Mango Publishing

Mango Publishing
Founded2014
FounderChristopher McKenney
Headquarters locationMiami, Florida
DistributionIngram Publisher Services
Raincoast Books
Booktopia[1]
Official websitehttps://mangopublishinggroup.com/

Mango Publishing is an American book publisher founded in 2014.

Company history

Mango Publishing was founded by Christopher McKenney in 2014 as an independent book publisher in Miami, Florida.[2] In both 2019 and 2020, Mango was named the fastest growing independent publisher in the United States by Publishers Weekly. The company has a revenue sharing model with its authors, where it provides up to 50% of net sales to its writers.[3]

Books and imprints

The company publishes books in a variety of genres including non-fiction, young adult, children, self-help, business, science, pop-culture, social justice, LGBTQ, feminism, fiction and poetry. It publishes more than one hundred titles per year.[4] It also partners with companies like Franklin Covey to create add-on books products like themed playing card decks.[3] In 2019 the company acquired Conari Press from Red Wheel/Weiser[5] and in 2020 they acquired Yellow Pear Press.[6] Their additional imprints include Books and Books Press, FIU Business Press, D.O.P.E (Dreams on Paper Entertainment), the Tiny Press, and Reef Smart Guides.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Contact Us".
  2. ^ Ana Acle-Menendez (October 18, 2018). "Publishing business is sweet for Mango Media". Florida International University Business News.
  3. ^ a b Jim Milliot (April 3, 2020). "Presses find their own paths to move ahead". Publishers Weekly. Fast-Growing Independent Publishers, 2020.
  4. ^ "The 9 Best Independent Publishers in the US". NY Book Editors. March 2020.
  5. ^ "Mango Publishing Acquires Red Wheel/Weiser's Conari Press". Publishers Weekly. October 3, 2019.
  6. ^ Calvin Reid (January 2, 2020). "Mango Publishing Acquires Yellow Pear Press". Publishers Weekly.
  7. ^ Jim Milliot and Claire Kirch (April 5, 2019). "Fast-Growing Independent Publishers, 2019 - Capitalizing on trends spurs growth". Publishers Weekly.