Distribution: INscribe Signs Eight New Publishers

Author Solutions Gets Extension

Judge Denise Cote has granted a request by Author Solutions and Penguin to extend the deadline to respond to the class action lawsuit filed against the two to June 21.

Distribution: Bookmasters Signs TGS International

Bookmasters has signed an agreement with TGS International to distribute their print books and e-books to major U.S. booksellers for the first time in the United States. TGS International, headquartered in Berlin, Ohio, has been publishing Christian books for almost 30 years.

Distribution: Midpoint and Mr. Food Test Kitchen Agree

Midpoint Trade Books has signed a distribution deal with Mr. Food Test Kitchen, a Florida-based cookbook publisher whose books offer recipes from the nationally syndicated Mr. Food cooking show.

Distribution: Random House and Quirk Renew

Random House Publisher Services has announced a multi-year extension of its sales and distribution partnership with Quirk Books, which began in January 2011.

Distribution: RH, Candlewick Renew

Random House announced a multi-year extension of its distribution partnership with Candlewick Press, which will continue to be distributed by Random House in the U.S. and Canada.

Ganxy Adds Tools for Selling & Promoting Content Online

The New York-based start-up Ganxy, which was founded in 2009 to sell music, is rolling out more tools at the London Book Fair to help small and medium-sized publishers sell and promote DRM-free digital content online.

Donnelley Adding Electronic Tags

R.R. Donnelley said it will start adding RFID and NFC tags to such products as retail displays, product packaging, shipping labels, direct mail pieces, catalogs, magazines and more.

Ingram Adds The Mother Company, Mandevilla Press, and LSAC

Ingram has announced the addition of three new publisher clients: The Mother Company, Mandevilla Press, and The Law School Admission Council (LSAC).

Distribution: IPG Signs Up New Publishers

Independent Publishers Group has signed up several new publishers for distribution: Parenting Press, World Book’s Bright Connections Media and Incentive Publications imprints, the Institute of Economic Affairs, Sussex Academic Press and Te Papa Press.