Talking Book Company, Ltd.

Canadian label owned by Emerson Phonograph Company Inc., and based in Toronto, Ontario. Similar to their U.S. counterpart, the Talking Book Corporation, Talking Book Company, Ltd. issued multi-page gatefold books, with one or two celluloid records glued inside. These could be flipped open to lie flat and be placed directly onto a turntable for playing. They also issued die-cut, laminated cardboard tablets with a celluloid record glued or riveted onto one side and a related poem or story printed on the reverse. These could be placed directly onto a turntable as well.