KENSINGTON PUBLISHING ANNOUNCES ADDITION OF
TWO NEW SUB-IMPRINTS TO THE LYRICAL PRESS EBOOK LINE

May 14, 2015: Kensington Publishing Corp., America’s Independent Publisher, announces the addition of two new sub-imprints to its digital-first line, Lyrical Press. Lyrical Shine will focus on contemporary romance and Lyrical Underground will include thriller, mystery, and horror titles.
Alexandra Nicolajsen, Associate Director, Social Media & Digital Sales, said: “When Kensington brought Lyrical into our community of imprints, we were excited to work with a new group of authors and expand our footprint in the digital publishing community. In a little over a year, we have acquired many compelling projects, and built new bestselling authors. The new Lyrical Shine and Underground imprints represent our commitment to diversifying the Lyrical list. Most importantly they create a program that will distinguish our authors and bring the most original stories to our readers.”

The sub-imprint announcement will be made by Kensington at this year’s Romantic Times Book Convention in Dallas, TX.

Lyrical Press is Kensington’s digital-first imprint, and publisher of New York Times bestselling authors Rebecca Zanetti and Lynn Cahoon. Lyrical was developed as a place to launch edgy, new authors as well as to give Kensington’s more established and bestselling authors a platform to experiment with new stories, series, and genres. Lyrical Press is dedicated to growing author readership with lower pricing and great marketing and publicity exposure, while also building the most successful among them to a level that can also support traditional print formats.
Currently, Lyrical Press, Lyrical Shine and Lyrical Underground are looking to acquire innovative new fiction in all romance genres (especially suspense and stories with unique settings), compelling psychological fiction and thrillers, women’s fiction, YA, new adult, and cozy mysteries.

ABOUT KENSINGTON PUBLISHING:

Founded in 1974 by the late Walter Zacharius, Kensington Publishing Corp. is located in New York City and is known as “America’s Independent Publisher.” It remains a multi-generational family business, with Steven Zacharius succeeding his father as President and CEO, and Adam
Zacharius joining the company in 2007 as Director of Special Projects and Alternative Media. As the foremost independent commercial publishing house in the United States providing hardcover, trade paperback, mass market, and digital releases, Kensington publishes the books that America wants to read.

The house of New York Times bestselling authors, including Fern Michaels, Lisa Jackson, Joanne Fluke, William W. Johnstone, and many others, Kensington publishes over 500 fiction and non-fiction titles each year. Its diverse imprints include Zebra, Pinnacle, Dafina, and Lyrical Press which are well known for providing readers with a range of popular genres such as romance, women’s fiction, African American, young adult and nonfiction, as well as true-crime, western, and mystery titles. Visit kensingtonbooks.com.