Seven Stories Press has acquired independent publisher Two Dollar Radio, which was co-founded in 2005 by Eric Obenauf and Eliza Wood-Obenauf. Under the terms of the deal, Eric Obenauf will join Seven Stories as publisher of the Two Dollar Radio imprint, which will continue to publish four to six original titles per year on average, including their New Classics series.
Penguin Random House Distribution Services will handle sales and distribution in the U.S., Canada and globally, effective January 1, 2026. In the U.K., sales and distribution will be with Turnaround Distribution. Ingram Distribution Services will continue to sell and distribute the Two Dollar Radio list through 2025.
Also joining Seven Stories is Two Dollar Radio staffer Brett Gregory, who will be publicity and marketing coordinator for the Two Dollar Radio imprint and for certain Seven Stories titles. Co-founder Eliza Wood-Obenauf will continue to work on special projects. The Obenaufs and Gregory will work remotely from Ohio. Seven Stories is based in New York.
Two Dollar Radio Headquarters, a bookstore and café in Columbus, Ohio, will remain under the ownership of the Obenaufs.
"Seven Stories has been one of our literary polestars since before we launched Two Dollar Radio," Eric Obenauf said. "I'm a great admirer of their list, and I believe that ours complements theirs in very intriguing ways. I look forward to being a part of their team, and to learn from them and their expertise. It's been a sometimes exhausting and yet monstrously rewarding journey to reach this point, and Eliza and I couldn't be more thrilled to strengthen Two Dollar Radio under the Seven Stories umbrella so that it can continue to prosper for the next twenty years and beyond."
Seven Stories publisher Dan Simon commented: "Eric and I are very similar in that we personalize our work to an extreme degree. This has its advantages and its disadvantages, but on the plus side it can inspire loyalty in our authors and colleagues and strengthens our ability to be really good editors and publishers. I deeply admire the twenty-year history of Two Dollar Radio and all that Eric and Eliza Jane have done here. I'm also really interested in their aesthetic and cool sense that literature belongs in a fundamental way in contemporary life."