company hachette livre founded 2006 country of origin united states headquarters location 1290 avenue of the americas new york city new york key people michael pietsch ceo imprints grand central publishing little brown and company little brown books for young readers hachette books jimmy hachette nashville orbit hachette audio official website hachettebookgroup.com hachettebookgroup.biz hachette book group hbg is a publishing company owned by hachette livre the largest publishing company in france and the third largest trade and educational publisher in the world . hachette livre is a wholly owned subsidiary of lagard re group . hbg was formed when hachette livre purchased the time warner book group from time warner on march 31 2006 . 1 its headquarters are located at 1290 avenue of the americas midtown manhattan new york city . 2 hachette is considered one of the big five publishing companies along with holtzbrinck macmillan penguin random house harpercollins and simon & schuster . 3 each year hbg publishes around 800 adult books 200 young adult and children s books and 300 audio books . 4 contents 1 history 2 current imprints 3 inactive imprints 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit the earliest publisher to eventually become part of the hachette book group was little brown and company founded in 1837 acquired by time inc. in 1968 . 1 warner communications had acquired the paperback library in 1970 to form warner books . 5 in 1982 cbs publications sold off popular library to warner . 6 in april 1985 warner books relaunched popular library starting out with five other books plus the reprint of question of upbringing continuing each month with the follow volumes from a dance to the music of time series by anthony powell . also two books would be issued per month from popular s new imprint questar for science fiction . 7 time warner was formed in 1989 by the merger of time and warner . 8 publisher macdonald & co. was bought in 1992 to become part of the time warner book group uk and in 1996 the various branches merged to become time warner trade publishing later renamed as time warner book group . citation needed in 2003 time warner attempted to sell the book group but failed to get high enough bids . in march 2006 time warner completed the sale of book group to lagard re which placed it under its hachette livre book publishing arm . 9 warner books subsidiary was renamed grand central publishing which launched a more literary imprint twelve under former random house editor in chief jonathan karp . 10 on february 5 2010 hachette announced that it would adopt an agency pricing model for its e books . 11 in april 2012 the united states department of justice filed united states v. apple inc. naming apple hachette and four other major publishers as defendants . the suit alleged that they conspired to fix prices for e books and weaken amazon.com s position in the market in violation of antitrust law . 12 in june 2013 hachette announced it would acquire hyperion books from disney publishing worldwide . 13 14 in march 2014 hyperion was renamed hachette books . in december 2013 a federal judge approved a settlement of the antitrust claims in which hachette and the other publishers paid into a fund that provided credits to customers who had overpaid for books due to the price fixing . 15 in may 2014 amazon.com announced it was no longer taking pre orders for hachette books stating a breakdown in negotiations over profit sharing arrangements . according to hachette amazon had also stopped discounting its books sending prices of hachette titles in the u.s. to more than twice what they were selling for in the uk . 16 amazon published a letter in august 2014 asking authors and readers to email hachette s ceo michael pietsch and ask for lower e book prices . pietsch reportedly replied to each message he received . 17 in june 2014 the company in conjunction with ingram content group and perseus books group announced a three way deal whereby hachette would buy perseus and then sell that company s client services businesses to ingram . financial details of the deal were not disclosed . 18 the deal was called off in august 2014 . 19 current imprints edit hachette book group operates a number of publishing brands aimed at different markets and these brands themselves contain sub imprints that are used to publish to an even more targeted audience . imprints include 14 20 imprint name market notes grand central publishing general market and best sellers one of the publishing divisions of hachette book group formerly warner books business plus business publications an imprint of grand central publishing forever romance novels an imprint of grand central publishing forever yours digital books an imprint of grand central publishing grand central life & style lifestyle & wellness an imprint of grand central publishing twelve various publishes one book per month that aspires to be high quality literature or nonfiction ; an imprint of grand central publishing vision various mass market blockbuster products ; an imprint of grand central publishing hachette books primarily nonfiction one of the publishing divisions of hachette book group ; acquired from disney as hyperion books hachette nashville christian publishing and general market one of the publishing divisions of hachette book group formerly warner faith center street traditional values an imprint of hachette nashville publishing division faithwords christian inspirational an imprint of hachette nashville publishing division jericho books christian inspirational perspectives on yesterday and today s culture reflecting on the growing changes in the church and exploring religious social and political issues as they relate to faith ; an imprint of hachette nashville publishing division little brown and company american fiction and non fiction ; focuses on works of lasting significance ; published little women ; one of the oldest publishers in the united states ; 1 u.s.c. 113 one of the publishing divisions of hachette book group back bay books trade paperbacks of fiction and non fiction including classics and literature an imprint of little brown and company mulholland books publishes mysteries crime novels thrillers police procedurals spy stories supernatural suspense 21 an imprint of little brown and company lee boudreaux books dedicated to publishing bestselling and award winning literary fiction notable for unusual stories unexpected voices and a strong sense of place . an imprint of little brown and company little brown books for young readers picture books hard and softcover fiction and non fiction for young readers one of the publishing divisions of hachette book group lb kids novelty and brand tie ins an imprint of little brown books for young readers poppy teen girls 22 an imprint of little brown books for young readers ; publishes the series gossip girl poseur it girl the a list secrets of my hollywood life and the clique . orbit books science fiction and fantasy http www.orbitbooks.net one of the publishing divisions of hachette book group redhook fiction an imprint of orbit books yen press graphic novels and manga an imprint of orbit books 23 hachette audio publishes audio versions of hachette book group titles one of the publishing divisions of hachette book group . 24 inactive imprints edit many imprints have been acquired by the hachette group and the companies that were merged to form the group . many are no longer active . citation needed abacus paperback library called the warner paperback library after acquisition by warner communications in 1970 questar science fiction warner aspect reagan arthur books see also edit new york city portal companies portal books portal the big five book publishers hachette penguin random house simon & schuster macmillan and harpercollins references edit a b company history . hachette company . retrieved 6 june 2012 . faqs . hachette 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holt and company picador st. martin s press tor pan nature publishing group palgrave macmillan hachette little brown & company grand central publishing orbit yen center street list of english language book publishers v t e lagard re sca lagard re publishing hachette livre armand colin calmann l vy dalloz fayard gautier languereau grasset hachette hatier larousse librairie g n rale fran aise 80 % jc latt s pika stock hatier edelsa hachette usa black dog & leventhal center street faithwords grand central hyperion little brown mulholland books orbit yen 49 % hachette uk hachette children s orchard books1 franklin watts1 wayland headline hodder & stoughton coronet hodder faith mulholland quercus sceptre two roads yellow kite hodder education chambers galore park gibson philip allan updates teach yourself john murray little brown constable & robinson orbit virago sphere octopus cassell illustrated conran octopus gaia godsfield hamlyn mitchell