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| − | Hodder & Stoughton | + | '''Hodder & Stoughton''', founded in 1868, was built on publishing the biggest quality commercial books of each era and promoting them adventurously. The 1920s brought an explosion of commercial fiction at keen prices – Hodder's ''Yellow jackets'' series were the pre-cursors to the first paperbacks, and included bestsellers from Edgar Wallace. |
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| + | In 1993 Hodder & Stoughton was acquired by [[Headline]] to form [[Hodder Headline Publishing Group]], which was bought by ''Hachette Livre'' in 2004 to form [[Hachette Livre UK]] | ||
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Revision as of 21:23, 17 July 2008
Hodder & Stoughton, founded in 1868, was built on publishing the biggest quality commercial books of each era and promoting them adventurously. The 1920s brought an explosion of commercial fiction at keen prices – Hodder's Yellow jackets series were the pre-cursors to the first paperbacks, and included bestsellers from Edgar Wallace.
In 1993 Hodder & Stoughton was acquired by Headline to form Hodder Headline Publishing Group, which was bought by Hachette Livre in 2004 to form Hachette Livre UK
On the Web
Imprints
Current Imprints
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Sceptre
- Hodder Faith
Defunct Imprints
- UK-Edition of Silhouette First Love until December 1984, when Silhouette was bought by Harlequin Enterprises Limited
- UK-Edition of Silhouette Desire until December 1984, when Silhouette was bought by Harlequin Enterprises Limited and the imprint was published by Mills & Boon as Silhouette Desire
- UK-Edition of Silhouette Romance until December 1984, when Silhouette was bought by Harlequin Enterprises Limited
- UK-Edition of Silhouette Special Edition until December 1984, when Silhouette was bought by Harlequin Enterprises Limited and the imprint was published by Mills & Boon as Silhouette Special Edition
Authors
Hodder & Stoughton is the UK publisher of US authors:
