Central Park Media, publisher of CPM Manga, CPM Manhwa and the Be Beautiful yaoi imprint, has chosen Consortium Book Sales and Distribution for the sales and distribution of its books throughout the U.S and Canada.  Consortium will begin handling the distribution of CPM titles on June 1, 2006. 

 

Central Park Media has a long history of publishing manga and manhwa for the American market and its backlist includes a number of classic titles including Kia Asamiya's Dark Angel and Le Hyun Se's Nambul (the best-selling manhwa in Korean publishing history).  CPM also pioneered in the publishing of yaoi manga -- stories of male-on-male relationships produced by female creators for a female audience -- and has published Kizuna: Bonds of Love, the best-selling yaoi title in Japanese publishing history.