Hachette Livre Explained

Hachette Livre
Parent:	Lagardère Publishing
Country:	France
Headquarters:	Paris
Keypeople:	Arnaud Lagardère (CEO and Chairman)

Hachette Livre (in French pronounced as /a.ʃɛt/) (or simply known as Hachette) is a French publishing group that was based in Paris. It was founded in 1826 by Louis Hachette as Brédif which later became successively L. Hachette et Compagnie, Librairie Hachette, Hachette SA and is then currently known in France as Hachette Livre. After acquiring an Australian publisher, Hachette Australia was created; in the UK it became Hachette UK, and its expansion into the United States became Hachette Book Group.

Hachette Livre had been owned by the Lagardère Group since 1981 under their publishing division Lagardère Publishing.

History

France

It was founded in 1826 by Louis Hachette as Brédif, a bookshop and publishing company. It became L. Hachette et Compagnie on 1 January 1846, Librairie Hachette in 1919, and Hachette SA in 1977. It was acquired by the Lagardère Group in 1981. In 1992, the publishing assets of Hachette SA were grouped into a subsidiary called Hachette Livre (in French pronounced as /a.ʃɛt liːvʁ/), the flagship imprint of Lagardère Publishing. Hachette has its headquarters in the 15th arrondissement of Paris.^[1] In 1996, it merged with the Hatier group.^[2] In 2004, Hachette acquired dictionary publisher Éditions Larousse.

International expansion

In 2002, UK publisher John Murray was acquired by Hodder Headline, which was itself acquired in 2004 by the Lagardère Group. Since then, it has been an imprint under Lagardère brand known as Hachette UK.^[3]

In 2004, Lagardère acquired Australian publisher Hodder Headline for Hachette Livre, who renamed it Hachette Australia.^[4]

In 2006, it expanded into the United States when it purchased Time Warner's book-publishing division, which was then renamed Hachette Book Group USA. Part of Time Warner's holdings was Australian independent publishing house Lothian Books, which was incorporated as an imprint.^[5]

In June 2013, Hachette announced that it would acquire the adult trade business of Hyperion Books from Disney.^[6] (Disney retained the young adult business and books related to existing Disney–ABC TV properties, under an expanded Disney–Hyperion imprint.)

In 2018, it announced its Robinson Millenials label, under which it would be publishing webcomics in partnership with Hiveworks Comics.^[7]

Hachette UK acquired Laurence King Publishing, original publisher of adult colouring book author and illustrator Johanna Basford, in August 2020.^[8] In 2022, it acquired Welbeck Publishing Group.^[9]

Corporate affairs

Since April 2015, Hachette's headquarters have been located at 58 rue Jean-Bleauzen in Vanves (department Hauts-de-Seine, France).^[10]

Hachette's head office previously occupied a building at the intersection of the Boulevards Saint-Germain and Saint-Michel in the Saint-Germain-des-Prés area, then from 2006 to 2015 in Grenelle, in Paris's 15th arrondissement.^[11]

In June 2014, the company's U.S. affiliate in conjunction with Perseus Books Group, and Ingram Content Group, announced a three-way deal whereby Hachette would buy Perseus and then sell the company's client services businesses to Ingram. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed.^[12] However, in August 2014, the deal was called off because Hachette and the other parties involved decided the deal was too complicated.^[13] The deal eventually went through in April 2016 with Perseus's publishing assets and imprints going to Hachette, and distribution assets to Ingram.^[14]

Hachette's English-language businesses in the UK and the U.S. will be moved to a single management team in January 2024, with Hachette UK CEO David Chelley taking the same position at the Hachette Book Group USA and reporting to the Hachette Livre chairman and CEO Arnaud Lagardère.^[15]

Company structure

Hachette Livre is involved in three core businesses: publishing, partworks and distribution.

Publishing

Hachette Livre has book publishing operations in their native France, as well as in Spain, Latin and North America (the former mostly in Mexico), the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, Russia, Australia, New Zealand, India, China, the Arab world (mostly in Lebanon and Morocco) and Francophone sub-saharan Africa.

