Éditions Nouvel Arc-en-ciel). The company functions as both a publisher and a distribution center for books, with its entire published catalog consisting of a single title: "The Contract" (Le Contrat), an autobiography by Montreal criminal lawyer Claude Grant chronicling his career and the late-1970s Montreal criminal underworld, with mentorship from Frank Shoofey.

The company has no disclosed proprietary technology stack beyond a standard Squarespace-hosted e-commerce website that presents content bilingually in French and English. Its core product — a printed autobiography priced at $29.95 USD — is sold through direct-to-consumer online sales and, separately, through wholesale relationships with bookstores who contact the editor directly for resale terms. The website currently displays "Sold out / Stock épuisé," indicating that available inventory has been exhausted. There are no reported apps, APIs, integrations, patents, trademarks, awards, certifications, or external funding rounds on record.

The business model is straightforward transactional retail: one-time unit sales of a single physical book SKU, with no subscription, licensing, or recurring revenue components. Two customer segments are served — individual readers purchasing directly through the website, and bookstores procuring via wholesale — but no named enterprise customers, distribution partners, or retail accounts are disclosed. The company maintains no disclosed social media presence, no recruitment activity, no management team listings, and no evidence of additional title acquisitions or pipeline expansion since its 2016 launch.

Name

NEW RAINBOW PUBLISHER LTD.

Legal name

New Rainbow Publisher Ltd.

Website

https://nouvelarcenciel.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Short description

New Rainbow Publisher Ltd. (Les Éditions Nouvel Arc-en-ciel) is a privately held Canadian book publishing house, founded in 2016, that publishes and distributes a single autobiography, "The Contract" by Claude Grant, via direct-to-consumer online sales and bookstore wholesale.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Independent Book Publishing

NAICS

Book Publishers (51313)

SIC

Books: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2731)

akta.pro primary industry

General Trade Publishing (Adult Fiction & Nonfiction) (MPAJAAAA)

Keywords

• Book publishing
• Independent publishing
• Book distribution
• Autobiography publishing
• Literary publishing

Headquarters

HQ city

Gatineau

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Book Sales: Revenue generated from direct sales of published books to consumers through the company's e-commerce website. Additional revenue stream from wholesale distribution to bookstores and retailers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

New Rainbow Publisher (Les Éditions Nouvel Arc-en-ciel) is a small independent book publishing house and distribution center based in Gatineau, Quebec. The company publishes and distributes literary works, with its primary published title being the autobiography "The Contract" (Le Contrat) by Montreal criminal lawyer Claude Grant, chronicling his career and the Montreal underworld of the late 1970s. Books are sold directly to consumers through the company's website and via wholesale to bookstores.

Product overview

NEW RAINBOW PUBLISHER LTD. (Les Éditions Nouvel Arc-en-ciel) is a book publishing house and distribution center. The company offers a single published title: 'The Contract' (Le Contrat), an autobiography by criminal lawyer Claude Grant detailing his career in late 1970s Montreal and his relationship with mentor Frank Shoofey. Books are sold directly through the publisher's website at $29.95 per copy.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• The Contract (Le Contrat) An autobiography by Claude Grant, a criminal lawyer from Montreal, chronicling his career, his relationship with mentor Frank Shoofey, and the hidden agenda of the Montreal underworld at the end of the 1970s. Sold as a physical book at $29.95 per copy (currently sold out). Bilingual publication available in French (Le Contrat) and English (The Contract).

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Emerging players

• Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP): Self-publishing platform that allows individual authors to publish and distribute memoirs/autobiographies directly. Comparable because it represents an alternative publishing path that competes with traditional small presses for niche nonfiction authors like Claude Grant.
• Tinta Books: Small Canadian independent publisher focused on literary fiction and nonfiction, including memoir. Comparable as another small Canadian indie press operating in the same general trade nonfiction space.

Direct peers

• VLB Éditeur: Montreal-based independent French-language trade publisher of essays, memoirs and biographies. Highly comparable to New Rainbow Publisher given shared Quebec base, French-language general nonfiction focus, and small independent press structure.
• Éditions du Boréal: Montreal-based independent publisher of French-language Canadian literature, history and memoirs. Comparable to New Rainbow Publisher as a small Quebec press with strong regional nonfiction and memoir catalog.
• Leméac Éditeur: Long-standing Montreal independent publisher of French-language literary and nonfiction titles. Comparable as a Quebec-based small press publishing adult nonfiction and literary works with bilingual distribution ambitions.
• Libre Expression: Quebec-based independent publisher of French-language nonfiction, biography and current-affairs titles. Directly comparable in target audience (French-Canadian readers), nonfiction focus, and small-press operational model.

Broad incumbents

• Groupe Homme / Éditions de l'Homme: Major Quebec-based French-language trade publisher with a broad catalog spanning many genres. Comparable as a Quebec trade nonfiction publisher but at much larger scale, representing the broader incumbent competitive context for niche presses.
• Hachette Livre (Québec): Global trade publisher with French-language operations in Quebec. Comparable as a competing publisher of French-Canadian trade nonfiction, but at vastly larger scale and broader portfolio.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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