Image Comics has announced an exclusive North American distribution deal with Simon & Schuster, effective with January 2024 on-sale titles, for Book Market distribution.

Previously exclusive to Diamond Book Distributors, Image Comics will join Viz Media, BOOM! Studios, and many other graphic novel publishers on the Simon & Schuster distribution client list.

Image Comics will continue its relationship with Diamond Book Distributors to serve the UK and International Book Market.

The “Book Market” comprises chain bookstores like Barnes & Noble, Indigo, Books-a-Million, as well as Amazon, independent bookstores, libraries, and non-comic shop brick-and-mortar and online retailers where physical books are sold.

Image Comics’ “Direct Market”/comic shop distribution is currently serviced by Lunar Distribution and is unaffected by this change. Image Comics’ Digital/ebook distribution is currently serviced by IPG and is unaffected by this change.