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October 28, 2024
MINNEAPOLIS, MINN (October 28, 2024)—Consortium® Book Sales & Distribution, an Ingram Publisher Services LLC (“IPS”) brand, announces seven new publishers. Aunt Lute Books joined Consortium for the Fall 2024 season, commencing sales and distribution on June 29, 2024. Publishers for the Spring 2025 season include Alabaster Creative Inc., Autumn House Press, Hagfish, Hemeria, LittlePuss Press, and Tilted Axis Press, and will commence sales and distribution with Consortium on January 1, 2025.
“We’re delighted to welcome such a diverse group of publishers to the Consortium family,” said Julie Schaper, Vice President, Ingram Publisher Services – Consortium. “We look forward to working with each of these distinct presses to grow their readership.”
Alabaster Creative Inc. launched in 2016 and publishes biblical texts with an emphasis on high-end, modern design. Integrating photography and visual imagery within different books of the Bible, Alabaster books explore the intersection of beauty, creativity, and faith. Notable releases include The Good and Beautiful Bible Study: Volume 1 and Gospels Hardcover.
Aunt Lute Books is an intersectional, feminist press dedicated to publishing literature by those who have been traditionally underrepresented in or excluded by the literary canon. Many of Aunt Lute’s titles are acknowledged as important contributions to the academic fields of lesbian studies and gender studies. Notable titles include Borderlands / La Frontera: The New Mestiza 5th Edition and the recently released Doll Seed: Stories.
Autumn House Press is a nonprofit publisher based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, who publishes full-length collections of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. Autumn House is committed to championing debut, emerging, and established authors and is proud to have published debut works from writers such as Ada Limón and Clifford Thompson. Forthcoming releases include I Have Not Considered Consequences: Short Stories and Rodeo.
Hagfish reissues out-of-print, hard-to-find books and introduces overlooked contemporary writers to the mainstream. Based in Brooklyn, New York, Hagfish was founded by two publishing veterans and is self-funded and worker-owned. Hagfish will release To Smithereens by Rosalyn Drexler in Spring 2025.
Hemeria is based in Paris, France, and works to bring exceptional photo books to life. Spanning subjects including nature and wildlife, fashion, society, and more, Hemeria’s books showcase the creative and original projects of photographers around the world. Upcoming releases include The Silk Road: A Living History and Mizuwari.
LittlePuss Press is a feminist press run by trans women. Their award-winning books have been featured in Vogue, NPR, Vulture, and other publications. LittlePuss believes in intensive editing, printing on paper, and throwing lots of parties. Titles releasing in 2025 include Worthy of the Event and Realistic Fiction.
Tilted Axis Press is a British publisher of contemporary fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. With a focus on translated fiction by the Global Majority, their publishing practice centers building and nourishing community and the complex movement of language, stories, and imagination.Notable forthcoming releases include dd's Umbrella and Delicious Hunger.
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Consortium®, a brand of Ingram Publisher Services LLC (“IPS”), is home to a community of award-winning publishers that believe in the power of independent voices. Consortium grew out of a small book wholesaling cooperative in 1985 to become a full-service distributor, quickly earning a reputation as an advocate for independent publishers. Consortium now represents more than 130 independent publishers from the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia, India, and Africa enabling them to successfully reach the trade, library, and academic markets for their books. Consortium understands the importance of ideas, and its goal as a distributor is to introduce those ideas—some that may otherwise not be discovered—to the widest possible audience. For more information, please contact Kristina Hall at Kristina.Hall@ingramcontent.com.
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