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| Founded | 2014 |
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| Founder | Christopher McKenney |
| Defunct | 2025 |
| Headquarters location | Miami, Florida |
| Distribution | Ingram Publisher Services Raincoast Books Booktopia[1] |
| Official website | https://mangopublishinggroup.com/ |
Mango Publishing was an American book publisher founded in 2014. It shut down in late 2025 [2].
Company history
[edit]Mango Publishing was founded by Christopher McKenney in 2014 as an independent book publisher in Miami, Florida.[3] In both 2019 and 2020, Mango was named the fastest growing independent publisher in the United States by Publishers Weekly. The company has a revenue sharing model with its authors, where it provides up to 50% of net sales to its writers.[4]
There is a second-hand report that the publisher was shut down by its primary creditor, Lake Michigan Credit Union. While public documents do show that the credit union did file against the publisher[5]., there is no public mention of the outcome.
Books and imprints
[edit]The company publishes books in a variety of genres including non-fiction, young adult, children, self-help, business, science, pop-culture, social justice, LGBTQ, feminism, fiction and poetry. It publishes more than one hundred titles per year.[6] It also partners with companies like Franklin Covey to create add-on books products like themed playing card decks.[4] In 2019 the company acquired Conari Press from Red Wheel/Weiser[7] and in 2020 they acquired Yellow Pear Press.[8] Their additional imprints include Books and Books Press, FIU Business Press, D.O.P.E (Dreams on Paper Entertainment), the Tiny Press, and Reef Smart Guides from 2018 to 2025.[9]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Contact Us".
- ↑ "Mango Publishing Is Shutting Down". Publishers Weekly.
- ↑ Ana Acle-Menendez (October 18, 2018). "Publishing business is sweet for Mango Media". Florida International University Business News.
- 1 2 Jim Milliot (April 3, 2020). "Presses find their own paths to move ahead". Publishers Weekly. Fast-Growing Independent Publishers, 2020.
- ↑ "Lake Michigan Credit Union Vs Mango Publishing Group, Inc. Et Al Lawsuit". Trellis.Law.
- ↑ "The 9 Best Independent Publishers in the US". NY Book Editors. March 2020.
- ↑ "Mango Publishing Acquires Red Wheel/Weiser's Conari Press". Publishers Weekly. October 3, 2019.
- ↑ Calvin Reid (January 2, 2020). "Mango Publishing Acquires Yellow Pear Press". Publishers Weekly.
- ↑ Jim Milliot and Claire Kirch (April 5, 2019). "Fast-Growing Independent Publishers, 2019 - Capitalizing on trends spurs growth". Publishers Weekly.