Worth Reading: Pan Macmillan Takes a Stake in New River Books

Pan Macmillan is buying into New River Books while leaving the founders in charge and taking over sales and distribution from Hachette in 2027. A clear look at how a Big Five house partners with a breakout indie nonfiction press without swallowing it whole. New River is a small Islington press, founded in 2022 by Aurea Carpenter and Rebecca Nicolson. It puts out about 12 books a year, and its first title, *The Glucose Goddess Method*, went straight to No. 1. The size of the stake wasn't disclosed. The founders keep publishing on their own terms, and Pan Macmillan handles sales and distribution from July 2027. That's the part we find useful. A stake lets a big group add reach without turning a small list into one more imprint. Authors at the press keep the same editors and get a bigger sales operation behind their books. [Read the full piece on The Publishing Times](https://thepublishingtimes.com/blog/pan-macmillan-stake-new-river-books)