Hachette Books#Hyperion Books

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Hyperion Books was founded in 1990 from scratch with no backlist under Disney's then-C.E.O. Michael Eisner{{cite news|last=Harris|first=Kathryn|title=The Tie-In King : Hyperion Books Rides the Crest of Disney's Successes|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-04-30-fi-60706-story.html|access-date=12 December 2012|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=April 30, 1995}} and Robert S. Miller.Getlin, Josh. [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-apr-04-et-webbook4-story.html Hyperion founder exits]. April 04, 2008. Los Angeles Times. Accessed July 3, 2013. Hyperion's strategy was to not purchase backlists, but to go after newer or lesser known authors and to "capitalize on Disney talent and products." Hyperion Books for Children (HBC) and Disney Press were also launched in 1990. The Disney Publishing Group was incorporated in January 1992{{cite web|title=DISNEY PUBLISHING WORLDWIDE, INC.|url=http://appext9.dos.ny.gov/corp_public/CORPSEARCH.ENTITY_INFORMATION?p_nameid=1696053&p_corpid=1619103&p_entity_name=%44%69%73%6E%65%79&p_name_type=%25&p_search_type=%42%45%47%49%4E%53&p_srch_results_page=2|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130107152035/http://appext9.dos.ny.gov/corp_public/CORPSEARCH.ENTITY_INFORMATION?p_nameid=1696053&p_corpid=1619103&p_entity_name=Disney&p_name_type=%25&p_search_type=BEGINS&p_srch_results_page=2|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 7, 2013|work=Entity Information|publisher=State of New York|access-date=11 December 2012}} and included the already formed Hyperion Books, Hyperion Books for Children, Disney Press and other units. Hyperion took losses until 1994 when it published its most successful book to date, Don't Stand Too Close to a Naked Man by Tim Allen with 1.1 million copies sold. In March 1995 with the market too crowded with Disney books, Hyperion Books for Children merged with Disney Press. Hyperion Books for Children started a new imprint, Jump at the Sun, on September 7, 1998, for the African-American children's market.{{Cite news |last=Angel |first=Karen |date=1998-09-07 |title=Books And Magazines; Children And Families; Media Talk; High-Profile Authors Turn To Much Younger Readers |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/09/07/business/books-magazines-children-families-media-talk-high-profile-authors-turn-much.html |access-date=2025-04-21 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}} On April 9, 1999, Hyperion Books, sans its for-children stable mate, was transferred to Disney's ABC Group.{{cite news |last=McGee |first=Celia |date=April 9, 1999 |title=Grownups Take Hike At Disney |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/1999/04/09/grownups-take-hike-at-disney/ |access-date=2025-04-21 |newspaper=New York Daily News}}

On May 14, 2004, Hyperion and Wenner Media agreed to a publishing and distribution deal for Wenner's new imprint Wenner Books beginning in spring 2005.{{cite news|title=Wenner Books Announces Venture with Hyperion|url=http://www.writenews.com/2004/051404_wenner_hyperion.htm|access-date=July 3, 2013|work=The Write News|publisher=xvc|date=May 14, 2004}} On September 28, 2007, Hyperion Books moved its offices from the ABC headquarters at 77 West 66th Street to the Disney Publishing Worldwide offices at 114 Fifth Avenue, occupying two floors of the building, during the course of a partial move of Hyperion's operations to White Plains, New York.{{cite web|title=Hyperion to Move Downtown|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/8598-hyperion-to-move-downtown.html|author=Jim Milliot|work=Publishers Weekly|date=September 28, 2007}}

On June 28, 2013, Hachette announced that it would acquire Hyperion from Disney.{{cite news|last1=Lee|first1=Edmund|title=Hachette Will Acquire Disney's Hyperion Book Publishing Business|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-06-28/hachette-will-acquire-disney-s-hyperion-book-publishing-business.html|access-date=July 3, 2013|work= Bloomberg.com|date=June 28, 2013}} In the deal, Hachette will take on Hyperion's adult trade list including works by Mitch Albom and Michael J. Fox and 25 books to be published. Hyperion's books related to existing Disney–ABC Television Group properties and young adult titles will join the Disney-Hyperion imprint at Disney Publishing Worldwide.{{cite news|title=Disney Sells Hyperion Adult Trade List to Hachette|url=http://www.digitalbookworld.com/2013/disney-sells-hyperion-adult-trade-list-to-hachette/|access-date=July 3, 2013|work=digitalbookworld|date=June 28, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170903230539/http://www.digitalbookworld.com/2013/disney-sells-hyperion-adult-trade-list-to-hachette/|archive-date=September 3, 2017}} On March 12, 2014, Hyperion was renamed Hachette Books, with the naming of Crown Archetype's editor-in-chief Mauro DiPreta as the new unit's vice president and publisher.{{cite news|title=DiPreta Named Publisher of Hachette Books|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/61405-dipreta-named-publisher-of-hachette-books.html|access-date=May 5, 2018|work=PublishersWeekly.com|publisher=PWxyz|date=March 12, 2014|language=en}} On October 12, 2017, Hachette Book Group discontinued the Weinstein Books imprint due to the Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse allegations, with the imprint's staff and titles transferred to Hachette Books.{{cite news|last1=Maher|first1=John|title=Hachette Shutters Weinstein Books|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/75058-hachette-shutters-weinstein-books-imprint.html|access-date=May 7, 2018|work=PublishersWeekly.com|publisher=PWxyz|date=October 12, 2017|language=en}}

On January 8, 2015, Black Dog & Leventhal (BD&L) was purchased by Hachette Book Group and became an imprint of Hachette Books, with J.P. Leventhal, continuing his position as publisher of the imprint he founded in 1992.{{cite news|last1=Milliot|first1=Jim|title=Hachette Completes Black Dog Buy|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/industry-deals/article/65212-hachette-completes-black-dog-buy.html|access-date=May 7, 2018|work=PublishersWeekly |publisher= PWxyz |date=January 8, 2015|language=en}} With Leventhal's announcement of his retirement on October 17, 2017, BD&L imprint was transferred to Running Press.{{cite news|last1=Maher|first1=John|title=J.P. Leventhal to Retire, BD&L Folded Into Running Press|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/75115-j-p-leventhal-to-retire-bd-l-folded-into-running-press.html |access-date= May 7, 2018 |work= PublishersWeekly |publisher=PWxyz |date=October 17, 2017 |language=en}} In 2018, Hachette Books became an imprint of Perseus Books Group, with publisher DiPreta exiting the unit. Concurrently, Da Capo Press and Da Capo's Lifelong became part of Hachette.{{Cite web| title = Hachette Book Group Reorganizes Lines, Announces About 25 Layoffs As DiPreta Departs| work = Publishers Lunch| access-date = 2018-12-30| date = 2018-11-13| url = https://lunch.publishersmarketplace.com/2018/11/hachette-book-group-reorganizes-lines-announces-layoffs-as-dipreta-departs/}} On April 8, 2019, the Perseus Books Group hired Disney Publishing's Mary Ann Naples as vice president and publisher of Hachette Books.{{cite news |last1=Maher |first1=John |title=Naples Named Publisher at Hachette Books |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/79747-naples-named-publisher-at-hachette-books.html |access-date=January 13, 2020 |work=PublishersWeekly.com |date=April 8, 2019 |language=en}}

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