Hachette Book Group

Sale of Perseus, to Hachette and Ingram, Completed
April 1, 2016 at 1:39 pm

The sale of the Perseus Books Group has been completed. It was announced in March that Hachette was acquiring the company's publishing business, while Ingram Content Group was buying Perseus' distribution arm. Ingram, which acquired Perseus' four distribution divisions through the deal — Perseus Distribution, Publishers Group West (PGW,) Consortium, Legato plus its digital asset…

The Latest on 'To Kill a Mockingbird' Shows Corporations Control Copyright Law
March 15, 2016 at 2:02 pm

The copyright history of Harper Lee's classic novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" long ago crossed into the byzantine realm. But the latest development in the saga points to how copyright law has been perverted to serve the wrong people. In 2013 the author of "Mockingbird,"  Harper Lee,…

Book Industry to Explore Strategies for the New Era of Bookselling on May 5
March 15, 2016 at 1:45 pm

Online retail, digital books, social media, and mobile devices have forever altered how readers discover and purchase books. While these changes have shook up every aspect of the book industry, this disruption also presents new opportunities for publishers willing to adapt their businesses. And by necessity, many leading book publishers are quickly learning new skills…

Press Release: Perseus Books Group and Hachette Book Group Announce Major Transaction
March 1, 2016 at 3:32 pm

NEW YORK — March 1, 2016 — The Perseus Books Group and Hachette Book Group announced today that they have entered into a binding commitment to sell Perseus’s publishing business to Hachette. The transaction is expected to close after regulatory approval is received. Michael Pietsch, Hachette Book Group CEO, said, “We’re thrilled to welcome Perseus…

U.S. Appeals Court Upholds Apple Ebook Settlement
February 19, 2016 at 2:28 pm

A federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld Apple Inc's $450 million settlement of claims that it harmed consumers by conspiring with five publishers to raise ebook prices. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan rejected a challenge by ebooks purchaser John Bradley to the fairness, reasonableness and adequacy of Apple's class-action antitrust settlement…

How Data Changed Publishing in 2015
January 7, 2016 at 3:16 pm

Data enables book publishers to connect with their readers in deeper and more meaningful ways — and sometimes, interact for the very first time. As digital exchanges between publishers and readers increase, data insights culled from those interactions continue to emerge and make a significant impact on how book publishers operate. Publishers are using data…

Press Release: Julian Fellowes's Belgravia — A Groundbreaking New Publishing Project — To Be Launched by Grand Central Publishing in April 2016
January 4, 2016 at 12:23 pm

NEW YORK—January 4, 2016—Grand Central Publishing (GCP) is excited to announce a groundbreaking new publishing project by Downton Abbey creator, Julian Fellowes. GCP acquired the North American rights to the project – Julian Fellowes’s BELGRAVIA -- from Orion Publishing, a division of Hachette UK. Julian Fellowes’s BELGRAVIA is a story told in a prologue and…

DOJ Asks Supreme Court to Turn Away Apple
December 30, 2015 at 2:32 pm

The Department of Justice is asking the Supreme Court to refuse to hear Apple's appeal of a ruling that it conspired with publishers to raise the price of ebooks. The antitrust ruling against Apple—issued in 2013 by U.S. District Court Judge Denise Cote and affirmed this year by the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals—was "supported…

Hachette CEO Michael Pietsch on the Future of Publishing
December 2, 2015 at 2:16 pm

I’ve been hearing about the demise of book publishing since the first day I stepped through the doors of a publisher back in 1978. But here we are still, publishers like Little, Brown, with histories going back 100 and 200 years. What other American industry has companies still in existence after two centuries, evolving and…