Bookouture Explained

Parent:Hachette (publisher)
Status:Active
Founded:2012
Founder:Oliver Rhodes
Country:United Kingdom
Headquarters:London

Bookouture is a British digital publishing company. It was founded in 2012 by Oliver Rhodes, a former marketing controller for Harlequin/Mills & Boon. Bookouture is notable for growing its e-book sales dramatically, and for having several of its publications sell substantial numbers.[1]

Bookouture made its first big successes in 2015, when it sold 2.5 million books,[2] including Silent Scream by Angela Marsons, a crime novel featuring detective Kim Stone, and the thriller Secrets of The Last Nazi by Iain King. These were followed in 2016 by Robert Bryndza's The Girl in the Ice, its first book to sell a million copies.[3] In 2017, it was acquired by Hachette,[4] [5] and in 2019 it sold 9 million books[2] more than half of them in the United States.[6]

In 2020, Bookouture launched the imprint Thread Books, with an initial group of five non-fiction books.[7]

Author Kerry Wilkinson has produced "the most titles Bookouture has ever released from one author", which was at 30 in 2021.[8]

Meanwhile, Angela Marsons' Kim Stone series, all of which has been published through Bookouture, has sold 5.5m copies, with BBC Studios optioning the first 20 books in the series.[9]

The company's highest-ever earning title is Freida McFadden's The Housemaid’s Secret, which was published in February 2023. As of September 2023, the book had sold 1.8m copies.[10]

Bestselling authors

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 100,000 sales in a month for debut Irish author . The Irish Times . 11 May 2017 . March 15, 2018.
  2. Web site: Bookouture . September 2020 . 3 September 2020.
  3. Web site: Hachette's New Clothes . March 6, 2017 . Philip Jones . 4 September 2020.
  4. Web site: Bookouture is Britain's Hottest Digital Publisher . publishers In 2017 Hachette UK bought the publisher..
  5. Web site: Hachette UK acquires Bookouture . the bookseller . 6 March 2017 . Katherine Cowdrey. 15 March 2018.
  6. Web site: Bookouture plans US push in 2019 with recruitment drive. January 11, 2019 . Katherine Cowdrey. September 4, 2020.
  7. Web site: Bookseller Launches New Non-Fiction Imprint . The Bookseller. April 3, 2020. Katherine Cowdrey. August 29, 2020.
  8. Web site: BESTSELLING AUTHOR KERRY WILKINSON PUBLISHES 30TH NOVEL WITH BOOKOUTURE! . Bookouture . 14 November 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210219150248/https://www.bookouture.com/2021/02/19/bestselling-author-kerry-wilkinson-publishes-30th-novel-with-bookouture/ . 19 February 2021 . 19 February 2021.
  9. Web site: Ashmore . Kelly . BBC to turn Angela Marsons' multi-million-selling crime books into a TV series as fans say 'it's about time' . Birmingham Live . 14 November 2024 . https://archive.today/20241114002959/https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/black-country/bbc-turn-angela-marsons-multi-27922908 . 14 November 2024 . 22 October 2023.
  10. Web site: Brown . Lauren . Bookouture bags third book in McFadden’s Housemaid thriller series . The Bookseller . 14 November 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20241114001527/https://www.thebookseller.com/rights/bookouture-bags-third-book-in-mcfaddens-housemaid-thriller-series . 14 November 2024 . 28 September 2023.
  11. Web site: Westmeath Examiner - Patricia’s new three-book deal signed . West Meath Examiner. 24 August 2017. Olga Aughey. March 15, 2018.

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