Independent Publishers Group and its subsidiaries have added 27 publishers.
Distributed by IPG, effective earlier this year:
Ragnarok Publications, Crestview Hills, Ky., founded in 2013, with 50 titles focussing on speculative fiction and genre anthologies.
Odyssey Books & Maps, Hong Kong, the only English-language travel publisher in China.
Micro Publishing Media, Stockbridge, Mass., a micro publisher and retailer of unusual items.
Thorntree Press, Portland, Ore., publisher of nonfiction books on relationships, especially nontraditional ones like polyamory.
NOAH Publications, Brooklin, Maine, publishes calendars and books with wooden boat photographs by Benjamin Mendlowitz.
RHINO Poetry, Evanston, Ill., releases an annual poetry collection by new and established writers.
Top That Publishing, U.K., a children's publisher focusing on titles up to age 12. IPG will distribute fully "Americanized" versions in the U.S. and Canada. Top That has 100 million books in print in 70 countries.
Distributed by IPG, effective July 1:
Alterna, Boston, Mass., founded in 2006, a creator-owned publisher of comics and graphic novels.
Self-Counsel Press, Vancouver, Canada, a self-help book publisher specializing in law, small business management, finances and taxes.
Future House Publishing, Provo, Utah, publishes science fiction, fantasy, children's and middle-grade books.
Sassi Junior, Italy, publishes children's books about the environment on light-brown recycled paper.
Kuperard, U.K., specializes in guides to other countries and customs; IPG will distribute its CultureSmart and Simple Guide titles.
Next Step Test Prep, Evanston, Ill., provides test prep and tutoring programs; IPG will distribute its MCAT workbooks.
Amazing People Worldwide, U.K., is a multimedia publisher of biographical stories.
Distributed by IPG's Trafalgar Square subsidiary effective July 1:
Saraband, Glasgow, publishes nonfiction, literary and historical fiction; its Contraband
imprint publishes mysteries and thrillers.
Sladmore Gallery, London, an art gallery of bronze sculpture that publishes exhibition
catalogs and monographs.
Pangolin London, London, an art gallery that showcases contemporary and post-war sculpture.
Bowman Sculpture, London, a sculpture gallery, with the world's largest Auguste Rodin collection.
The Next Big Think, Australia, publishes gift book series called "greeting books."
Shogam Publications, Australia, produces books on Buddhism accessible to general readers.
Istros Books, London, specializes in literature from Southeastern Europe and the Balkans.
Black & White Publishing, one of Scotland's largest independent publishers, with 300 titles across a range of genres.
Distributed by River North Editions, IPG's academic distribution arm, effective June 1:
Wake Forest University Press, Winston-Salem, N.C., a major publisher of Irish poetry and literature in the U.S.
Barbican Press, London, an independent literary press.
University Press of Quebec, Quebec City, Canada, is a leading francophone academic publisher in Canada with 1,300 titles. IPG will distribute its new line of English translations.
Distributed by IPG Spanish Books, IPG's Spanish-language arm, effective July 1:
Malpaso, Barcelona, which has 75 backlist titles of original and translated work.
Grupo RCA, Madrid, which has four Spanish-language imprints.
