IPG has added two publishers to its sales and distribution programs:
Hachette India, the Indian arm of Hachette UK, which was founded in 2008 has published fiction and nonfiction by authors such as Subroto Bagchi, DSC Prize winner Anuradha Roy, and World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand. A children's bestseller is The Mahatma and the Monkeys. (Effective September 1.)
Giunti Editore, Florence, Italy, one of the country's oldest and most prominent publishing houses. Giunti Editore has a catalog of more than 14,500 active Italian-language titles, covering all segments of the book industry. IPG will distribute Giunti's inaugural English-language list, which will feature approximately 35 titles, selected from its children's, art, and classics categories. (Effective this past August 1, in the U.S. and Canada.)