Yen Press is an American publisher of manga, graphic novels and light novels, co-owned by Kadokawa Corporation and Hachette Book Group. Between 2008 and 2013 it published Yen Plus, a monthly comic anthology. It has since added an audiobook catalogue covering more than ten genres to its website. Besides translated works it has published original series, most notably Svetlana Chmakova's Nightschool and a manga adaptation of James Patterson's Maximum Ride, the latter showing how the imprint works across English-language fiction and Japanese comics formats.
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New York City, New York, U S.
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Yen Press was founded in 2006 by former Borders buyer Kurt Hassler and DC Comics VP Rich Johnson.
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Yen Press would function as a joint venture between Hachette Book Group and major Japanese publisher Kadokawa Dwango
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manga, graphic novel and light novel publisher
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is an American manga, graphic novel and light novel publisher co-owned by Kadokawa Corporation and Hachette Book Group
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