Hachette Livre#Publishing
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Hachette Livre S.A. ({{IPA|fr|aʃɛt|lang}}; 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 has been owned by the Lagardère Group since 1981 under their publishing division Lagardère Publishing. Lagardère Group in turn is majority owned by the French conglomerate Louis Hachette Group (LHG), resulting from the spin-off of Vivendi.
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. The company was family led for several generations, including by Hachette's great-grandson, Robert Meunier du Houssoy.{{cite news |title=Publishers: France's Giant |url=https://time.com/archive/6832058/publishers-frances-giant/ |access-date=23 September 2024 |work=Time |date=8 November 1963 |language=en}} 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 ({{IPA|fr|a.ʃɛt liːvʁ}}), the flagship imprint of Lagardère Publishing. Hachette has its headquarters in the 15th arrondissement of Paris.[http://www.hachette.com/en/key-dates.html "Hachette Livre: Key Dates"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140313041857/http://www.hachette.com/en/key-dates.html |date=13 March 2014 }}. Retrieved on 12 March 2014. In 1996, it merged with the Hatier group.{{Cite web |date=1996-05-29 |title=Hachette boucle la reprise d'Hatier |url=https://www.lesechos.fr/1996/05/hachette-boucle-la-reprise-dhatier-835614 |access-date=2022-09-27 |website=Les Echos |language=fr |archive-date=25 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230125234456/https://www.lesechos.fr/1996/05/hachette-boucle-la-reprise-dhatier-835614 |url-status=live }} 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.{{cite web|title=Corporate History Highlights|url=http://www.hachettelivre.co.uk/AboutUs/Who-We-Are |work=Hachette UK|access-date=23 September 2011|author=Hachette UK|author-link=Hachette (publisher)|year=2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110630110142/http://www.hachette.co.uk/AboutUs |archive-date=30 June 2011}}
In 2004, Lagardère acquired Australian publisher Hodder Headline for Hachette Livre, who renamed it Hachette Australia.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hachette.com.au/company-history/ |title=History of Hachette Australia|website=www.hachette.com.au|access-date=20 February 2019|archive-date=25 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230125232724/https://www.hachette.com.au/company-history/ |url-status=live}}
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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A36996 |title=Lothian | AustLit: Discover Australian Stories|website=www.austlit.edu.au|access-date=20 February 2019|archive-date=25 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230125232740/https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A36996 |url-status=live}}
In June 2013, Hachette announced that it would acquire the adult trade business of Hyperion Books from Disney.{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-06-28/hachette-will-acquire-disney-s-hyperion-book-publishing-business.html |title=Hachette Will Acquire Disney's Hyperion Book Publishing Business|author=Edmund Lee|date=28 June 2013|work=Bloomberg|access-date=7 March 2017|archive-date=25 January 2023|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230125232724/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-06-28/hachette-will-acquire-disney-s-hyperion-book-publishing-business |url-status=live}} (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.{{cite web|title=Robinson, une nouvelle collection de bandes dessinées en partenariat avec Hiveworks|url=https://www.hachette.fr/actualites/robinson-une-nouvelle-collection-de-bandes-dessinees-en-partenariat-avec-hiveworks |website=hachette.fr|publisher=Hachette Livre|language=fr|date=25 May 2018|access-date=19 June 2018|archive-date=25 January 2023|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230125232755/https://www.hachette.fr/actualites/robinson-une-nouvelle-collection-de-bandes-dessinees-en-partenariat-avec-hiveworks |url-status=live}}
Hachette UK acquired Laurence King Publishing, original publisher of adult colouring book author and illustrator Johanna Basford, in August 2020.{{cite web |last1=Denny |first1=Neill |title=Hachette UK Buys Laurence King Publishing |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/industry-deals/article/84244-hachette-uk-buys-laurence-king-publishing.html |website=Publishers Weekly |publisher=PWxyz, LLC |access-date=2 September 2020 |date=2 September 2020 |archive-date=25 January 2023 |archive-url=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 |url-status=live }} In 2022, it acquired Welbeck Publishing Group.{{cite web|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/industry-deals/article/91071-hachette-uk-buys-welbeck-publishing-group.html |title=Hachette UK Buys Welbeck Publishing Group|first=Jim|last=Milliot |website=PublishersWeekly.com|date=5 Dec 2022|access-date=23 December 2023}}
Corporate affairs
Since April 2015, Hachette's headquarters have been located at 58 rue Jean-Bleauzen in Vanves (department Hauts-de-Seine, France).{{Cite web|author=Fabrice Piault|title=Arnaud Nourry inaugure et baptise le nouveau siège d'Hachette Livre|website=LivresHebdo|lang=fr|date=4 March 2015|url=https://www.livreshebdo.fr/article/arnaud-nourry-inaugure-et-baptise-le-nouveau-siege-dhachette-livre|access-date=9 August 2023|archive-date=23 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211223142707/https://www.livreshebdo.fr/article/arnaud-nourry-inaugure-et-baptise-le-nouveau-siege-dhachette-livre|url-status=live}}
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.Launet, Édouard. "[http://www.liberation.fr/culture/0101600620-pas-de-quartier-pour-les-editeurs Pas de quartier pour les éditeurs] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091105064250/http://www.liberation.fr/culture/0101600620-pas-de-quartier-pour-les-editeurs |date=5 November 2009 }}." 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."
