Kensington Publishing and Penguin Random House Publisher Services have expanded their sales and distribution agreement so that PRH will now provide a full range of sales and distribution services in all physical and digital formats for Kensington., Kensington had been distributed for many years by Penguin and was a distribution-only client of PRH.
Kensington president and CEO Steven Zacharius commented: "My son, Adam Zacharius, the entire Kensington family, and I are excited to be embarking upon this new and deeper long-term relationship with Penguin Random House Publisher Services. As we celebrate Kensington's 40th anniversary, we especially look forward to working as a team with them to expand our business and achieve a deeper penetration into the marketplace than we ever would have been able to do on our own. Having our global print and digital sales all under one roof will give us greater control of our business, while Kensington will continue to sell the wholesalers, mass merchandisers and book jobbers, as we have in years past. This combination of efforts will take our company to a new level in the industry."
Kensington publishes more than 500 books annually under a variety of imprints, including Kensington, Citadel Press, Dafina Books, Zebra Books, Pinnacle Books, Brava, Aphrodisia, K-Teen, along with digital imprints eKensington and the newly acquired Lyrical Press.