Orion Publishing Group
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| Parent company | Hachette Livre |
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| Founded | 1991 |
| Founder | Anthony Cheetham, Rosemary Cheetham, and Rosemary |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Headquarters location | London |
| Publication types | Books |
| Imprints | Weidenfeld & Nicolson, Gollancz, Phoenix, Cassell Military, Everyman's Library |
| Official website | www |
Orion Publishing Group Ltd. is a UK-based book publisher. It was founded in 1991 and acquired Weidenfeld & Nicolson the following year. The group has published numerous bestselling books by notable authors including Ian Rankin, Michael Connelly and Quentin Tarantino. [1]
History[]
Orion Books was launched in 1992, with Orion purchasing the assets of Chapman publishers the following year. In the same year (1993) it acquired a warehousing and distribution centre called Littlehampton Book Services (LBS) which was based in Sussex in the UK. In December 1998, French publisher Hachette Livre acquired the publishing house Cassel & Co whose imprints included Victor Gollancz Ltd. This imprint became a part of the Orion group and Orion also took ownership of the Cassel Military list. A majority share capital of Orion was sold to Hachette Livre in 1998 before Hachette Livre became the sole owner of the Orion Publishing Group in 2003. After acquiring the , Hachette UK was formed with Orion as its largest single component. [2] Cassell.[3]
Awards[]
Hachette's Orion division won the 2021 British Book Awards 'Publisher of The Year' title for outstanding success during the 2020 calendar year. Each of it's lists recorded a sharp increase in sales, with eight books topping £1,000,000 in sales. There were best sellers from Ian Rankin and Michael Connelly in fiction along with strong sales from Noel Fitzpatrick and Arsene Wenger on the non-fiction side. This financial success, along with "virtual events and effective digital marketing", (Adam Kay’s Dear NHS anthology raised nearly £400,000) saw the Orion Group win the publishers prize in 2021.
Imprints[]
The group's imprints include:[4]
- Allen & Unwin
- Cassell Military Paperbacks
- Cassell's National Library
- J. M. Dent (Everyman Classics)
- Indigo (YA imprint)
- Millennium
- Orion Audiobooks
- Orion Books
- Orion Children's Books
- Orion Paperbacks
- Phoenix Books
- Trapeze
- Victor Gollancz Ltd
- Weidenfeld & Nicolson
The group also distributes books for the independent .
Distribution[]
Books distributed through Littlehampton book services.[5]
See also[]
- List of largest UK book publishers
- UK children's book publishers
References[]
- ^ "Orion Publishing Group Ltd/The - Company Profile and News". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
- ^ "PW: Hachette Buys Majority Stake in U.K.'s Orion Group". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2019-11-29.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-09-30. Retrieved 2008-09-08.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "Imprints". The Orion Publishing Group.
- ^ LBSLTD.co.uk
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