Ingram Publisher Services, an Ingram Content Group company, is starting the year with three new distribution clients—ArtsMemphis, The Cooking Lab, and Tharpa Publications—including one that only recently launched.
The Cooking Lab, which was founded last year, struck the deal in time for the March release of its first publication, Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking, by Nathan Myhrvold, Chris Young, and Maxime Bilet. The six-volume set contains more than a thousand recipes and over 3,500 photographs and illustrations. “With its innovative distribution strategies, IPS will be a perfect partner for The Cooking Lab and its groundbreaking publication,” says TCL publishing consultant Bruce Harris.
By contrast nonprofit Tharpa Publications, which specializes in books on meditation and Buddhism, has published 20 books by Buddhist monk Geshe Kelsang Gyatso with combined sales of more than 800,000 copies. Tharpa’s newest Gyatso release, and his 21st book, is Modern Buddhism.
This month IPS will also begin managing distribution for 47-year-old ArtsMemphis, which provides support for nonprofit arts organizations in Memphis, Tenn. The press’ first two books are: a photographic journal of hunting clubs, originally released in 2008, First Shooting Light, and an anthology of recipes from the South’s hunting clubs, Wild Abundance.
In addition, Woodhead Publishing, joined IPS late last year. As part of its transition to handling its own sales marketing, and distribution in the American market after a ten-year partnership with CRC Press, Woodhead is opening an office in Philadelphia. There it will work closely with the Philadelphia-based consulting firm, Caslon Business Development.
