Oni and AiT/Planet Lar Sign with Diamond

For Bookstore Distribution

Diamond has announced that it has been named exclusive distributor to the bookstore, library, warehouse club, mass merchandise, and specialty markets in the U.S. by Oni Press and AiT/Planet Lar.  Both were made book distributor refugees by the collapse of LPC Group, their previous distributor to the book trade.  AiT/Planet Lar had only been an LPC client for a few months when bankruptcy was declared (see 'Ait/Planet Lar Signs with LPC').  Both One and AiT/Planet Lar waited some time before announcing a new choice; LPC has not been operating since the end of July (for a recap on the LPC bankruptcy and where graphic novel publishers have gone for book distribution, see 'Bookstore Distribution Scorecard').