For immediate release February 23, 2009
Encounter Books To Be Distributed By Perseus Distribution
NEW YORK CITY – Perseus Distribution, a member of The Perseus Books Group, and Encounter Books announced today that they have entered into a multi-year sales and distribution agreement. The agreement will go into effect on August 1, 2009.
“Encounter has been seeking to raise its profile and discover effective new avenues to bring its wares to a broader audience,” said publisher Roger Kimball. “Our entire team was deeply impressed by the responsiveness, energy, and optimism that the people at Perseus brought to the table. Their combination of enthusiasm and pragmatism is as refreshing as it is rare.”
“We work hard to enable independent publishers to reach their potential,” said David Steinberger, President and CEO of The Perseus Books Group. “It is a significant statement when an independent publisher of Encounter’s stature chooses Perseus as its distribution partner,”
“We have great admiration for Encounter’s contributions to the publishing industry over the past decade and its dedication to showcasing diverse voices on a wide-range of subjects,” said Sabrina McCarthy, VP of Client Services for Perseus Distribution. “We look forward to an engaging partnership full of intellectual rigor and shared ideas.”
About The Perseus Books Group
is an independent company committed to enabling independent publishers to reach their potential whether those publishers are Perseus-owned, joint ventures or owned by third parties. Member publishing programs include Avalon Travel, Basic Books, Basic Civitas, Da Capo Press, Da Capo Lifelong Books, Running Press, Seal Press, Vanguard Press and Westview Press, as well as partnerships with PublicAffairs and with Nation Books. Through Consortium, Perseus Distribution and Publishers Group West, the Perseus Books Group is the leading provider of sales, marketing, distribution, and digital services to independent publishers. For more information, visit our websites at www.perseusdistribution.com/, www.perseusbooks.com, www.perseusdigital.com/constellation
About Encounter Books
Founded in San Francisco in 1998, Encounter Books now publishes approximately 25 nonfiction titles yearly and maintains an active and growing backlist. Since the end of 2005, Encounter has been headed by the cultural critic Roger Kimball, who is also editor and publisher of The New Criterion, a monthly review of culture and the arts. Kimball brought Encounter to New York in December of 2005.
Encounter is dedicated to strengthening the marketplace of ideas by promoting serious debate and providing a platform for independent voices on a wide range of subjects, from history and biography to religion, education, public policy, science, and culture. Among its authors are such nationally known figures as Brian Anderson, Peter Collier, Theodore Dalrymple, John Fund, Victor Davis Hanson, Gertrude Himmelfarb, David Horowitz, Leon Kass, William Kristol, Andrew C. McCarthy, and Thomas Sowell. For more information about Encounter, please visit our website at www.encounterbooks.com.
