Hachette Books
Hachette Books is a New York general-interest imprint of Hachette Book Group, formed in 2014 from the adult list of Disney's Hyperion, which Hachette bought in 2013.
- Editions tracked
- 29
- First editions
- 22
- Books
- 29
- Years
- 1887 to 2022
Hachette Books is a publisher based in New York City, founded in 1990. We track 29 editions it published between 1887 and 2022, 22 of them first editions across 29 books. Each book lists its first edition and the points that identify it.
About Hachette Books
Hachette Books is a New York general-interest imprint of Hachette Book Group, publishing mainly adult non-fiction alongside some fiction, created in 2014 from the adult list of Disney's Hyperion. Hyperion was set up at Disney in the early 1990s by Robert S. Miller under chief executive Michael Eisner (sources give both 1990 and 1991), and its successes included Tim Allen's Don't Stand Too Close to a Naked Man (1994), Mitch Albom's The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Randy Pausch's The Last Lecture and Michael J. Fox's Always Looking Up.
On 28 June 2013 Hachette Book Group, already Hyperion's distributor, agreed to buy more than 1,000 Hyperion adult backlist titles. Disney kept its media tie-ins, such as the Castle books, and its children's imprints, Disney and Disney-Hyperion, were not part of the sale. In March 2014 the list was renamed Hachette Books, with Mauro DiPreta as publisher.
In a 2018 reorganisation Hachette Books moved into Hachette Book Group's Perseus Books division and absorbed Da Capo Press. Its later first editions include Tom Wright and Bradley Hope's Billion Dollar Whale (18 September 2018). Hachette Book Group is a division of the French publisher Hachette Livre.
We have not yet written the guide to Hachette Books's first-edition conventions. Until we do, check each book's own page: we list its points where we know them. Know how Hachette Books marked its firsts? Tell us.
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Frequently asked questions
How many Hachette Books books does MyVolumes track?
We track 29 editions published by Hachette Books, 22 of them first editions, across 29 books.
Where these facts come from
- Hachette Books, Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
- Hachette Book Group Acquires the Hyperion Adult Imprint, Publishers Weekly, 2013 (publishersweekly.com)
- Hachette Book Group, Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
- Hachette Books, Hachette Book Group (hachettebookgroup.com)
- Billion Dollar Whale, Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
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