{"id":9916,"date":"2025-04-04T16:38:45","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T23:38:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/plugoarts.com\/blog\/?p=9916"},"modified":"2025-04-04T16:39:48","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T23:39:48","slug":"simon-schuster-udon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plugoarts.com\/blog\/simon-schuster-udon\/","title":{"rendered":"Simon & Schuster & UDON"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

UDON Entertainment\u00a0<\/strong>is the publisher of original and translated art books, graphic novels, and manga. they are best-known for projects based on popular video game franchises, including Street Fighter, Mega Man, Monster Hunter, Dark Souls, Persona, and more. UDON also publishes art books and manga based on top transmedia properties including\u00a0<\/strong>More Than a Married Couple, But Not Lovers,<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>Summertime Rendering, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Kill la Kill, FLCL, Rose of Versailles,<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/strong>Yu-Gi-Oh!<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This April they announced a new book market distribution agreement with Simon & Schuster, one of the world\u2019s premier publishers and distributors of books.\u00a0This departure is probably bad news for its previous book market distributor Diamond Book Distributors. But…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cWe\u2019re delighted to be working with UDON Entertainment to expand their reach and connect with more consumers around the world,\u201d said <\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\nMichael Perlman, Senior Vice President of Simon & Schuster Publishing Services.<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

on Diamond Distributors loosing Udon Entertainment to Simon & Schuster.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9919,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[21,7,447],"tags":[4,67,474,375],"class_list":["post-9916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-comics","category-news","tag-blogging","tag-comics","tag-distribution","tag-manga"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/plugoarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/unnamed-22.jpg?fit=116%2C136&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3egHU-2zW","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10127,"url":"https:\/\/plugoarts.com\/blog\/elden-ring-art-book-vol-iii\/","url_meta":{"origin":9916,"position":0},"title":"Elden Ring: Art Book Vol. III ","author":"PLUGO","date":"June 9, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Arriving in Autumn: Elden Ring: Official Art Book Volume III showcases the incredible artwork used in the development of the award-winning DLC add-on to Elden Ring, Shadow of the Erdtree, released in 2024","rel":"","context":"In "blog"","block_context":{"text":"blog","link":"https:\/\/plugoarts.com\/blog\/category\/blog\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/plugoarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_4989-1.jpg?fit=777%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/plugoarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_4989-1.jpg?fit=777%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/plugoarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_4989-1.jpg?fit=777%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/plugoarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_4989-1.jpg?fit=777%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":9169,"url":"https:\/\/plugoarts.com\/blog\/san-diego-comic-con\/","url_meta":{"origin":9916,"position":1},"title":"San Diego Comic Con!","author":"PLUGO","date":"July 22, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Attending San Diego Comic-Con as a member of the press Senior Reporter for KungFuMagazine.com - it's a Level-Up for me. 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