Hachette UK, India, Australia & New Zealand and Yen Press partner for sales and distribution

Hachette UK, India, Australia and New Zealand have announced that Yen Press will be joining Hachette for sales and distribution services, as part of its third-party publisher expansion plans.

In the UK, Hachette’s services for Yen Press will be live on 16th December 2024, while in India this will start on 3rd February 2025 and in Australia and New Zealand on 1st April 2025.

Yen Press is the latest publisher to be joining Hachette UK, following Profile Books, Elsevier, Flame Tree Publishing and British Library Publishing, as well as Pinnacle Books and Lonely Planet earlier this year, with Hay House and Bloomsbury Publishers coming in early 2025.

Russell Evans, business development director, Hachette UK Distribution, said: “We’re all equally pleased and excited to be welcoming Yen Press to the Hachette family for sales and distribution services in the UK India, Australia and New Zealand. We already have the pleasure of working with Yen Press at Hachette Book Group US, so the inclusion of these additional territories makes this a truly global partnership.”

Kurt Hassler, publisher and managing director of Yen Press, added: “Yen Press began as an imprint under Hachette Book Group US and has benefited significantly from their exceptional sales and distribution services since transitioning to a client services relationship. We are thrilled to be expanding this partnership working with Hachette UK, India, and Australia and New Zealand and look forward to increasing the availability of manga, light novels, and manhwa at a global level together.”