Hachette Book Group

Hachette Book Group

Publishing company owned by Hachette Livre
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Hachette Book Group (HBG) is a publishing company owned by Hachette Livre, the largest publishing company in France, and the third largest trade and educational publisher in the world. Hachette Livre is a wholly owned subsidiary of Lagardère Group. HBG was formed when Hachette Livre purchased the Time Warner Book Group from Time Warner on March 31, 2006. Its headquarters are located at 1290 Avenue of the Americas, Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Hachette is considered one of the big-six publishing companies, along with Holtzbrinck/Macmillan, Penguin Random House, HarperCollins, Scholastic, and Simon & Schuster. In one year, HBG publishes approximately 1400+ adult books (including 50-100 digital-only titles), 300 books for young readers, and 450 audio book titles (including both physical and downloadable-only titles). In 2016, the company had 214 books on the New York Times bestseller list, 44 of which reached No. 1.

Parent company
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Predecessor
  • AOL Time Warner Book Group (2002–2006)
  • Time Warner Trade Publishing (1996–2002)
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Founded
March 31, 2006; 14 years ago (2006-03-31)
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Country of origin
United States
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Headquarters location
New York City, United States
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Key people
Michael Pietsch (CEO)
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Imprints
  • Grand Central Publishing
  • Little, Brown and Company
  • Hachette Nashville
  • Orbit
  • Perseus Books
  • Hachette Audio
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Official website
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