Tokyopop Snatched by Harper, for Distribution and Co-PublishingA little over a month after being highlighted in the NY Times for renewing their distribution agreement with CDS, Tokyopop has switched gears. Now the company says they will move their North American distribution to HarperCollins — which had been looking for a client of scale ever since Perseus left their distribution services and acquired CDS. The new arrangement also features a co-publishing agreement to “create a progressive new line of co-branded manga titles” developed in conjunction with Harper authors and properties. Aiming for as many as 24 titles a year together, Tokyopop […]
