Hachette Book Group

<p>Hachette Book Group, Inc. (HBG) is a <a href="/facts/Publishing_company/7g01YeYG">publishing company</a> owned by <a href="/facts/Hachette_Livre/FRqH7Rq5">Hachette Livre</a>, 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 <a href="/facts/Lagard%25C3%25A8re_Group/WmBsondt">Lagardère Group</a>. HBG was formed when Hachette Livre purchased the Time Warner Book Group from <a href="/facts/Time_Warner/MvXvu3lU">Time Warner</a> on March 31, 2006. Its headquarters are located at 1290 Avenue of the Americas, <a href="/facts/Midtown_Manhattan/vc7r8h51">Midtown Manhattan</a>, <a href="/facts/New_York_City/YlyvFmVC">New York City</a>. Hachette is considered one of the "<a href="/facts/Big_Five_(publishers)/7g01YeYG">big five</a>" publishing companies, along with <a href="/facts/Holtzbrinck/GkcvJ8eu">Holtzbrinck</a>/<a href="/facts/Macmillan_Publishers/enNEBMM2">Macmillan</a>, <a href="/facts/Penguin_Random_House/ggGVol2s">Penguin Random House</a>, <a href="/facts/HarperCollins/HHLz5lk5">HarperCollins</a>, and <a href="/facts/Simon_%2526_Schuster/pESq8Dxl">Simon & Schuster</a>. In one year, HBG publishes approximately 1400+ adult books (including 50–100 digital-only titles), 300 books for young readers, and 450 audiobook titles (including both physical and downloadable-only titles). In 2017, the company had 167 books on the <a href="/facts/New_York_Times_bestseller_list/6UYSsPpG"><i>New York Times</i> bestseller list</a>, 34 of which reached No. 1.
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Hachette Book Group