Effective January 2021, Penguin Random House Publisher Services will sell and distribute across all sales channels worldwide all frontlist and backlist titles for the Catapult Book Group, which includes Catapult, Counterpoint Press, and Soft Skull Press.
Catapult Book Group publishes American and international fiction and narrative nonfiction and offers a literary community for both established and emerging writers, which includes a National Magazine Award-winning digital magazine and writing classes taught by prominent writers. In 2016, Counterpoint Press and its imprint Soft Skull Press merged with Catapult. Together, the three imprints now have a deep list that includes many award-winning authors.
Andy Hunter, publisher of the Catapult Book Group (and CEO of Bookshop.org), said, "In just five years, the Catapult Book Group has built up an extraordinary foundation. Counterpoint has been publishing distinguished literary fiction and nonfiction for a quarter century, and Soft Skull has always been one of the most interesting, risk-taking independent presses in the U.S. Catapult's books, magazines, and classes have made a real impact by focusing our energy on elevating writers with important voices that deserve to be heard. I'm so proud of what our team has accomplished, and I'm thrilled to build upon this foundation with the support of the incredible people at PRHPS."
Jeff Abraham, president of Penguin Random House Publisher Services, said, "This is an all-star group of book people who are publishing some of the most striking and influential writers working today, and we're proud to be partnering with them to do so. Combining Catapult's fiercely independent approach with the supply chain might and sales force breadth of Penguin Random House, we expect to assist them to reach even more readers throughout the world on behalf of their authors."