Lockdown diaries: the deputy MD

I have a clear memory of the day that Covid-19 became a reality to me. My daughter, Matilda, was five months old, and Katie Espiner, MD of Orion, had just told me two things: that Hachette were planning to trial a full company work from home day, and that Italian book sales had dropped dramatically during their lockdown. The reality hit suddenly home. Bookshops would have to close; people were panic buying pasta, not paperbacks. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2020-05-31 18:59:04 UTC ]

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US Justice Department Gives Hachette ‘A Warning’ About Its Anonymous Author

The Justice Department has written to Hachette about 'A Warning,' asserting that its anonymous author may be in violation of nondisclosure agreements. The post US Justice Department Gives Hachette ‘A Warning’ About Its Anonymous Author appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-11-04 19:33:48 UTC ]
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HCG scoops Byrne's YA afterlife love story

Hachette Children’s Group has scooped a YA lesbian love story set in the afterlife by Tanya Byrne in a two-book deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-01 11:13:30 UTC ]
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Pictures of the week

Scottish Book Trust celebrate Book Week Scotland in this week's pictures round-up, while Hachette hosts its first Women For Refugee book club and Liz Pichon doodles at Waterstones Piccadilly. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-01 00:30:31 UTC ]
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Quercus US Renamed Mobius

Quercus US, the U.S. arm of the U.K.-based publisher, is being rebranded as Mobius. The house will publish titles from across all Hachette UK lists in the U.S., beginning with titles from Hodder, Headline, John Murray Press, and Quercus. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-28 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Hutton Named Publisher of Hachette Nashville

Hachette Book Group's CEO Michael Pietsch announced the appointment of Daisy Blackwell Hutton to v-p and publisher of HBG's Hachette Nashville division, effective Nov. 11. She replaces Rolf Zettersten, who will retire this fall. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-28 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Zettersten to Retire from Hachette Nashville

Rolf Zettersten, senior v-p and publisher of Hachette Nashville, will retire this fall. He will continue to lead the Nashville division’s five imprints until a successor is named, which Hachette said should happen "shortly." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-23 04:00:00 UTC ]
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My Frankfurt Book Fair: Drummond Moir

A proponent of powering through a packed Frankfurt Book Fair schedule, the former Hachette staffer says building international relationships—hopefully, requited ones—is the highlight of his fair. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-17 12:17:58 UTC ]
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From Frankfurt: Hachette’s Clare Harington Bows Out

After more than four decades in the book business, Hachette UK’s group communications director Clare Harington will retire with a wide network of friends in the industry. The post From Frankfurt: Hachette’s Clare Harington Bows Out appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-10-17 08:05:26 UTC ]
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Elephant picture book from Giraffes Can't Dance team

Hachette Children’s has landed a new picture book from Giles Andreae and illustrator Guy Parker-Rees to mark 20 years of Giraffes Can’t Dance.   Continue reading at The Bookseller

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HBG Launches Hachette Go

Hachette's new imprint, to launch next March, will publish books in a variety of nonfiction categories that are geared to help readers change their lives for the better. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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HCG acquires fairy tale picture book from Sardà, Dahman and Digard

Hachette Children's Group has acquired the first collaboration on a picture book between France-based author team Myriam Dahman and Nicolas Digard and Kate Greenaway Medal longlisted illustrator Júlia Sardà: The Wolf’s Secret. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-15 02:56:28 UTC ]
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HCG lands 'magical' MG titles from Penny Chrimes

Hachette Children’s Group has acquired two "magical" middle-grade titles from author Penny Chrimes.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

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HCG signs 'laugh-out-loud' confused feminist diary

Hachette Children’s Group will publish Diary of a Confused Feminist by debut author Kate Weston next year, after striking a two-book deal with the former stand-up comedian. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Hachette Children's Group pre-empts MG series in six-figure deal

Hachette Children's Group has pre-empted a middle-grade series by J M Joseph in a six-figure deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Lucy Hale Departs in Hachette UK Restructuring

Lucy Hale, deputy CEO of Hodder & Stoughton leaves as Hachette UK creates new trade publishing structure and divisional managing directors join board. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Hachette award nominations for Ethnicity Pay Gap report and flexible working

Hachette UK has been nominated for two HR awards, recognising its Ethnicity Pay Gap report and flexible working policies. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Katie Espiner to be interviewed at FutureBook Live 2019

Orion m.d. Katie Espiner is the latest keynote speaker to be announced for FutureBook Live 2019; she will reflect on her four years at the Hachette-owned publishing business, as well as what it means to be one of the highest profile female leaders in the book sector. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Hachette Children's signs Inky Willis series

Hachette Children’s Group has signed three books in a new series aimed at seven to nine-year-olds called Scribble Witch, by Inky Willis. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Tinder Press picks up McIver crime debut

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Sphere and Hachette Audio have signed comedian Miles Jupp to narrate The Shitshow – the latest book in the Is It Just Me Or Is Everything Shit? series.   Continue reading at The Bookseller

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