Employers still are trying to coax their teams back to the office on a full-time basis five years after the Covid 19 pandemic upended the way white collar employees work.But the methods are evolving. To attract talent, companies are seeking amenities from landlords that pre-Covid employees never... Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2025-04-24 09:48:11 UTC ]
Contributions from Union Square & Co., acquired in November, helped first quarter sales at Hachette Book Group rise 8.9% over a year ago. Parent company Lagardère reported that total publishing revenue was €623 million, up 8%. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-04-24 04:00:00 UTC ]
Trotman, who founded the Hachette Book Group imprint in October 2020 with a mission to center marginalized voices, discusses the imprint’s inclusive aims, community connections, and plans to jump-start a fiction list. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-03-21 04:00:00 UTC ]
Over the course of his first year as joint CEO of Hachette Book Group and Hachette UK, Shelley has shaken things up at the Big Five publisher—and the company’s latest sales report proves it. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-02-21 05:00:00 UTC ]
In audiobooks in 2024, ' We saw more listeners than ever before for our authors’ titles,' Hachette's David Shelley says in a memo. The post David Shelley on Hachette Book Group’s 2024 US Performance appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2025-02-13 18:01:22 UTC ]
Sales at Hachette Book Group rose 7% in 2024, the strongest performance among Lagardère's worldwide publishing businesses. The Paris-based publishing giant posted total sales of €2.87 billion, a 2.2% increase over 2023, while profits jumped 35%. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-02-13 05:00:00 UTC ]
The imprint is a reincarnation of Da Capo Press, the longtime music imprint acquired as part of Hachette Book Group’s 2016 acquisition of the Perseus Book Group. Brant Rumble and Ben Schafer will lead the imprint, which aims to release 12 books a year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-02-13 05:00:00 UTC ]
Hachette Book Group has laid off an unspecified number of employees who joined the company at the end of last year following HBG’s purchase of Union Square & Co. from Barnes & Noble. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-01-24 05:00:00 UTC ]
Bloxson, who was named SVP of culture and diversity, equity, and inclusion at HBG and Hachette UK in April, will now also lead talent development, recruitment, retention, training, office culture, and business processes at HBG while continuing to spearhead DEI efforts. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-12-02 05:00:00 UTC ]
In a letter addressed to management, Hachette Book Group employees condemned the launch of a new Basic Books imprint, Basic Liberty, to be helmed by former Regnery publisher and Heritage Foundation fellow Thomas Spence, which was announced by HBG CEO David Shelley shortly after the 2024... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-11-11 05:00:00 UTC ]
The division of Hachette Book Group will add two new imprints to its portfolio following the promotion of Lara Heimert to president and publisher: Basic Venture, a new business and economics imprint, and Basic Liberty, a new conservative imprint. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-11-07 05:00:00 UTC ]
While third quarter sales at Lagardère Publishing were flat in the most recent period, sales at Hachette Book Group were strong with increases in digital sales helping drive up revenue. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-10-18 04:00:00 UTC ]
The Hachette Book Group publicist has been praised for her “leadership in promoting diversity and inclusivity, both within our organization and through her impactful campaigns.” Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-10-09 04:00:00 UTC ]
The Internet Archive is starting to run out of legal options. Wired reports that the non-profit internet cataloguer of videos, games and books lost its appeal in the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. The court rejected Archive.org’s claim in its ongoing lawsuit with several high... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2024-09-04 20:24:53 UTC ]
Marchant, who was previously director of marketing, strategy, and engagement at the Random House Group, will join Hachette Book Group on September 23. She succeeds Wibke Grutjen, who departed HBG this month to join Simon & Schuster. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-08-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
Cottrell, the longtime SVP of communications at Hachette Book Group, will depart the company at the end of August and be succeeded by Gambrell, who previously headed up communications at Amazon. Cottrell has spent 16 years in the role and 22 years at HBG. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-08-01 04:00:00 UTC ]
A 7.7% sales increase at the recently restructured Hachette Book Group was a key contributor to a 5% rise in revenue at Lagardère Publishing in the first six months of 2024. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-07-23 04:00:00 UTC ]
The fourth imprint launched by Orbit, Hachette Book Group's SFF division, Run for It joins the flagship Orbit imprint, Redhook, and Orbit Works. Orbit executive editor Bradley Englert will serve as the imprint's principal acquiring editor. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-07-22 04:00:00 UTC ]
Holman launched Orbit, Hachette Book Group's SFF division, in 2007, publishing such authors as N.K. Jemison and Andrzej Sapkowski. In his new role, he will continue to report to HBG CEO David Shelley, who said the division is currently having its "most successful period ever" following "two... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-07-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
Hachette Book Group confirmed a realignment that includes layoffs at Workman, as well as several promotions and other changes such as the discontinuation of Algonquin Young Readers—the latest in a string of moves since CEO David Shelley took the reins late last year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-07-16 04:00:00 UTC ]