Hachette UK

Hachette UK is a leading British book publisher and subsidiary of Hachette Livre, itself part of the French media group Lagardère. Founded in 1826 and headquartered in London, England, Hachette UK is the UK's second-largest book publishing group with 11 publishing divisions and over 60 imprints, including Hodder & Stoughton, Little Brown Book Group, Orion Publishing Group, Hachette Children's Group, Octopus Publishing Group, and John Murray Press. The company publishes across all categories — literary fiction, commercial fiction, non-fiction, children's books, reference, and academic — and distributes through its major Didcot, Oxfordshire distribution centre.