Effective January 2018, Publishers Group West will sell and distribute Tuttle Publishing to the industry. PGW already handles Tuttle's e-books, which will continue. It will also handle the publisher's gift sales.
Founded in 1948 as Charles E. Tuttle Company, Tuttle Publishing, North Clarendon, Vt., includes Periplus Editions and Journey Editions, and has an Asian focus, covering design, cooking, arts and crafts, martial arts, language, travel and spirituality. Tuttle has published more than 6,000 books and has an active backlist of about 1,700 titles. It publishes some 150 new titles a year.