publisher . for the science fiction series by dan simmons see hyperion cantos . hyperion books parent company hachette founded 1990 1 founder michael eisner 1 robert s. miller 2 country of origin united states headquarters location new york city publication types books imprints hyperion official website www.hyperionbooks.com adult titles hyperion books is a general interest book publisher of the hachette established in 1990 . hyperion publishes general interest fiction and non fiction books for adults under the following imprints hyperion audio hyperion ebooks hyperion east and voice . a former subsidiary of the walt disney company it is named after hyperion avenue the location of walt disney studios prior to 1939 . the disney book group publishes children s books under the disney hyperion name . hyperion is the home of about 250 bestselling novels including mitch albom s the five people you meet in heaven . 3 hyperion s strategy is to not purchase backlists to go after newer or lesser known authors and to capitalized on disney talent and products . 1 contents 1 history 1.1 hachette subsidiary 2 best sellers 3 references 4 external links history edit hyperion books was founded in 1990 from scratch with no backlist by disney s michael eisner 1 and robert s. miller . 2 hyperion books for children hbc and disney press were launched in 1990 too . 1 the disney publishing group was incorporated in january 1992 4 and included the already formed hyperion books hyperion books for children disney press and other units . hyperion took losses until 1994 when it published its most successful book to date don t stand too close to a naked man by tim allen with 1.1 million copies sold . 1 in march 1995 with the market too crowded with disney books hyperion books for children merged with disney press . 1 hyperion books for children started a new imprint jump at the sun in september 1998 for the african american children s market . 5 in april 1999 hyperion books sans its for children stable mate was transferred to disney s abc group . 6 in may 2004 hyperion and wenner media agreed to a publishing and distribution deal for wenner s new imprint wenner books beginning in spring 2005 . 7 on september 28 2007 the hyperion books division moved its offices from the abc headquarters at 77 west 66th street to the disney publishing worldwide offices at 114 fifth avenue occupying two floors of the building during the course of a partial move of hyperion s operations to white plains new york . 8 hachette subsidiary edit in june 2013 hachette announced that it would acquire hyperion from disney . 3 in the deal hachette will take on hyperion s adult trade list including works by mitch albom and michael j. fox and 25 books to be published . hyperion s books related to existing disney abc television group properties and young adult titles will join the disney hyperion imprint at disney publishing worldwide . 9 best sellers edit 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 3 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 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 references edit 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 c edmund lee . hachette will acquire disney s hyperion book publishing business . june 28 2013 . bloomberg.com . accessed on july 3 2013 . disney publishing worldwide inc. . entity information . state of new york . retrieved 11 december 2012 . angel karen . books and magazines ; children and families ; media talk ; high profile authors turn to much younger readers . september 07 1998 . 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 . may 14 2004 . the write news . accessed july 3 2013 . jim milliot september 28 2007 . hyperion to move downtown . publishers weekly . disney sells hyperion adult trade list to hachette . june 28 2013 . digitalbookworld.com . accessed july 3 2013 . external links edit hyperion books adult titles hachette publishing group disney publishing worldwide including disney hyperion children s titles 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 beazley philip s spruce orion books weidenfeld & nicolson gollancz lagard re active hachette filipacchi elle france dimanche ici paris le journal du dimanche le journal de mickey 50 % paris match pariscope photo picsou premi re psychologies t l 7 jours groupe marie claire 42 % ditions philippe amaury 25 % tv & radio delta radio canal j europe 1 evropa 2 gulli 66 % jacaranda 94.2 20 % mcm mcm group mezzo 60 % radio zet part owner tiji vibe fm virgin radio france virgin 17 lagard re services curtis circulation hds retail ls travel retail asia pacific virgin megastores france virgin books and music lagard re unlimited agencies sportfive world sport group 70 % events bnp paribas showdown citi open copa del sol hero indian open nordea masters ice wars singapore open superstars swedish open venues commerzbank arena groupama arena volksparkstadion 1 lagard re sca owns these brands in the united kingdom only . these brands are owned by scholastic corporation in the united states . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title hyperion books & oldid 727901399 categories book publishing companies based in new yorkpublishing companies based in new york citylagard re mediapublishing companies established in 19901990 establishments in new yorkformer walt disney company subsidiaries navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschfran aisfrysk portugu st rk e edit links this page was last modified on 1 july 2016 at 23 41 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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