Hachette UK is working with Twitter to launch a series of videos featuring its authors talking about what they are writing live from their location using Twitter’s new Periscope app. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hachette’s new London headquarters Carmelite House will become a “talent magnet” for authors and publishers, but the move will not compromise competition between the adult divisions, c.e.o. Tim Hely Hutchinson has said. In an interview with The Bookseller, Hely Hutchinson also addressed the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
A near-record haul from Hachette UK, an impressive total for Pan Macmillan and a history-making all-female Manager of the Year category are some of the highlights in this year's Bookseller Industry Awards (BIA) shortlists. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hachette UK’s parent company Lagardere has released its results for 2014, showing that profits at Lagardere Publishing, which includes Hachette UK as well as other publishing divisions across the world, were €197m, down by 12% or €26m year-on-year. Sales for 2014 came to €2,004m, down 4.5% from... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
India is a “vibrant market”, Hachette UK c.e.o. Tim Hely Hutchinson has said on a visit to the country. Talking to the Hindu Business Line newspaper, Hely Hutchinson spoke about the acquisition of cricketer Sachin Tendulkar’s book, and touched on the dispute between Hachette Book Group in the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hachette UK finished 2014 with a net sales decline of 10% in the final quarter, compared to the same period in 2013 which saw Sir Alex Ferguson claim the Christmas number one, according to annual results released by French parent company Lagardere. Across 2014 as a whole, Hachette UK saw a... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Mark Smith, the founder and former c.e.o. of Quercus, is to join Bonnier Publishing as c.e.o. of its fiction department. Smith left Quercus after the formerly independent publisher was bought by Hachette UK’s Hodder & Stoughton earlier this year. He will now become c.e.o. of Bonnier... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hachette UK saw physical sales fall 7.4% year-on-year in the third quarter, “due to a less promising publishing schedule in general literature”, according to parent company Lagardere. However “ebooks still showed sustained growth, with 34% of net sales in adult trade vs. 31% at the end of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hachette UK is consulting with "fewer than 10" people over potential redundancy following the restructure of its group field sales division. Earlier this year the publisher created a new sales structure, with two teams, one headed by Rob Manser and looking after Little, Brown and Orion, and the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sophie Stericker, currently art director at Orchard Books, will next year take on the role of creative director of the newly formed Hachette Children’s Group (HCG). Hachette UK is to merge its three children’s businesses - Hachette Children’s Books, Orion Children’s Publishing and Little, Brown... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hachette UK is to merge its three children's businesses into one division on 1st January 2015... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hachette UK has restructured its sales operation, creating two sales teams, resulting in the loss of a respected and much-loved director and up to 20 jobs. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hachette UK is to create a new sales structure, merging the teams of Little, Brown and Orion, and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hachette UK’s earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) were down slightly in 2013, because... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hachette UK has said it will keep its “federal structure” when it moves all seven of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
George Walkley, head of digital at Hachette UK, has defined the three essential, bedrock skills... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Asia is an important growth market for Britain’s second largest publisher, Hachette UK. Sales in the region have grown faster than European markets, says Hachette UK's Group CEO. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-07-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hachette UK's digital sales were £50m in 2012, its chief executive Tim Hely Hutchinson... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-06-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hachette UK has appointed Damian Horner to the newly created role of brand development director... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-04-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
HarperCollins and Hachette UK are the first UK publishers to introduce a refined agency model... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-04-03 00:00:00 UTC ]