HBG Signs Phoenix for Distribution
In a new agreement, Hachette Book Group will provide North American distribution, fulfillment, customer service, and billing/collection services to Phoenix International Publications, also known as pikids. The agreement begins May 1.
As one of the nation’s largest children’s publishers, pikids’ licensing partners include Disney, Nickelodeon, Sesame Workshop, and more. Prior to 2014, pikids was the children’s division of Publications International, LTD (PIL), and it is now a division of Phoenix Publishing & Media Group (PPMG), the largest publishing company in China, who also has a partnership with Hachette Livre.