UK-based children’s publisher Usborne will use Harper Collins to handle all US trade sales, distribution, and warehousing, starting February 1. The partnership begins with the Fall 2023 season and backlist distribution will “ramp up over time.” Harper Collins president and ceo Brian Murray said in a release: “We are delighted to partner with Usborne to sell into the US trade market. We’ve worked with Usborne for many years in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India, and the UK, and know first-hand how their mix of creativity, extraordinary care, and fierce determination has made them one of the world’s leading children’s publishers. […]
Distribution
Distribution: Five to Consortium
Five new publishers have signed on for sales and distribution through Consortium. Beginning immediately are the National Council of Teachers of English and Do Book Company, beginning November 1 is Pinter & Martin, and beginning January 3 are the Association of Talent Development and Skinner House Books.
Distribution: Cardinal Rule Press
Children’s publisher Cardinal Rule Press is now distributed by Independent Publishers Group.
Distribution: Laberinto Press
Laberinto Press is now sold by Ampersand and distributed by University of Toronto Press Distribution.
UID Reorganization Results in Turpin Layoffs
The “managed exit” of Turpin Distribution from UK-distributor United Independent Distributors (which has been owned by Independent Publishers Group since last year) will result in layoffs, UID global ceo Joe Matthews told The Bookseller, though he didn’t give a number. Turpin has about 100 employees. Matthews said that UID would offer Turpin’s clients (which include Emerald and Liverpool University Press) distribution, sales, and marketing services through continuing UID companies Eurospan and Marston in order to “make the transition for Turpin publishers as convenient as possible.” “We developed a strategic plan that we have been executing all year and have now […]
Distribution: Marble Press
Children’s publisher Marble Press will be sold and distributed worldwide by Baker & Taylor Publisher Services starting January 1, 2023. Marble Press was launched earlier this year and includes three imprints: Marble Books (picture books); Bulooga Books (books for the youngest readers); and Taltos Books (middle grade and young adult books). The publisher is led by Michael Green, former president and publisher of Philomel Books, and executive managing director Susan Szecsi.