Penguin Random House Archives

Penguin Random House Audio has teamed with Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Animation to create a special audiobook version of their upcoming animated film, Forgotten Island The book will feature Filipino-American actor Jennifer Aquino, who has been cast as the sole performer, who will take on the task of voicing over 20 characters in this adaptation,[...]

Truck Torrence, the artist behind 100% Soft, has two new items coming out through Penguin Random House to help affirm your Dumpster Fire lifestyle The publisher has two new adorably nihilistic gifts in the form of a new journal called My Day Was a Dumpster Fire, and a new 52-card deck lovingly called Anti-Affirmations for[...]

For Yoto, welcoming Bluey, Bingo, Mum, and Dad to their library is the perfect way to help parents swap a bit of screen time for some shared listening in a familiar world. "We're delighted to be working with Penguin Random House and BBC Studios to bring this collection of Bluey stories to Yoto," said Jess Tarrant,[...]

Penguin Random House has revealed four new books and other releases coming out for Star Trek as part of the franchise's 60th Anniversary Both Ten Speed Press and Clarkson Potter Books will have two releases each, which include the ultimate trivia game, a coloring book, a new specialty card game, and a visual history book[...]

This Friday is Retailer Day at San Diego Comic-Con, with the retailer activist group ComicsPRO gathering distributors Universal, Lunar and Penguin Random House to give presentations with their publishers throughout the day to assembled comic book retailers, including Prana But Adam Freeman decided to kick things off early, posting to social media; "If I'm doing the[...]

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And will represent Penguin Random House, Lunar Distribution, and Universal Distribution together for the first time The event, open to all registered comic retailers, allows publishers and distributors to talk directly to comics retailers about upcoming products and initiatives The event will also include a video presentation for the Eisner Spirit of Comics Retailer Award[...]

Underlined, a subsidiary publisher of Penguin Random House, has revealed a new romance novel centered around role-playing games, as they revealed Rolls and Rivalry Written by Kristy Boyce, the novel focuses on a young woman who is having fun with her D&D group while leading the color guard at school, until her former best friend[...]

They included Anthony Mauro, associate marketing manager, were attributed to a new round of restructuring at Boom Studios, which had been bought by Penguin Random House, and had already let many people go But now it seems there are more, and other changes as well Keith Clayton, SVP, Publisher of Random House Worlds imprint group:[...]

Another day, another shake-up for direct market distribution… Oni Press, publisher of Scott Pilgrim, Rick And Morty, EC Comics, Adventure Time, Murder Drones, Sixth Gun and Gender Queer is quitting both Lunar Distribution for the direct market and Simon & Schuster for bookstores, and putting all its exclusive distribution eggs in one basket, with Penguin[...]

This year, Free Comic Book Day is scheduled for the 2nd of May, organised by Universal Distribution in collaboration with Lunar Distribution, and followed by Comics Giveaway Day, hosted by Penguin Random House on the same day However, they wouldn't work with Universal, so it's a different name, organisation, method, timing, and price of distribution[...]

School Bus Graveyard by Red gets a Penguin Random House Graphic Novel as well as a not-Free Comic Book Day

It would be very chaotic to be forced to move within thirty days, and we are a much smaller operation. When The Rot Began To Set In With Diamond Thankfully, we had an account with Penguin Random House from when Penguin started distributing Marvel's comics This meant we were getting Marvel, though not all of it, due[...]

Well, as it stands, there are currently five major bodies representing the most comic book publishers: Diamond, Penguin Random House, Lunar, Lunar Via Massive Indies, and Philbo Distribution Universal Distribution is on its way If I have missed any, let me know, and I'll do an edit. Distributor logos 10 Ton Press – Diamond 1984 Publishing – Diamond 3D[...]

It follows Penguin Random House stating that they were cancelling all Diamond third-party subdistribution from their exclusive comic book publishers Diamond has confirmed the news, but also how wide-ranging it is and how many publishers were PRH exclusive and now no longer available at all through Diamond and its new owner, Ad Populum They state,[...]

Today is the last day that any comic book store can sign up for the Penguin Random House Direct Market Partnership Programme Which means comic book stores get a 2% discount on almost every publisher carried by PRH, including monthly comics from Marvel, IDW, Dark Horse, Boom, Dstlry, TokyoPop and the rest And for the[...]

