Joe Books LTD has entered into a distribution agreement with Hachette Client Services for distribution of its book format products, the company announced.  Hachette will begin selling and distributing all of Joe Books’ Cinestory titles (screen cap graphic novels), comic collections, OGNs based on live action movies, and Marvel novels throughout the U.S. and Canada beginning July 1, 2017.

Book format products from Joe Books have previously been distributed to the book channel via Diamond Book Distributors.  Joe Books will continue to deal directly with Diamond Comic Distributors on its monthly comics, and Hachette will sell Diamond Comic Distributors the book line. 

"We are thrilled to be working with Hachette Client Services,” said Joe Books President Steve Osgoode. “Their reputation in sales, marketing and distribution is unmatched in the publishing business. …I'd also like to thank Diamond Book Distributors for all of their hard work on Joe Books' behalf and we look forward to continuing to build our monthly comic business with them."

Based in Toronto, Canada, Joe Books LTD was founded in 2014 and began as a publisher of Cinestory titles, expanding its portfolio over time to cover many top properties licensed from major companies, including Moana, Zootopia, Frozen, Inside Out, Trolls, Kung Fu Panda, Guardians of the Galaxy and Captain America. 

The company began publishing monthly comics this year (see “’Darkwing Duck’ Returns to Comics”), and plans to expand its comic line in 2017 (see “Disney Princesses Get New Comic Adventures”).