Damian Horner is leaving his position as brand development director at Hachette UK to join Real Vision, a video-on-demand platform for finance, as their global chief creative officer. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hachette UK has "canned" many of its apps to focus on "fewer and better" following its acquisition of mobile app and games developer Neon Play in June, its chief executive Tim Hely Hutchinson has revealed at The FutureBook Conference 2016. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hachette UK c.e.o. Tim Hely Hutchinson has called for the defence of publishing's "liberal" principles in a speech at today's Building Inclusivity in Publishing Conference, as the world lurches politically towards the right. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Tim Hely Hutchinson, group c.e.o. for Hachette UK, has made it onto a list published by the FT of 100 leading LBGT executives. Hely Hutchinson came in at number 62. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-10-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
The full programme for this year’s FutureBook Conference has been revealed, including speakers ranging from Hachette UK c.e.o. Tim Hely Hutchinson, Mendeley founder Jan Reichelt, Storytel’s Jonas Tellander, Bonnier AB’s chief digital and technology officer Anki Ahrnell and Neon Play founder Oli... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-10-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hachette UK has commemorated its first year housing all seven publishing divisions under one roof on London's Victoria Embankment by unveiling a large-scale mural at Carmelite House, described as a "river of authors" to celebrate its past, present and future. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hachette UK is investing in financial education workshops for under-30s to be offered to staff "several times a year in line with demand". Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hachette UK sales were down by 5.2% in the first quarter, due to lower ebook sales. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hachette UK saw overall sales fall by 6.7% in the fourth quarter of the year due to lower ebook sales, with its parent company Lagardere Publishing saying that "market trends have reversed in the US and the UK". Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Chris Emerson, chief operating officer of Hachette UK, is to replace David Young as chair of the Hachette Livre Chief Operating Officers’ Board. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hachette Book Group (HBG) is to handle sales and distribution for Hachette UK titles into the US from January 2016. HBG has been providing various sales and distribution services to Hachette UK for a number of years, including distribution into Canada, and North American services for Octopus... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-09-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Beginning in January, the Hachette Book Group will take over U.S. sales and distribution for Hachette UK as part of the effort by HUK to have all its English-language sales handled within the Hachette family. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-09-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sales at Hachette UK were down 3.5% in the first six months of 2015 compared to the year before, because of a “slate of new releases that was not as strong as the first half of 2014”, according to results announced by Hachette's parent company Lagardere. E-books represented 33% of sales in... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Business and personal development publisher Nicholas Brealey Publishing has been bought by Hachette UK, with the business becoming an imprint within John Murray Publishing. The deal will see founder Nick Brealey continue to manage the lists, reporting into John Murray Press m.d. Nick Davies,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hachette UK has acquired Nicholas Brealey Publishing in a deal that includes the company’s U.S. imprints Davies L. Black and Intercultural Press. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hachette UK has “identified an energetic and talented new generation to take over at Orion and Little, Brown” but the loss of Lisa Milton as m.d. of Orion Fiction is “something of a blow”, trade figures have told The Bookseller. It was announced yesterday that David Young is to retire as Orion... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
The retirement of David Young and an expansion of the role of David Shelley are among a number of significant moves announced today by Hachette UK. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sales at Hachette UK fell 4% year-on-year for the first quarter of 2015, partially due to an “unfavourable” VAT effect on ebooks, parent company Lagardere has said. Hachette UK said it had “steady sales in print and digital” in the first quarter of the year, with its performance “broadly in... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hachette UK has appointed Tim Perhar, formerly of Global Radio, in the newly created role of group customer relationship management (CRM) manager. Perhar was at Global Radio for five years, where he worked with a CRM platform to increase the levels of engagement between listeners and the Global... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
The c.e.o of Hachette UK and the chairman of Hachette Livre have both dismissed the ebook subscription model, calling it "absurd" and "cannibalising". Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]