Region/Country!Units

France	^[16] Éditions Grasset Grasset-Jeunesse Fayard Pluriel Éditions Mazarine Pauvert Éditions Mille et Une Nuits Stock JC Lattès Éditions du Masque Éditions des Deux Terres Calmann-Lévy Éditions Kero Éditions N°1 Orbit Books France Le Livre de Poche Le Livre de Poche Jeunesse Audiolib Hachette Éducation Hachette Français Langue Étrangère Istra Groupe Alexandre Hatier Les Éditions Foucher Les Éditions Hatier Hatier Jeunesse Éditions Didier Didier Jeunesse Rageot Éditions Dunod InterÉditions Armand Colin Éditions Larousse Gigamic Harrap's Dessain et Tolra Hachette Illustré Éditions La Plage Hachette Jeunesse Hachette Jeunesse Collection Disney (licensing agreement with The Walt Disney Company) Hachette Pratique Hachette Tourisme Éditions Marabout Les Éditions du Chêne Les Éditions E/P/A Papier Cadeau Hazan Éditions Albert René (holder of Asterix comics) Pika Édition (French publisher of Japanese manga) Pika Roman^[17] nobi nobi !^[18] ^[19] Éditions H2T (manfra)^[20] Éditions Deux Coqs d'Or Gautier-Languereau Hachette Romans La Bibliothèque Rose et Verte
Spain and Latin America (Hachette España/Grupo Anaya)	^[21] ^[22] Anaya Anaya Educación Anaya ELE Anaya Infantil y Juvenil Anaya Touring Anaya Multimedia PhotoClub Oberon Ediciones Cátedra Bóveda Edicións Xerais de Galicia (Galician) Algaida Editores Editorial Bruño Barcanova Editorial (Catalan) Edelsa Grupo Editorial Patria (Mexico) Publicaciones Cultural CECSA Nueva Imagen Promexa Vox (Catalan and Spanish) Hachette Heroes e Infantil Editorial Salvat Larousse Spain Ediciones Larousse (Mexico) Ediciones Pirámide Tecnos Alianza Editorial AdN Alianza de Novelas
United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland (Hachette UK)	^[23] ^[24] Headline Publishing Group Headline Review Eternal Romance Tinder Press Wildfire Books Headline Home Quercus MacLehose Press Jo Fletcher Books Hodder & Stoughton Spectre Coronet Books Yellow Kite John Murray Press John Murray John Murray Learning Two Roads Hodder Faith Nicholas Brealey Publishing Jessica Kingsley Publishers Bookouture Little, Brown Book Group Little, Brown Abacus Piatkus Books Atom Books Blackfriars The Bridge Street Press Constable Corsair Dialogue Books Fleet Hachette Audio UK Paperblanks Orbit Books UK Sphere Books Virago Press Robinson Psychology Orion Publishing Group Orion Fiction Victor Gollancz Weidenfeld & Nicolson Laurence King Publishing Seven Dials Orion Spring Orion Trapeze^[25] Orion Audio Octopus Publishing Group Short Books^[26] ^[27] Pyramid Spruce Cassell Conran Octopus Gaia Godsfield Press Hamlyn Miller's Mitchell Beazley Philip's Bounty Books Ilex Press Aster Kyle Books Summersdale Publishers Hachette's Children's Group Franklin Watts Hodder's Children's Books Orchard Books Wayland Publishers Orion Children's Books Enid Blyton Entertainment Quercus Children's Books Pat-a-Cake Wren & Rook Hodder Education Group Hodder Education Hodder Gibson (Scotland) Galore Park Rising Stars RS Assessment Hachette Ireland
North America (Hachette Book Group)	^[28] Grand Central Publishing Twelve Forever Forever Yours Goop Press (joint venture with Goop)^[29] Vision Little, Brown and Company (United States) Back Bay Books Jimmy Patterson (children's book imprint joint venture with James Patterson^[30]) Little, Brown Spark Mulholland Books Little, Brown Books for Young Readers LB Kids Poppy Perseus Books Group^[31] Avalon Travel Basic Books PublicAffairs Running Press Hachette Books Da Capo Press Orbit Books Redhook Hachette Nashville FaithWords Center Street Worthy Publishing Yen Press (joint venture with Kadokawa Corporation)^[32] JY (graphic novels aimed towards middle grade readers)^[33] Hachette Audio USA
Australia and New Zealand	Hachette Australia Lothian Children's Books Hachette New Zealand Moa (English- and Māori-language children's picture books)
Other markets	^[34] Hachette Antoine (Lebanon; joint venture with Librairie Antoine) Librairie Papeterie Nationale (Morocco) Éditions Nei-Ceda (Francophone sub-saharan Africa; based in Ivory Coast) (70%) Azbooka-Atticus (Russia) (49%)^[35] Hachette-Phoenix (China; joint venture with Phoenix Publishing and Media) Hachette India

Partworks

Hachette distributes partworks to France, Belgium, Switzerland, Canada, Spain, Portugal, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Ecuador, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Italy, Greece, Germany, Austria, Poland, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Russia, the Czech Republic, Romania, Slovakia, Belarus, Croatia, Hungary and Bulgaria.

