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, which is a division of

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and ultimately a part of Lagardère Group. Established in 1990, Hachette publishes general-interest fiction and non-fiction books for adults. A former subsidiary of

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, it was originally named after Hyperion Avenue, the location of Walt Disney Studios prior to 1939. Hachette took over a 1,000 book backlist when Hyperion was purchased from Disney in 2013 with 250 bestselling novels, including Mitch Albom’s '' The Five People You Meet in Heaven''.

History

Hyperion Books

Hyperion Books was founded in 1990 from scratch with no backlist under Disney's then-C.E.O.

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and Robert S. Miller.Getlin, Josh
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April 04, 2008. Los Angeles Times. Accessed July 3, 2013. Hyperion's strategy was to not purchase backlists, but to go after newer or lesser known authors and to "capitalize on Disney talent and products." Hyperion Books for Children (HBC) and

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were also launched in 1990. The Disney Publishing Group was incorporated in January 1992 and included the already formed Hyperion Books, Hyperion Books for Children,

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

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with 1.1 million copies sold. In March 1995 with the market too crowded with Disney books, Hyperion Books for Children merged with Disney Press. Hyperion Books for Children started a new imprint,

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, on September 7, 1998 for the African-American children's market. On April 9, 1999, Hyperion Books, sans its for-children stable mate, was transferred to Disney's

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. On May 14, 2004, Hyperion and

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agreed to a publishing and distribution deal for Wenner's new imprint Wenner Books beginning in spring 2005. On September 28, 2007, Hyperion Books moved its offices from the ABC headquarters at 77 West 66th Street to the

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offices at 114 Fifth Avenue, occupying two floors of the building, during the course of a partial move of Hyperion's operations to

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Hachette Books

On June 28, 2013,

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announced that it would acquire Hyperion from Disney. 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

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properties and young adult titles will join the Disney-Hyperion imprint at

. On March 12, 2014, Hyperion was renamed Hachette Books, with the naming of

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's editor-in-chief Mauro DiPreta as the new unit's vice president and publisher. On October 12, 2017, Hachette Book Group discontinued the Weinstein Books imprint due to the

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, with the imprint's staff and titles transferred to Hachette Books. On January 8, 2015, Black Dog & Leventhal (BD&L) was purchased by Hachette Book Group and became an imprint of Hachette Books, with J.P. Leventhal, continuing his position as publisher of the imprint he founded in 1992. With Leventhal's announcement of his retirement on October 17, 2017, BD&L imprint was transferred to

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. In 2018, Hachette Books became an imprint of

, with publisher DiPreta exiting the unit. Concurrently,

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and Da Capo's Lifelong became part of Hachette. On April 8, 2019, the Perseus Books Group hired Disney Publishing's Mary Ann Naples as vice president and publisher of Hachette Books.

Best sellers

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* '' The Ghost and The Goth'' by

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* '' 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 * ''The Middle Place'' by Kelly Corrigan * ''Monsters of Templeton'' by Lauren Groff * ''The Tender Bar'' by JR Moehringer * ''The Domestic Goddess'' by chef Nigella Lawson * ''Don't Stand Too Close to a Naked Man'' (1994) by

* ''The Beardstown Ladies' Common-Sense Investment Guide'' (1995) * ''Dixie City Jam'' by

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* ''Wayne's World'' by

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* "Regis & Kathie Lee" ** "Cooking with . . ." ** "Entertaining with . . ." * "Birnbaum's Walt Disney World" * "Hope's Boy" by Andrew Bridge * ''Pulp Fiction'' screenplay via

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'', '' The Heroes of Olympus'', '' The Kane Chronicles'', and '' Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard'' by

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* '' Artemis Fowl'' by

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'' by 2020 Democratic Candidate

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