Directory:Punzhu Puzzles

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Punzhu Puzzles
SloganThe Puzzle People Place
Type [[Company_Type:=Private|Private]]
Founded [[Year_Started:=1931|1931]]
Founder“Summerfield family”
Headquarters [[Country_Name:=Canada|Canada]]
Key people=Ted Summerfield, Publisher
IndustryInternet Publishing
ProductsPuzzles and games for use by companies, individuals, and non-profits.
ParentSummerfield’s Limited
Contact Summerfield’s Limited][mailto:publisher@punzhu.com Mail]
Reference NAICS: 51, 516110


Punzhu Puzzles is a tradename of Summerfield’s Limited, which was officially incorporated in Vancouver, BC, Canada in April of 1931. The privately held company now operates from Nanaimo, BC, which is the largest city on Vancouver Island after Victoria, the capital city of British Columbia.

Punzhu Puzzles was the first Internet-only publishing business to provide monthly a variety of free puzzle magazines in Adobe PDF format.

Punzhu Puzzles was also the first puzzle magazine publisher to include in their magazines the right to copy and distribute their magazines to others for one-year under a copyright licence grant having similar characteristics of a Creative Commons Canada licence. Free registration is required to download puzzle magazines.

Punzhu publishes kakuro (cross sums), crosswords, logic puzzles, sudoku, symbol sudoku, and word searches in various languages including German, Italian, English, and Spanish.

Punzhu Puzzles is owned and operated by people with disabilities. Punzhu came to life through the assistance of the Province of British Columbia and its Self-employment Program for People with Disabilities.

To advertise your business or service through Punzhu Puzzles please visit this page.

Punzhu Puzzles main site

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