Gallagher: Indigo publishes baseball books as well as selling them
Indigo is now publishing sports books.
May 20, 2026
By Danny Gallagher
Canadian Baseball Network
Indigo, the mega bookseller, has evolved over the years in other areas but one move that has eluded much fanfare is book publishing.
The company has been publishing several books over the last several years, including a number of baseball tomes produced by Andrew Podnieks, the famous photographer known more for coffee-table books in the hockey genre.
Podnieks has published some books under his Moydart Press umbrella but Indigo has taken over some of his instant sellers on the Blue Jays.
Podnieks is often seen in the photo well at Jays' games to accumulate a portfolio of pictures for his 8x11 books full of gloss all the way through.
Indigo occasionally publishes proprietary titles, especially instant books in time for Christmas, produced in a month's time when Canadian teams win championships
Indigo jumped in to produce Podnieks's What A Ride book when the Jays came this-close to capturing the 2025 World Series.
Indigo knows it will see a high volume of sales in a short time span where the company is trying to catch in-the-moment events that traditional publishers aren't producing.
In the case of Podnieks's baseball books, he and Indigo share some costs of printing and he gets the traditional cut from the profits in the form of royalties as is the case with all authors, resulting in a win-win scenario for both sides.
Indigo has also been known to jump in mid-stream after a very high profile self-published fiction of works blows up online, resulting in exclusive Indigo editions.
Danny Gallagher's latest book the Tragedy of Willie Davis: And Other Expos Vignettes is available at most Indigo stores across Canada.