Fast-Growing Independent Publishers, 2020

For the second year in a row, Mango Publishing topped PW’s fast-growing small publisher list. Mango’s sales growth rate between 2017 and 2019 was less than half its rate in the previous three-year span, but that is to be expected from a maturing company: Mango celebrated its fifth anniversary last year.

Mango attributes its success in 2019 to its diverse list of authors. The publisher discovered artist Kate Allan and her animal drawings on Tumblr, and her You Can Do All Things sold well in the trade market as well as in the gift and special markets, Mango says. Women’s studies scholar Becca Anderson has been another important Mango author. Her bestselling The Book of Awesome Women led to a new series, which includes The Book of Awesome Women Writers and The Book of Awesome Black Americans.

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