Zando has acquired Tin House. The deal includes Tin House's backlist and frontlist along with the backlist of Tin House magazine; the Tin House Workshop and podcast, Between the Covers, will remain separate. Masie Cochran, who has been with Tin House since 2011, will continue as editorial leader, while founder Win McCormack will remain chairman. Tin House's 2025 publishing program will continue as planned. In 2026, Zando will release a new slate of Tin House titles under its publishing umbrella.
"The Tin House name is synonymous with bold, trailblazing literary work," said Zando founder and CEO Molly Stern. "Our union is one of shared passion and an opportunity for growth for both publishers. With Zando’s support, Tin House will expand the scope of the opportunities it can pursue, while remaining one of the most impeccably curated literary presses in the industry."
"My dream in starting Tin House was to offer all passionate readers--not just publishing professionals or academics--access to the greatest literary voices, without pretension," McCormack said.
"Tin House has long championed talented debut writers, underrepresented voices, and stylistically daring and inventive work," said Cochran. "So it's exciting and feels like a natural fit to partner with Zando, a publisher capable of harnessing the influence of beloved, established talents while, at the same time, taking bold bets on new ones."
McCormack founded Tin House magazine in 1999 and launched Tin House Books in 2002. Stern, a former executive at Crown, launched Zando in fall 2020.