Coles Notes
Canadian student guides to literature
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Coles Notes are student guides to literature, published in Canada. The Coles bookstore first published Coles Notes in 1948. The first title was on the French novella Colomba by Prosper Mérimée.
In 1958, Jack and Carl Cole, founders of Coles, sold the U.S. rights to Coles Notes to Cliff Hillegass, who then published the books under CliffsNotes. Coles Notes is currently owned by Indigo Books in Canada.
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References
- I know that name!: the people behind Canada's best-known brand names from Elizabeth Arden to Walter Zeller, Mark Kearney and Randy Ray. Toronto: Dundurn Press, 2002. p. 64 (Googlebooks)
- Partial history of Coles Notes at the archived version of the Cliffs Notes website
- The Great Canadian Trivia Book 2, Mark Kearney and Randy Ray. Toronto: Hounslow Press, 1998. p. 214 (Googlebooks)
References
- Renzetti, Elizabeth. (March 10, 1998). "Smart enough to keep them Coles Notes first edition nets pair $2,500 each". [[The Globe and Mail]].
- . (January 31, 1998). "50 years of Coles Notes". *[[Vancouver Sun]]*.
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