Diamond Books Adds Australia/New Zealand Rep Firm

Diamond Book Distributors and Madman Entertainment have reached an agreement wherein Madman will sell Diamond's graphic novels in Australia and New Zealand.

Madman will handle sales to book market clients, including representing DBD to Angus & Robertson, BookCity, Borders, Dymocks, Target, and other independent bookstores.

Comic book specialty shops in the region will continue to be serviced by Diamond Comic Distributors.

"Our graphic novel lines," explained DBD's Vice President, Kuo Yu-Liang, "complement the other products and merchandise that Madman currently offers. We see this as a nice fit and look forward to a long and productive relationship."

Tim Anderson, Madman's Managing Director, stated, "Madman is immensely pleased to be working with Diamond Book Distributors, a company whose name is synonymous with graphic novel distribution. We look forward to bringing our pop-culture expertise to a category we've always loved."

Madman is Australia's leading distributor of Anime (Japanese Animation), Australian and Global Independent film, Asian Cinema, Bollywood, Action Sports and other special interest genres. Since 2004, Madman has grown to also become the #1 distributor of manga comics in its territories. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Funtastic Limited, one of Australia's largest wholesalers of consumer products into retail outlets and an ASX listed company.