| Year |
Event |
| 1768 |
John Murray founded
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| 1826 |
Louis Hachette founds Hachette |
| 1837 |
Little, Brown established
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| 1868 |
Hodder & Stoughton founded
|
| 1949 |
Weidenfeld & Nicholson imprint founded
|
| 1971 |
Octopus established
|
| 1986 |
Headline Book Publishing established
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| 1991 |
Orion Publishing Group formed
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| 1992 |
Headline acquires Bookpoint
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| 1993 |
- Headline acquires Hodder & Stoughton and forms Hodder Headline Ltd
- Orion acquires Littlehampton Book Services
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| 1995/6 |
Time Warner acquires Little, Brown imprints
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| 1996 |
Hachette Livre acquires Orion and Cassell
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| 1999 |
Hodder Headline acquired by WH Smith
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| 2001 |
Hachette Livre acquires Octopus
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| 2002 |
- Hodder Headline acquires John Murray
- Hodder Headline sets up Hodder Gibson
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| 2004 |
Hodder Headline acquired by Lagardère for Hachette Livre UK
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| 2005 |
Hachette Children’s Books formed through the merger of Watts Publishing Group and Hodder Children’s
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| 2006 |
- Hachette Livre UK acquires Time Warner Book Group becoming the UK’s lead publisher
- Time Warner Book Group renamed Little, Brown Book Group
- Hodder Education acquires Philip Allan Updates, publishers of magazines, textbooks, revision guides and conference providers
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| 2007 |
- Use of Hodder Headline is discontinued with all Hodder Headline companies reporting directly to Hachette Livre UK
- Hachette Book Publishing India is formed
- Little, Brown Book Group acquires Piatkus, incorporated as an independent imprint within the group
- Hodder Headline Ireland and Little, Brown Ireland join together to form the Hachette Book Group Ireland (HBGI)
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| 2008 |
- Hachette Livre UK changes its name to Hachette UK
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