Sourcebooks has acquired duopress, Baltimore, Md., the minority-owned publisher of children's books and gift books for all ages as well as puzzles, flashcards, sticker books and games for children. duopress has been distributed by Workman Publishing. duopress will become an imprint of Sourcebooks Kids, publishing 15 frontlist titles a year, and duopress founder Mauricio Velázquez de León is joining Sourcebooks as founder and editorial director of duopress, effective April 1.
Velázquez de León said, "I'm confident that Sourcebooks will be a great home for our backlist and the perfect launchpad to many more creative books and gifts for years to come. I would like to thank everyone at Workman Publishing, our home for the last five years, to help duopress become the publisher that it is today."
Sourcebooks v-p and publisher of children's books Catherine Onder, vice-president and publisher of children’s books at Sourcebooks, said duopress books "have lots of kid appeal, are thoughtful and beautifully produced, and complement what Sourcebooks Kids is doing successfully. duopress is very creative in developing books for young kids in a variety of novel formats."