Effective June 1, Archipelago Books will be distributed to the trade worldwide by Random House Publisher Services. Consortium has handled Archipelago's distribution.
Founded in 2004, Archipelago Books, Brooklyn, N.Y., publishes contemporary and classical fiction and poetry in translation from around the world. Archipelago's Fall 2013 frontlist with Random House will include Mircea Cărtărescu's tour of Bucharest, Blinding; Wieslaw Myśliwski's novel A Treatise on Shelling Beans, translated by Bill Johnston; and the first major collection of Hugo Claus's body of poetry, Even Now, translated by David Colmer.
Archipelago's founding publisher Jill Schoolman expressed thanks for "all that Consortium has done for our publishing program. Their dedication and energy have been an essential part of our growth over the past nine years; it felt very much like being taken in by a nurturing family. CBSD was key in helping us establish relationships with booksellers. We are immensely excited to be working with Random House and believe that their strength and international footing are precisely what our books need to reach a wider readership, both in North America and abroad."
