Publishers Weekly

Firebrand, An LPC Casualty, Finds a Home
-- 10/11/2002


Firebrand Books, a feminist press owned by the bankrupt LPC Group, has been acquired by Karen Oosterhous, a marketing and publicity professional and a self-described fan of the Firebrand line. 

Since the acquisition, Oosterhous has been in touch with many of the company's authors,
freelancers and contractors to inform them of her plans for the company. "Firebrand had been neglected for the last couple of years and so I'm looking to jump-start it. I'm letting everyone know that the backlist is alive and that I plan on publishing more titles," Oosterhous said. CDS has taken over the sales and distribution for Firebrand, which has about a 100-title backlist. Oosterhous has two new titles scheduled to be released this spring, and she hopes to be able to begin publishing six to eight books annually by 2004. 

This article originally appeared in the October 11, 2002 issue of PW NewsLine. 
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