Export Publishing Enterprises Ltd.

Export Publishing Enterprises Ltd. was a Canadian publisher that operated from 1946 to 1951. It published two paperback imprints, News Stand Library and Torch, as well as comics and pulps. The shareholders and officers of the company were Stanley Schrag, President, Martin Kastner, Secretary and Frank Steele, Vice-president. Harry M. Steele was the Managing Editor.

Export was incorporated in November 1946.The first News Stand Library was published in mid 1948, the last (#157) in early 1951. Four issues of the Torch imprint were published in November 1950. Export's printing plant was destroyed by fire on December 11, 1950 and the company did not survive.

Export published 20 paperbacks with dust covers. While not unique at the time this was very uncommon. Most were reprints of earlier books that Export published but The Title and/or author were sometimes changed.

Two comics that Export published were Science Comics (2 issues) and Captain Hobby Comics (1 issue) - all Appear to be early 1951. These are the only comics that appear to be original to Export. Export also published more than 30 reprints of American comics.

Export also published other periodicals such as reprints of American pulps and one for children called Junior Weekly.

Export published one known book for export to England: I Found Cleopatra by Thomas P. Kelley. While some believe that the book is undated, there is a 1946 date on the copyright page.

Export published early work by a couple of well known Canadian authors. Hugh Garner's Waste No Tears and Raymond Souster's Winter of Time.