Coles Notes

Coles Notes are <a href="/facts/Study_guide/zQthUm0e">student guides</a> to literature, published in Canada. The <a href="/facts/Coles_(bookstore)/ETYDgSBV">Coles bookstore</a> first published Coles Notes in 1948. The first title published was on the French <a href="/facts/Novella/cXo83RDp">novella</a> Colomba by <a href="/facts/Prosper_M%25C3%25A9rim%25C3%25A9e/nhFAm6P9">Prosper Mérimée</a>.
In 1958, <a href="/facts/Jack_Isadore_Cole_(businessman)/N3XHEVkT">Jack Cole</a> and <a href="/facts/Carl_Cole/N3XHEVkT">Carl Cole</a>, founders of <a href="/facts/Coles_(bookstore)/ETYDgSBV">Coles</a>, sold the U.S. rights to Coles Notes to <a href="/facts/Cliff_Hillegass/yE9bYtGq">Cliff Hillegass</a> who then published the books under <a href="/facts/CliffsNotes/jnlh0JvF">CliffsNotes</a>.
By 1960, Coles notes sales had peaked. They had published over 120 titles, mostly on English novels; however, they also covered other subjects including maths, science, and foreign languages. Coles Notes is currently owned by <a href="/facts/Indigo_Books_and_Music/k4Uuh8zS">Indigo Books</a> in Canada.

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