Kane/Miller
Children's Books | |
Nonfiction topics | baby books, board books, picture books, chapter books, middle grade, nonfiction, series fiction |
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Official website | www |
Kane/Miller Book Publishers, Inc.,
History
Kane Miller was started as Kane/Miller Book Publishers in 1984 by siblings Madeline Kane and Sandy Miller as a small family business, specializing in publishing children’s books from around the world for the US audience. Kira Lynn was named the new head of the company shortly thereafter. The company was acquired by Educational Development Corporation of Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 2008, at which time the line was expanded to include new works by American authors.
Today, Kane Miller, A Division of EDC Publishing, publish an assortment of board books, picture books, fiction, and nonfiction for readers from infants through middle schoolers, publishing well over 100 new books each year.[7] Kane Miller books are sold by traditional bookstores and by the 60,000+ independent sales consultants of Usborne Books & More. They are not sold at Amazon.[8]
Acquisition
By December 11, 2008 Kane Miller had been acquired by the Educational Development Corporation (EDC),
Products
The majority of Kane Miller's titles originate from publishers outside the US. Recently, Kane Miller began publishing stories from American authors as well, in order to diversify their offerings.[11] The publisher's greatest commercial success was Everyone Poops by Taro Gomi, followed by Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge by Australian author Mem Fox which began its publishing run in 1985, and as of 2005 was nearing one million copies sold.[4] Another top-seller was 2004's Guji Guji by Taiwanese author Chih-Yuan Chen, which sold 65,000 copies between 2004 and 2005.[4] The company became the US distributor of the Anna Hibiscus series by UK-based Nigerian author Atinuke in 2010.[12] Other Kane Miller top sellers include All Better! and Good as New by Henning Löhlein and Bernd Penners, the Shine-a-Light series, and Emma Yarlett's Nibbles series.
Sales
Kane Miller books have not been sold at
References
- ^ "Welcome to the World of Kane Miller Books". Kane/Miller. Retrieved July 11, 2009.
- ^ a b "Children's Books From Around The World". Urban Mozaik Magazine. 2001. Archived from the original on October 12, 2008. Retrieved July 11, 2009.
- ^ "Speakers". Usborne Books & More. 2009. Archived from the original on August 19, 2009. Retrieved July 12, 2009.
- ^ a b c d Lodge, Sally (April 4, 2005). "What's your niche? Five children's publishers have identified specific needs, and are targeting those markets". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved April 9, 2012.
- ^ a b Evatt, Robert (21 June 2014). "Educational Development Corporation succeeds despite Amazon". Tulsa World.
- ^ Britton, Jason; Diane Roback (March 11, 2002). "Catching Up A look at recent changes in children". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved July 12, 2009.
- ^ "Kane Miller Home Page". Kane Miller Books Friends. Retrieved 2021-04-29.
- ^ "Usborne Books & More". myubam.com. Retrieved 2021-04-29.
- BusinessWeek. Archived from the originalon September 18, 2012. Retrieved July 12, 2009.
- ^ "About EDC". Educational Development Corporation. 2006. Retrieved July 12, 2009.
- ^ a b c d e "Educational Development Corporation 2009 Annual Report" (PDF). Educational Development Corporation. 2009. Retrieved July 12, 2009.
- ^ a b Osagie, Evelyn (March 14, 2012). "'I am married to books'". The Nation. Retrieved April 9, 2012.