Book Advisors is pleased to have represented Compendium, Inc. in its December sale to The Crown Publishing Group of Penguin Random House. Terms were not disclosed. Compendium, run by long-time CEO and New York Times bestselling author Kobi Yamada, is a unique Seattle-based publisher of illustrated books, gift books, and journals. Compendium will operate as part of Ten Speed Press.

Blue Star Press, an independent publisher based in Bend, Oregon, is pleased to announce that as part of its ongoing partnership with Penguin Random House, it has entered into a 10-year extension of its sales and distribution agreement and acquired Sasquatch Books. The deal was announced today by Peter Licalzi, CEO, Blue Star Press, and Jeff Abraham, President of Publishing Operations, Technology, and Services, Penguin Random House. Susan Reich of Book Advisors LLC represented Blue Star Press.

Book Advisors is pleased to have represented Piccadilly Inc. and CEO Simon Hailwood in the sale of the company to leading Australian publisher Hinkler Pty. Piccadilly is a leading US publisher of guided journals.

We are pleased to have represented Betsy Wollheim and Sheila Gilbert, legendary science/fiction fantasy editors, in the sale of their company, DAW Books, to Astra Publishing House. DAW, a trailblazer in the genre founded in 1971, attracted a great deal of interest for its authors, backlist, and editorial credibility. Previously, DAW books were published in close association with Penguin, and under Astra the titles will be distributed via Penguin Random House Publisher services.

Working with Thad McIlroy at The Future of Publishing, we were pleased to represent Charles and Rebecca Field of Caslon Publishing in the sale of their company to Paul H. Brookes Publishing of Baltimore. Based in Philadelphia, Caslon is a leader in the field of teacher education for English Language Learners.

We were pleased to represent Peterson’s and its parent company, Triangle Digital Ventures, in the sale of B.E.S. Publishing (formerly owned by Barron’s Educational Series) to Sourcebooks. The deal, which closed November 1, encompasses 800-plus B.E.S. titles, including children’s fiction and nonfiction and adult nonfiction. Accounts should continue to order B.E.S. titles through Ingram Content Group through the end of 2021.

Our client Applewood Books, based in Carlisle, Massachusetts, sold its Commonwealth Editions imprint to Arcadia Publishing, a portfolio publisher of Lezen Acquisition LLC. The purchase, which includes a mix of adult and children’s titles, adds more than 300 titles to Arcadia's list. Commonwealth was founded in 1998 by Webster and Katie Bull and acquired by Applewood in 2010. Its purchase continues Arcadia's string of acquisitions of regional publishing properties, including Pelican Publishing and the Wildsam Field Guides series.