Effective May 1, Hachette Book Group will provide North American distribution, fulfillment, customer service and billing/collection services to Phoenix International Publications, also known as pikids.
pikids, Lincolnwood, Ill., is a children's publisher specializing in sound books, whose licensing partners include Disney, Nickelodeon, Sesame Workshop, among others. Until 2014, pikids was the children's division of Publications International. It was then bought by Phoenix Publishing & Media Group, the largest publishing company in China, which has a partnership with Hachette Livre.