^[36]

• Hachette Collections (France; also distributed in Francophone parts of Belgium, Switzerland and Canada)
• Kolekcja Hachette (Poland)
• Hachette Partworks Ltd. (United Kingdom)
• Hachette Kollektsia (Russia)
• Hachette Fascicoli (Italy; also distributed in Greece, Romania, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Croatia, Hungary and Bulgaria)
• Hachette Collections Japan
• Editorial Salvat (Spain and Latin America)

Distribution

^[37]

• Hachette Livre Distribution (France)^[37]
• Dilibel (Belgium)^[37]
• Diffulivre (Switzerland)^[37]
• Hachette Canada^[37]
• Lightning Source France (joint venture with Lightning Source)^[37]
• Bookpoint (United Kingdom)^[37]
• Hachette UK Distribution^[38]
• Alliance Distribution Services (Australia)^[38]
• HBG Cilent Services (United States)^[37]
• Comercial Grupo Anaya (Spain)^[37]

See also

• Books in France
• Hachette Books
• Hachette Book Group

Further reading

• History of Hachette Australia (includes acquisitions and changes, from 1726 UK John Murray through to 2015)
• News: 'The ebook is a stupid product: no creativity, no enhancement,' says the Hachette Group CEO. Gill. Harsimran. 17 February 2018. Scroll.in. 22 February 2018. en-US.

