Hodder Headline

Type: Subsidiary
On the web: http://www.hachettelivre.co.uk
Employees: 350

Print it in boldface! Hachette Livre UK (formerly Hodder Headline) is the nation's largest book publisher with a stable of authors that includes Deepak Chopra, Stephen King, Patricia Cornwell, and James Patterson. Divisions include Hachette Children's Books, Hachette Partworks, Headline Publishing Group, Hodder Education Group, Hodder & Stoughton, John Murray, Little, Brown Book Group, Octopus Publishing Group, and Orion Publishing Group. Bookpoint and Littlehampton handle distribution. Hachette Livre, headquartered in France and owned by Lagardère, also has operations in Ireland, Scotland, India, Australia, New Zealand, and the US (Hachette Book Group USA).

Key numbers for fiscal year ending December, 2008:
Sales: $29.4M

Officers:
Chief Executive: Tim Hely Hutchinson
Deputy Group CEO, Hachette Livre UK; CEO, Orion Publishing Group: Peter Roche
Group Finance Director: Pierre de Cacqueray

Competitors:
Penguin Group
Random House
Simon & Schuster

Hodder Headline is a British publishing company with a number of well-known imprints. It is part of the Hodder Headline Group, owned by Hachette Livre. It was created when Headline, created in 1986, acquired Hodder & Stoughton in 1992.

Contents 1 Hodder Headline imprints 2 Members of the Hodder Headline Group 3 See also 4 External links

Hodder Headline imprints

• Brockhampton Press
• Coronet Books
• Hachette Children's Books: has four imprints:
  • Hodder Children’s
  • Franklin Watts
  • Orchard Books
  • Wayland
• Headline
• Hodder Arnold (education)
• Hodder & Stoughton
• Hodder & Stoughton Religious (publishers of the NIV Bible translation)
• John Murray
• New English Library
• Teach Yourself

John Murray was England's oldest independent publisher and was acquired in 2002 by Hodder Headline.

Members of the Hodder Headline Group

• Edward Arnold
• Hodder Headline (Australia)
• Hodder Moa Beckett (New Zealand)

See also

• List of largest UK book publishers

External links

• Official website

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