Two offers, not one completed rescue
Pop King has approached roughly 140 consignment vendors listed in the Diamond bankruptcy records. Under the first route, each publisher would negotiate a price and sell its inventory to Pop King, which would then handle retrieval, transport, storage, marketing and resale. Under the second, a publisher would keep ownership and pay Pop King a service fee to retrieve and return the goods to its own warehouse. Those options solve different problems: one converts stranded stock into a negotiated payment, while the other buys logistics without surrendering the books. The reports do not say that any publisher has accepted either route.
Why the warehouse still matters
The inventory sits at the Olive Branch, Mississippi facility now operated by Sparkle Pop. Pop King says it has rented nearby warehouse space and hired an experienced local operator to count and transfer stock. Physical readiness does not equal legal permission, however. The offer is expressly contingent on the goods being releasable, and Sparkle Pop has objected to a proposed settlement involving 15 vendors while asserting storage and processing interests. Chase Bank's claimed interests are also part of the dispute, with a hearing scheduled for October 6. Until those questions are resolved, trucks and staff cannot turn the proposal into recovery.
The decision facing publishers
For publishers, the proposal adds choice but not certainty. Selling may reduce further storage exposure and administrative work, yet the price is individual and undisclosed. Paying for retrieval preserves ownership but adds another cost to stock already tied up by a distributor's bankruptcy. The widely cited estimate of about US$47 million describes the inventory's asserted aggregate value; it is not Pop King's purchase price or evidence that all stock can be sold. The next meaningful developments are publisher acceptances, legal authorization and verified physical transfers—not the existence of the offer alone.