Hachette Book Group USA

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Hachette Book Group USA (HBG) is a publishing company owned by Hachette Livre, the largest publishing company in France. It was formed when Hachette Livre purchased the Time Warner Book Group from Time Warner on March 31, 2006. At the time of the acquisition, Hachette Livre split Time Warner Book Group into two parts: Hachette Book Group USA to focus on the American market, and Little, Brown Book Group for the United Kingdom.

Notable authors include Nicholas Sparks, James Patterson, Sidney Sheldon, Nelson DeMille, Jon Stewart and the writers of Comedy Central's The Daily Show, Rick Moody, David Foster Wallace, Tucker Carlson, Lou Dobbs, Richard Kiyosaki (author of the RICH DAD, POOR DAD series) and Michael Connelly.

Under the terms of Hachette Livre's acquisition, HBG has the rights to use certain Time Warner trademarks in its marketing, although HBG is not itself affiliated with Time Warner. The company uses a number of imprints across six publishing divisions:

Warner Books
- 5-Spot
- Solana
- Springboard Press
- Twelve
- Warner Aspect
- Warner Business Books
- Warner Forever
- Warner Trade Paperbacks
- Warner Vision
- Warner Wellness
FaithWords
Center Street
Little, Brown and Company
- Back Bay Books
- Bulfinch Press
- Orbit
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
- LB Kids
- Megan Tingley Books
- Yen Press (1)
Hachette Book Group Digital Media
- Hachette Audio