Hachette Books
SVP and publisher, Perseus Books Group) Mary Ann Naples (vice president and publisher) | |
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Hachette Books, formerly Hyperion Books, is a general-interest book imprint of the
History
Hyperion Books
Hyperion Books was founded in 1990 from scratch with no backlist under Disney's then-C.E.O.
On May 14, 2004, Hyperion and
Hachette Books
On June 28, 2013,
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.[12] With Leventhal's announcement of his retirement on October 17, 2017, BD&L imprint was transferred to Running Press.[13] 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.[14] On April 8, 2019, the Perseus Books Group hired Disney Publishing's Mary Ann Naples as vice president and publisher of Hachette Books.[15]
Best sellers
- The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
- Scar Tissue by Anthony Kiedis
- The Ghost and The Goth by Stacey Kade
- The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
- Always Looking Up by Michael J. Fox
- Jamie’s Food Revolution by chef Jamie Oliver[4]
- The Middle Place by Kelly Corrigan[4]
- Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff[4]
- The Tender Bar by JR Moehringer[4]
- The Domestic Goddess by chef Nigella Lawson[4]
- Don't Stand Too Close to a Naked Man (1994) by Tim Allen
- The Beardstown Ladies' Common-Sense Investment Guide (1995)
- Dixie City Jam by James Lee Burke
- Wayne's World by Mike Myers
- "Regis & Kathie Lee"
- "Cooking with . . ."
- "Entertaining with . . ."
- "Birnbaum's Walt Disney World"
- "Hope's Boy" by Andrew Bridge
- Pulp Fiction screenplay via Miramax[1]
- Percy Jackson & the Olympians, The Heroes of Olympus, The Kane Chronicles, and Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard by Rick Riordan
- Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
- The War on Normal People by 2020 Democratic Candidate Andrew Yang
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h Harris, Kathryn (April 30, 1995). "The Tie-In King : Hyperion Books Rides the Crest of Disney's Successes". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
- ^ a b Getlin, Josh. Hyperion founder exits. April 04, 2008. Los Angeles Times. Accessed July 3, 2013.
- ^ a b "DiPreta Named Publisher of Hachette Books". PublishersWeekly.com. PWxyz. March 12, 2014. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f g Lee, Edmund (June 28, 2013). "Hachette Will Acquire Disney's Hyperion Book Publishing Business". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
- ^ "DISNEY PUBLISHING WORLDWIDE, INC". Entity Information. State of New York. Retrieved 11 December 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Angel, Karen. BOOKS AND MAGAZINES; CHILDREN AND FAMILIES; Media Talk; High-Profile Authors Turn To Much Younger Readers. September 07, 1998. The New York Times. Accessed July 3, 2013.
- ^ McGee, Celia (April 9, 1999). "Grownups Take Hike At Disney". NY Daily News. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
- ^ "Wenner Books Announces Venture with Hyperion". The Write News. xvc. May 14, 2004. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
- ^ Jim Milliot (September 28, 2007). "Hyperion to Move Downtown". Publishers Weekly.
- ^ "Disney Sells Hyperion Adult Trade List to Hachette". digitalbookworld. June 28, 2013. Archived from the original on September 3, 2017. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
- ^ Maher, John (October 12, 2017). "Hachette Shutters Weinstein Books". PublishersWeekly.com. PWxyz. Retrieved May 7, 2018.
- ^ Milliot, Jim (January 8, 2015). "Hachette Completes Black Dog Buy". PublishersWeekly. PWxyz. Retrieved May 7, 2018.
- ^ Maher, John (October 17, 2017). "J.P. Leventhal to Retire, BD&L Folded Into Running Press". PublishersWeekly. PWxyz. Retrieved May 7, 2018.
- ^ "Hachette Book Group Reorganizes Lines, Announces About 25 Layoffs As DiPreta Departs". Publishers Lunch. 2018-11-13. Retrieved 2018-12-30.
- ^ Maher, John (April 8, 2019). "Naples Named Publisher at Hachette Books". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved January 13, 2020.