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TokyoPop Moves Its Distribution to Penguin Random House
Beginning January 1, Penguin Random House Publisher Services will sell and distribute the entire TokyoPop frontlist and backlist across all sales channels worldwide.
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IPG, Itasca Add More Small Press Distribution Clients
Independent Publishers Group and Itasca Books have both signed former SPD clients to new distribution deals. IPG has taken on nine new publishers, while Itasca has picked up five.
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Arcadia Publishing Acquires Dry Climate Studios
The purchase of children's publisher Dry Climate, best known for its alphabetical books spotlighting cities, states, and regions across the U.S., is the latest in a string of acquisitions made by the regional books publisher Arcadia.
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Simon & Schuster Acquires Dutch Publisher Veen Bosch & Keuning
S&S has acquired VBK, the largest Dutch book publishing house, and its subsidiaries and sister companies. The move marks the first major instance of a promised international expansion at S&S since its acquisition by private equity firm KKR last year.
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Agate Rolls Out Its Publishing Academy
Doug Seibold, founder of Agate Publishing, has begun marketing the Agate Publishing Academy, a program he created to provide an affordable online professional development option to aspiring publishers and book business veterans alike.
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Barnes & Noble Education Strikes New Financing Agreement
For the second time in less than a year, Barnes & Noble Education has reached a last-minute agreement that provides the company with the liquidity it needs to continue to operate.
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Rizzoli International to Acquire Chelsea Green Publishing
The New York City–based subsidiary of Italian publisher the Mondadori Group has agreed to acquire the White River Junction, Vt.–based independent book publisher of titles on politics and sustainability.
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PWxyz, Lantia End Relationship
The parent company of 'Publishers Weekly' and the Seville, Spain–based publishing company have ended their business arrangement. With the end of the agreement, Lantia will no longer publish the bimonthly publication 'PW en Español.'
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Indigo Agrees to Buyout Offer
Indigo Books & Music, Canada's troubled largest bookseller, has agreed to accept an offer of C$2.50 per share from two investment firms that will take the company private should the transaction be approved by shareholders later this spring.
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PEN Union Cries Foul in Contract Talks as Criticism of PEN America Intensifies
A proposal in ongoing contract negotiations between PEN America management and PEN America United, its staff union, has led to charges by the union that the organization’s leadership is trying to stifle union members’ free speech rights—an assertion PEN management firmly disputes.
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