Hachette UK buys Nicholas Brealey

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, while all other members of Nicholas Brealey staff both in London and the US will transfer over, with four members of staff in Clerkenwell moving to Carmelite House, and three in Boston joining Hachette Book Group's Boston offices. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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