In a statement, Diamond Comic Distributors/Ad Populum confirmed to Bleeding Cool today that "Diamond Comic Distributors today confirmed that Penguin Random House will end its distribution arrangement with Diamond, effective June 25, 2025." And a Diamond spokesperson issued the following statement: "It's disappointing that after years of collaboration, Penguin Random House has abruptly cut off[...]

In recent years, DC Comics and Image Comics went exclusive with Lunar Distribution, and Marvel, Dark Horse and IDW went exclusive with Penguin Random House for distribution to the direct market of comic book stores However, aside from DC, they all allowed former direct market monopoly Diamond Comic Distributors to sub-distribute from Lunar and PRH[...]

When I scooped the news that Penguin Random House was buying Boom Studios back in July 2024, I was told – and reported – that this included Penguin Random House taking over distribution of Boom Studios as well Well, after the news was announced officially, internally and externally, Boom Studios stated that the switch would happen in July[...]

Dstlry has announced that they have a new distribution deal with Penguin Random House Publisher Services, alongside Marvel, Dark Horse, IDW and Boom Previously, they may have seemed like too small a publisher to fit into PRH's comic book distribution system, which has turned away larger publishers than Dstlry for the comic book store direct[...]

Today, IDW Publishing has announced a co-publishing deal which will put Valiant and Alien Books straight into the Penguin Random House distribution. IDW To Co-Publish Valiant Entertainment & Alien Books "We are thrilled to be partnering with IDW Publishing to distribute our comics, graphic novels, and manga to the direct market and book stores," said Matias Timarchi,[...]

Penguin Random House has partnered with Critical Role again to release a brand new book this Fall, as they revealed Critical Role: Smiley Day. This book is basically a parody of all the self-help and motivational speaker books you see out on the market; only this one is told from the perspective of Fresh Cut Grass,[...]

With Penguin Random House and Lunar Distribution stepping up to distribute certain titles in certain formats And as a result, Diamond Comic Distributors have found themselves lacking certain titles. Retailers have been told that those who ordered the bundles versions of certain titles will now only get a percentage of what they ordered Champion from Clarkson[...]

Penguin Random House, 2/1 Diamond owes them more than anyone else, nine million dollars, even if they are trying to get the publishers of the comics in question to pony up They have also had some struggles with the specialisation for comic book distribution and may value the expertise And honestly? Buying Diamond would just be[...]

Still ridiculous though. First, regarding the Diamond Comic Distributors Chapter 11 bankruptcy, I didn't hear anything about the threat of Penguin Random House leaving IDW on the hook for the IDW-related debt that PRH was owed by Diamond However, they did say that while bankruptcy had a significant impact, it was not an existential one More[...]

Eli Schwab, comic book publisher of Cosmic Lion Productions, has written an open letter to Lunar Distributors and Penguin Random House with his PR guy Chris Thompson All over the recent changes to the comic book marketplace as a result of the declaration of bankruptcy from Diamond Comic Distributors, but also Lunar and PRH's disinclination[...]

When Bleeding Cool scooped the news that Penguin Random House was buying Boom Studios back in July, Bleeding Cool was told – and reported – that this included Penguin Random House taking over distribution of Boom Studios as well Well, after the news was announced officially, internally and externally, Boom Studios stated that the switch would happen in July[...]

When Bleeding Cool scooped the news that Penguin Random House was buying Boom Studios back in July, Bleeding Cool was told – and reported – that this included Penguin Random House taking over distribution of Boom Studios as well Well, after the news was announced officially, internally and externally, we received pushback that a distribution[...]

Critical Role has partnered with Penguin Random House to release one of the weirdest references from the series, as we're getting a Tusk Love novel For those who are unaware of the reference, back in Campaign Two, the team went to a book shop where Jester Lavorre (played by Laura Bailey) went looking for romance[...]

I broke the news that Penguin Random House was buying Boom Studios last week, that this would be accompanied by redundancies, and that all previous owners including Disney, had been bought out as part of the deal But I clarified that Boom wouldn't be jumping from Diamond to PRH for distribution… at least not yet. It[...]