Orion Publishing Group
Parent company Hachette Livre | | |
| Founded | 1991 | |
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| Country of origin | United Kingdom | |
| Headquarters location | London | |
| Publication types | Books | |
| Imprints | Weidenfeld & Nicolson, Gollancz, Phoenix, Cassell Military, Everyman's Library; Everyman's Library has been discontinued. | |
| Official website | www | |
Orion Publishing Group Ltd. is a UK-based
History
Orion Books was launched in 1992, with Orion purchasing the assets of Chapman publishers the following year. In the same year (1993), Orion acquired a warehousing and distribution centre called
Awards
Hachette's Orion division won the 2021 British Book Awards "Publisher of The Year" title for outstanding success during the 2020 calendar year. Each of its lists recorded a sharp increase in sales, with eight books topping £1,000,000 in sales. There were bestsellers from Ian Rankin and Michael Connelly in fiction, along with strong sales from Noel Fitzpatrick and Arsène Wenger on the non-fiction side. This financial success, along with "virtual events and effective digital marketing" (Adam Kay's Dear NHS anthology raised nearly £400,000) saw the Orion Group win the publishers' prize in 2021.
Imprints
The group's imprints include:[4]
- Gollancz
- Laurence King Publishing
- Orion Fiction
- Orion Spring
- Phoenix Books
- Seven Dials
- Trapeze
- Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Orion Children's Books is an imprint of Hachette Children's Group.[5]
The group also distributes books for the independent Halban Publishers.
Distribution
Books distributed through Littlehampton Book Services.[6]
See also
- List of largest UK book publishers
- UK children's book publishers
References
- ^ "Orion Publishing Group Ltd/The – Company Profile and News". bloomberg.com. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- ^ Richardson, Jean (3 August 1998). "PW: Hachette Buys Majority Stake in U.K.'s Orion Group". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
- ^ "Orion restructures sales after Cassell purchase | Media & Telecommunications > Publishing from AllBusiness.com". Archived from the original on 30 September 2008. Retrieved 8 September 2008.
- ^ "Imprints". The Orion Publishing Group. 25 February 2019.
- ^ "HCG – About". 16 May 2019.
- ^ LBSLTD.co.uk
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