Independent Publishers Group has signed a worldwide distribution agreement with Apex Book Company to exclusively distribute their products to North American and international book markets.
Apex Book Company is a dark fantasy, science fiction, and horror publisher founded in 2005 by Jason Sizemore. The company's goal has always been to publish groundbreaking, meaningful, and entertaining fiction by diverse writers from around the world. The company's first book, an anthology of horror titled Aegri Somnia, was a Stoker Award-nominee. This early success encouraged the company to expand its book business, which now boasts over forty active titles.
"Apex is pleased to be partnering with a company that has the reputation and reach of IPG," said Apex Book Company publisher and editor-in-chief, Jason Sizemore. "This will be a boon for Apex, and more importantly, for our authors."
Apex Book Company, whose tagline is "strange, shocking, surreal, beautiful," boasts an ever-growing library of works that feature diverse and innovative storytelling in genre fiction. The company's publishing history includes several acclaimed works such as the first English translation of Ignotus Award-nominated ChloroPhilia by Cristina Jurado, The Apex Book of World SF anthology series, and Nebula and Philip K. Dick Award-finalist Plague Birds by Jason Sanford. Apex's recent releases underscore the company's commitment to thoughtful storytelling: The Map of Lost Places is a groundbreaking horror anthology featuring authors such as Ai Jiang and Samit Basu; Island of the Dead by Brian Keene, a horror sword and sorcery epic reviewed by Stephen King; and Breath of Life by LH Moore, an Afrofuturism collection positively blurbed by Publishers Weekly. Darian Bianco is the current managing editor, with Marissa van Uden serving as the editor-in-chief of Apex's sister imprint, Violet Lichen.
Upcoming releases include Jason Sanford's novella We Who Hunt Alexanders, Violet Lichen's first ever eco-fiction anthology, ECO24: The Year's Best Speculative Ecofiction, and The Cellar Below the Cellar by Ivy Grimes, with more announcements on the way.
