Penguin Random House Publisher Services will sell and distribute all frontlist and backlist titles of Chooseco, the publisher of the Choose Your Own Adventure (CYOA) series, through all sales channels and worldwide, effective February 1, 2025.
Relaunched in 2003, the CYOA gamebook series has expanded to more than 100 titles, including classics like The Abominable Snowman and Journey Under the Sea, baby board books, picture books for younger readers, and a popular and historically accurate CYOA Spies series based on true-life spies. The series has been translated into 40 languages, and sold tens of millions of copies.
Chooseco CEO and publisher Shannon Gilligan said, "Chooseco has spent nearly two decades building up an extraordinary foundation. We've been methodical about maintaining the legacy of the brand, bringing titles back from the original series, and releasing all-new titles, as well as selecting only the best brand partners for our license deals in a variety of spaces. Choose Your Own Adventure books continue to make an incredible impact with early literacy and reluctant readers."
PRHPS executive v-p Rachel Goldstein said that Choose Your Own Adventure has "a unique ability to engage young readers in a way that few other books can. Shannon and her team have done an incredible job relaunching the program, and we're excited to partner with them on the next phase of reaching an even wider audience through our exceptional sales force and supply chain excellence."