Little, Brown Book Group
| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Publishing |
| Predecessor | Little, Brown and Company |
| Founded | 1988 |
| Headquarters | United Kingdom |
Area served | United Kingdom |
Key people | Ursula Doyle (Fleet imprint founder) |
| Products | Books |
| Owner | Hachette UK (a division of Hachette Livre) |
| Parent | Hachette UK |
| Website | www |
Little, Brown Book Group is a publishing firm based in the United Kingdom, established in 1988, with origins tracing back through several earlier entities. Since 2006, it has operated under the ownership of Hachette UK, itself a division of Hachette Livre. This acquisition occurred when Time Warner sold its stake, having previously held Little, Brown Book Group via the American publisher Little, Brown and Company.
The company has been honored with the Publisher of the Year Award on four occasions: 1994, 2004, 2010, and 2014.
History
The original firm, Little and Brown, was founded in Boston, Massachusetts in 1837 by Charles Little and James Brown. Under the name Little, Brown and Company, it was purchased by Time Inc in 1968 and subsequently integrated into the Time Warner Book Group following the 1989 merger with Warner Communications. In 1992, this Boston-based branch acquired the UK publisher Macdonald from Maxwell Communication Corporation and rebranded as Little, Brown Book Group. The headquarters were moved to New York City in 2001.
In 2014, Little, Brown expanded by acquiring the independent publisher Constable and Robinson, combining its Piatkus imprint with Constable and Robinson’s to create Piatkus Constable Robinson (PCR). The Corsair imprint from Constable and Robinson continues to release literary fiction and non-fiction separately from PCR.
The Fleet imprint was introduced in 2015 by Ursula Doyle, previously Associate Publisher at Virago. Among Fleet’s initial publications were Charlotte Rogan's Now and Again, Melissa Fleming's A Hope More Powerful than the Sea, and Virginia Baily's Early One Morning. More recent works under Fleet include Material Girls: Why Reality Matters for Feminism (2021) by Kathleen Stock and Seamas O'Reilly’s Did Ye Hear Mammy Died? (2021).
Imprints
Little, Brown Book Group operates a variety of prominent imprints:
- Abacus
- Atom
- Blackfriars
- Constable
- Corsair
- Fleet
- Hachette Audio
- Little, Brown
- Orbit
- Piatkus
- Robinson
- Sphere
- Virago
See also
External links
- Official website of Little, Brown Book Group: www.littlebrown.co.uk
- Virago: www.viragobooks.net
- Orbit: www.orbitbooks.net
- Atom: www.atombooks.net
- Piatkus: www.piatkusbooks.net