Last updated June 26, 2024 – 2:49 pm
PAVE Studios has launched PAVE Publishing House, a new independent print and audiobook publishing venture.
PAVE Publishing House works with emerging and established creators, as well as established authors, to publish new titles under PAVE Studios and its brands, including Crime House and OpenMind.
“PAVE Publishing House puts storytellers at the forefront with our innovative business model because we understand that when creators succeed, everyone succeeds,” said Max Cutler, founder of PAVE Studios.
“By meeting creators' audiences where they are, we're reimagining distribution, leveraging the vast audiences of podcasts where monetization is limited, and putting more revenue back into creators' pockets.”
PAVE Studios and Simon & Schuster, a global leader in general market publishing, also announced a co-publishing partnership that will see the two companies work closely together to discover, develop and publish new book and audiobook titles.
Under the agreement, PAVE branded titles will be co-published under the Simon & Schuster trademark. In addition to the co-publishing agreement, Simon & Schuster will serve as the worldwide distributor for all print titles under the PAVE Publishing House.
“Our co-publishing agreement with Simon & Schuster combines our strong creator relationships and powerful marketing engine with the company's deep expertise in all aspects of publishing, providing authors with the best-in-class team and tools they need to succeed throughout the entire publishing lifecycle, from development to writing to editorial support.
“Partnering with a major publisher gives us extensive production and distribution capabilities and valuable relationships with booksellers and retailers, while also strengthening our audiobook offering,” Cutler added.
Jonathan Karp, president and CEO of Simon & Schuster, commented: “We are pleased to partner with PAVE Studios, a truly innovative content creation studio, and to attract new authors with their business model.
“Max Cutler and his team have always been at the cutting edge of new media, and at PAVE we see a dedication to creators that reflects our focus on putting authors at the heart of everything we do.
“Audiobooks continue to be the fastest growing format in publishing, and PAVE's audio storytelling roots provide the foundation for both companies' continued growth and success as we work together to bring creators and their stories to the widest possible audience.”
