F&W is not the only distributor busy adding new clients. NBN has brought on an eclectic mix of publishers for the coming season, including U.K. publishers Piatkus and O Books, which specialize in health, alternative health, spirituality and general books, and newly established Japanese publisher Vertical Inc., with U.S. offices in New York. Vertical published Koji Suzuki's horror novel Rigu, which was recently adapted into the hit DreamWorks thriller The Ring, directed by Gore Verbinski. Other new clients include the American Bar Association's Law Practice Management Section, which offers books for lawyers at different stages in their careers; McGraw-Hill Audio, a new audio venture with CDs and cassettes of business and personal finance titles; and SPORTClassic Books, a new imprint of Sport Media Publishing, which just released a photographic memoir by Ted Williams with David Pietrusza, Teddy Ballgame.
Ring in the New at NBN
Nov 25, 2002
A version of this article appeared in the 11/25/2002 issue of Publishers Weekly under the headline: