Norton to Distribute Tilbury House Publishers

Effective May 1, Norton will sell and distribute Tilbury House Publishers, Thomaston, Maine, the 40-year-old publisher of children's, nonfiction, literary, New England and maritime titles. Tilbury House has strong sales to librarians and teachers and a growing list of nonfiction picture and early-reader books. The partnership with Norton should, the publisher said, enable it to increase its reach in the trade market for children's books and its development of how-to titles for adult readers.

Norton v-p and sales manager, affiliate publishers, Michael Levatino, commented: "Tilbury House's independent spirit and emphasis on editorial excellence fit well with the Norton sensibility, while aspects of its list, including literary, maritime, and country living titles, call to mind specific elements of our Norton and Countryman offerings. It will be a distinct pleasure to introduce Tilbury House titles to a rapidly expanding market."

Jonathan Eaton and Tristram Coburn, co-publishers of Tilbury House, said that the new relationship with Norton "will allow us to broaden our readership for many of our best-known classic titles while also developing a vibrant new trade audience as our list evolves and becomes more national in scope."

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