Mango Publishing

{{Short description|American independent book publisher}}

{{Infobox publisher

| name = Mango Publishing

| image = Mango Publishing logo.svg

| website = https://mangopublishinggroup.com/

| founded =2014

| founder = Christopher McKenney

| distribution = Ingram Publisher Services
Raincoast Books
Booktopia{{cite web | url=https://mangopublishinggroup.com/contact-us/ | title=Contact Us }}

| headquarters = Miami, Florida

}}

Mango Publishing is an American book publisher founded in 2014.

Company history

Mango Publishing was founded by Christopher McKenney in 2014 as an independent book publisher in Miami, Florida.{{cite web |url=https://biznews.fiu.edu/2018/10/publishing-business-is-sweet-for-mango-media/|publisher=Florida International University Business News |title=Publishing business is sweet for Mango Media |date=October 18, 2018 |author=Ana Acle-Menendez}} In both 2019 and 2020, Mango was named the fastest growing independent publisher in the United States by Publishers Weekly. The company has a revenue sharing model with its authors, where it provides up to 50% of net sales to its writers.{{cite web |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/82926-fast-growing-independent-publishers-2020.html|work=Publishers Weekly |series=Fast-Growing Independent Publishers, 2020 |title=Presses find their own paths to move ahead |author=Jim Milliot |date=April 3, 2020}}

Books and imprints

The company publishes books in a variety of genres including non-fiction, young adult, children, self-help, business, science, pop-culture, social justice, LGBTQ, feminism, fiction and poetry. It publishes more than one hundred titles per year.{{cite web |url=https://nybookeditors.com/2020/03/the-9-best-independent-publishers-in-the-us/|title=The 9 Best Independent Publishers in the US |publisher=NY Book Editors |date=March 2020}} It also partners with companies like Franklin Covey to create add-on books products like themed playing card decks. In 2019 the company acquired Conari Press from Red Wheel/Weiser{{cite web |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/industry-deals/article/81351-mango-publishing-acquires-red-wheel-weiser-s-conari-press.html|work=Publishers Weekly |title=Mango Publishing Acquires Red Wheel/Weiser's Conari Press |date=October 3, 2019}} and in 2020 they acquired Yellow Pear Press.{{cite web |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/industry-deals/article/82081-mango-publishing-acquires-yellow-pear-press.html|work=Publishers Weekly |title=Mango Publishing Acquires Yellow Pear Press |author=Calvin Reid |date=January 2, 2020}} Their additional imprints include Books and Books Press, FIU Business Press, D.O.P.E (Dreams on Paper Entertainment), the Tiny Press, and Reef Smart Guides from 2018 to 2025.{{cite web |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/79732-fast-growing-independent-publishers-2019.html |work=Publishers Weekly |title=Fast-Growing Independent Publishers, 2019 - Capitalizing on trends spurs growth |author=Jim Milliot and Claire Kirch |date=April 5, 2019}}

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