Effective October 1, Casemate Group will handle distribution in North America of Dufour Editions, which publishes under its own imprint and is the distributor for dozens of British, Irish, and Scottish publishers. So far, 15 publishers have transferred to the new arrangement: Columba Press (including Currach), Dufour Editions, Eland Publishing, Gill Books (formerly known as Gill & MacMillan and including Collins Press), Goblinshead, Jantar Publishing, Liffey Press, O'Brien Press (including Brandon), Papillote Press, Salmon Publishing, Sandstone Press, Somerville Press, Vagabond Voices Publishing, Wordwell Books (including Eastwood), and Y Lolfa.
Casemate already handles distribution of several Scottish, Welsh, and Irish publishers, including Birlinn, Liberties Press, Colourpoint, Blackstaff, Enodare and Mercier Press. Several other client publishers, including Pen & Sword and Boydell & Brewer, have augmented their coverage of Scottish and Irish history and culture. As a result, the new agreement with Dufour and its distribution clients makes Casemate the largest distributor of Celtic books in North America.
On October 1, Dufour will stop taking orders and transfer stock to Books International, Casemate's warehouse partner in Dulles, Va. Dufour will continue to publish new titles, which will be distributed globally by the Casemate Group, in both print and digital formats, through Casemate's international print distribution operation, based in Oxford, England, and Casemate Digital, its U.S.-based e-book and audiobook distribution division.