Difference between revisions of "Hodder and Stoughton"
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
(New page: Category:Romance HistoryCategory:Publishers Hodder & Stoughton was founded in 1868, and built on publishing the biggest quality commercial books of each era, and promoting them adv...) |
m |
||
| (3 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| − | [[Category: | + | [[Category:Publishers]][[Category:UK Publishers]] |
| − | 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. |
| + | |||
| + | 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 == | == On the Web == | ||
| Line 12: | Line 14: | ||
=== Defunct Imprints === | === Defunct Imprints === | ||
| − | * UK-Edition of [[ | + | * UK-Edition of [[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 and Boon|Mills & Boon]] as [[Mills and Boon Desire|Silhouette Desire]] | * UK-Edition of [[Silhouette Desire]] until December 1984, when [[Silhouette]] was bought by [[Harlequin Enterprises Limited]] and the imprint was published by [[Mills and Boon|Mills & Boon]] as [[Mills and Boon Desire|Silhouette Desire]] | ||
* UK-Edition of [[Silhouette Romance]] until December 1984, when [[Silhouette]] was bought by [[Harlequin Enterprises Limited]] | * UK-Edition of [[Silhouette Romance]] until December 1984, when [[Silhouette]] was bought by [[Harlequin Enterprises Limited]] | ||
Latest revision as of 08:57, 21 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 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:
