Co-publisher Brett Alexander Savory tells us that ChiZine Publications has signed a distribution deal with The Literary Press Group of Canada (LPG), which will see ChiZine’s books available through Amazon and in Chapters/Indigo. Additionally, it means their forthcoming The World More Full of Weeping, by Robert J. Wiersema, will be available in airport bookstores across the country.
“This is a major step forward,” said Savory. “For any small press, distribution is a challenge. Signing with the LPG gives us a national sales force selling and promoting our books. Having one of our books available in airport bookstores is an opportunity for exposure a lot of genre publishers might not get.”
Concurrent with the new deal, ChiZine will make all of its titles available through its web site at a 30% discount off the cover price (with transactions handled via PayPal). “Amazon and Chapters offer discounts, so we need to be competitive with that. Sure, Amazon has warehouses and deals and membership points—but buying directly from us is the best way to support us. And you still get the book in the mail.”
ChiZine Publications was founded last year, and published its first book, the dark science fiction novel Filaria, by Brent Hayward, last summer. Since then, they’ve published eight other novels and collections.