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.{{cite magazine|title=Perseus Books Group being acquired by Hachette|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/63029-hbg-buying-perseus-ingram-to-get-distribution-biz.html|access-date=20 September 2014|magazine=Publishers Weekly|archive-date=25 January 2023|archive-url=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|url-status=live}} However, in August 2014, the deal was called off because Hachette and the other parties involved decided the deal was too complicated.{{cite news|title=Hachette Calls Off Perseus Book Purchase|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/hachette-calls-off-perseus-book-purchase-1407446685?mod=WSJ_GoogleNews|access-date=9 August 2014|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|archive-date=25 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230125232736/https://www.wsj.com/articles/hachette-calls-off-perseus-book-purchase-1407446685?mod=WSJ_GoogleNews|url-status=live}}{{Subscription required}} The deal eventually went through in April 2016 with Perseus's publishing assets and imprints going to Hachette, and distribution assets to Ingram.Natasha Onwuemezi, "Perseus sale to Hachette Book Group completed", The Bookseller, [http://www.thebookseller.com/news/perseus-sale-hachette-book-group-confirmed-325625 1 April 2016] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210131010723/http://www.thebookseller.com/news/perseus-sale-hachette-book-group-confirmed-325625 |date=31 January 2021 }}
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.{{Cite web |last=Milliot |first=Jim |date=2023-11-14 |title=Hachette Book Group, Hachette UK to Move Under United Management Team |url=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 |access-date=2023-11-16 |website=Publishers Weekly |language=en |archive-date=16 November 2023 |archive-url=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 |url-status=live }}
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.
=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.
- Hachette Collections (France; also distributed in Francophone parts of Belgium, Switzerland and Canada)
- Kolekcja Hachette (Poland)
- [https://hachettepartworks.com/en-en/ 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=
- Hachette Livre Distribution (France)
- Dilibel (Belgium)
- Diffulivre (Switzerland)
- Hachette Canada
- Lightning Source France (joint venture with Lightning Source)
- Bookpoint (United Kingdom)
- Hachette UK Distribution{{Cite web|url=http://www.hachette.com/en/a-threefold-business/distribution/distribution-australia-new-zealand/|title=Hachette Livre Group| distribution UK}}
- Alliance Distribution Services (Australia)
- HBG Cilent Services (United States)
- Comercial Grupo Anaya (Spain)
See also
Notes and references
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Further reading
- [https://www.hachette.com.au/company-history/ History of Hachette Australia] (includes acquisitions and changes, from 1726 UK John Murray through to 2015)
- {{Cite news|url=https://scroll.in/article/868871/the-ebook-is-a-stupid-product-no-creativity-no-enhancement-says-the-hachette-group-ceo|title='The ebook is a stupid product: no creativity, no enhancement,' says the Hachette Group CEO|last=Gill|first=Harsimran|date=17 February 2018|work=Scroll.in|access-date=22 February 2018|language=en-US}}
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