Faber and its Alliance distribution clients to join HarperCollins following GBS closure

Faber and its Alliance distribution clients will be joining HarperCollins from 1st May 2024, following the announcement of the closure of Grantham Book Services.

The Alliance members moving with Faber are Bedford Square Publishers, Daunt Books, David Fickling Books, Europa Editions, Fitzcarraldo Editions, Granta, Pushkin Press, Scribe UK and Swift Press.

Canongate Books previously announced they would be moving to HarperCollins from 1st June 2024. Other members of the Independent Alliance have also made new distribution arrangements.

Oneworld Publications will move to Macmillan Distribution from 1st April 2024, followed by Atlantic Books in early 2025. Murdoch Books, Duckworth Books and The School of Life are already distributed by Macmillan Distribution Limited and Profile Books have been distributed by Hachette since 2021.

Mary Cannam, c.e.o. of Faber said: "We have been extremely impressed with the HarperCollins team and the pride they feel in their long history in Glasgow is clear. We will miss our friends at GBS, but we are pleased to have found such a good partner for the future."

Gordon Scott, managing director of the HarperCollins supply chain, added: "We are delighted and excited in equal measures to be taking on distribution responsibilities for the Faber list alongside those of their fellow Alliance publishers. We look forward to helping even more books reach their readers via Bishopbriggs from next May, then soon after from our state-of-the-art new site at Robroyston."

Faber will be communicating directly with their UK and export customers about the move in due course.