Notes and References

1. http://www.hachette.com/en/key-dates.html "Hachette Livre: Key Dates"
2. Web site: 1996-05-29 . Hachette boucle la reprise d'Hatier . 2022-09-27 . Les Echos . fr . 25 January 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230125234456/https://www.lesechos.fr/1996/05/hachette-boucle-la-reprise-dhatier-835614 . live .
3. Web site: Corporate History Highlights. Hachette UK. 23 September 2011. Hachette UK. Hachette (publisher). 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20110630110142/http://www.hachette.co.uk/AboutUs. 30 June 2011.
4. Web site: History of Hachette Australia. www.hachette.com.au. 20 February 2019. 25 January 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230125232724/https://www.hachette.com.au/company-history/. live.
5. Web site: Lothian | AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. www.austlit.edu.au. 20 February 2019. 25 January 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230125232740/https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A36996. live.
6. Web site: Hachette Will Acquire Disney's Hyperion Book Publishing Business. Edmund Lee. 28 June 2013. Bloomberg. 7 March 2017. 25 January 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230125232724/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-06-28/hachette-will-acquire-disney-s-hyperion-book-publishing-business. live.
7. Web site: Robinson, une nouvelle collection de bandes dessinées en partenariat avec Hiveworks. hachette.fr. Hachette Livre. fr. 25 May 2018. 19 June 2018. 25 January 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230125232755/https://www.hachette.fr/actualites/robinson-une-nouvelle-collection-de-bandes-dessinees-en-partenariat-avec-hiveworks. live.
8. Web site: Denny . Neill . Hachette UK Buys Laurence King Publishing . Publishers Weekly . PWxyz, LLC . 2 September 2020 . 2 September 2020 . 25 January 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230125234502/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/industry-deals/article/84244-hachette-uk-buys-laurence-king-publishing.html . live .
9. Web site: Hachette UK Buys Welbeck Publishing Group. Jim. Milliot. PublishersWeekly.com. 5 Dec 2022. 23 December 2023.
10. Web site: Fabrice Piault. Arnaud Nourry inaugure et baptise le nouveau siège d'Hachette Livre. LivresHebdo. fr. 4 March 2015. 9 August 2023. 23 December 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211223142707/https://www.livreshebdo.fr/article/arnaud-nourry-inaugure-et-baptise-le-nouveau-siege-dhachette-livre. live.
11. Launet, Édouard. "Pas de quartier pour les éditeurs ." Libération. 2 November 2009. Retrieved on 21 January 2012. "Chacun se souvient aussi du spectaculaire départ du groupe Hachette, abandonnant son énorme QG au coin des boulevards Saint-Michel et Saint-Germain pour le quai de Grenelle, dans le XVe."
12. Perseus Books Group being acquired by Hachette. 20 September 2014. Publishers Weekly. 25 January 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230125234503/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/63029-hbg-buying-perseus-ingram-to-get-distribution-biz.html. live.
13. News: Hachette Calls Off Perseus Book Purchase. 9 August 2014. Wall Street Journal. 25 January 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230125232736/https://www.wsj.com/articles/hachette-calls-off-perseus-book-purchase-1407446685?mod=WSJ_GoogleNews. live.
14. Natasha Onwuemezi, "Perseus sale to Hachette Book Group completed", The Bookseller, 1 April 2016
15. Web site: Milliot . Jim . 2023-11-14 . Hachette Book Group, Hachette UK to Move Under United Management Team . 2023-11-16 . . en . 16 November 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231116113457/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/financial-reporting/article/93739-hachette-book-group-hachette-uk-to-move-under-united-management-team.html . live .
16. Web site: Hachette Livre Group| publishing France. 6 August 2020. 25 January 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230125232803/https://www.hachette.com/en/a-threefold-business/publishing/hachette-livre-france/. live.
17. Web site: Pika Roman commence avec L'Attaque des Titans et Another !. 4 March 2016. 6 July 2020. 25 January 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230125234514/https://animeland.fr/2016/03/04/pika-roman-commence-avec-lattaque-des-titans-et-another/. live.
18. Web site: nobi nobi ! Éditions nobi nobi ! . 6 July 2021 . 25 January 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230125234510/https://www.nobi-nobi.fr/ . live .
19. Web site: La maison nobi nobi ! donne un coup de jeune à Pika Éditions . 6 July 2021 . 25 January 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230125234509/https://actualitte.com/article/34044/distribution/la-maison-nobi-nobi-donne-un-coup-de-jeune-a-pika-editions . live .
20. Web site: Pika Édition X H2T Pika Édition. 4 May 2018. 6 July 2021. 25 January 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230125234508/https://www.pika.fr/actualites/pika-edition-x-h2t. live.
21. Web site: Hachette Livre Group| publishing Spain. 6 August 2020. 25 January 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230125234512/https://www.hachette.com/en/a-threefold-business/publishing/hachette-espana/. live.
22. Web site: Nuestras editoriales | Grupo Anaya. www.grupoanaya.es. 29 June 2020. 25 January 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230125234510/https://www.grupoanaya.es/editoriales. live.
23. Web site: Hachette Livre Group| publishing UK. 6 August 2020. 25 February 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220225134542/https://www.hachette.com/en/a-threefold-business/publishing/hachette-uk/. live.
24. Web site: LBBG – Imprints. 13 March 2019. 29 June 2020. 5 April 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220405053751/https://www.littlebrown.co.uk/imprint/lbbg/page/little-brown-books/lbbg-imprints/. live.
25. Web site: Orion Trapeze. 26 February 2019. 29 June 2020. 25 January 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230125234511/https://www.orionbooks.co.uk/imprint/orion/page/about-orion/orion-trapeze/. live.
26. Web site: Octopus Publishing Group acquires Short Books . Press releases . Hachette . 9 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191111193852/https://www.hachette.com/en/communique_presse/short-books/ . November 11, 2019 . 4 June 2019.
27. Web site: Short Books :: Publisher of first-class, popular non-fiction. . https://web.archive.org/web/20040704190050/http://www.shortbooks.co.uk/ . dead . 4 July 2004 . shortbooks.co.uk . 9 January 2022 .
28. Web site: Hachette Livre Group| publishing USA. 6 August 2020. 25 January 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230125234512/https://www.hachette.com/en/a-threefold-business/publishing/usa-canada/. live.
29. News: GCP to Launch Paltrow's Goop Press. Deahl. Rachel. November 11, 2015. Publishers Weekly. 15 February 2018. en. 14 August 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190814053439/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/68649-gcp-to-launch-paltrow-s-goop-press.html. live.
30. Web site: James Patterson Is Starting Imprint for Children's Books. Alexandra Alter. 28 May 2015. 13 July 2020. The New York Times. 30 May 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150530000223/http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/29/business/media/james-patterson-best-selling-crime-novelist-is-starting-an-imprint-for-childrens-books.html. live.
31. Web site: Perseus. 29 June 2017. 29 June 2020. 12 August 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230812190834/https://www.perseusbooks.com/. live.
32. Web site: Exciting news about the future of Yen Press!. Fitzgerald. Laura. 11 April 2016. Yen Press. 4 May 2019. 25 July 2016. https://archive.today/20160725060614/http://yenpress.com/2016/04/exciting-news-about-the-future-of-yen-press/. live.
33. Web site: Yen Press to Launch JY, a Kids' Graphic Novel Imprint in Fall 2017. PublishersWeekly.com. en. 2019-09-19. 23 July 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170723222508/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/74311-yen-press-to-launch-jy-a-kids-graphic-novel-imprint-in-fall-2017.html. live.
34. Web site: Hachette Livre Group| publishing new markets. 6 August 2020. 12 August 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230812190834/https://www.hachette.com/en/book-publishing/. live.
35. Web site: Hachette Livre increases stake in Azbooka-Atticus | The Bookseller. www.thebookseller.com. 29 June 2020. 18 November 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181118081506/https://www.thebookseller.com/news/hachette-livre-increases-stake-azbuka-atticus. live.
36. Web site: Hachette Livre Group| Partworks. 6 August 2020. 12 August 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230812190835/https://www.hachette.com/en/partworks/. live.
37. Web site: Distribution | Hachette.com. www.hachette.com.
38. Web site: Hachette Livre Group| distribution UK.