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[H2] Workman Publishing
[H3] Workman Imprints

New Releases

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Actual Factual Files: Outer Space

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Actual Factual Files: Ancient Egypt

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Wineland

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Mom Needs a Moment

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Unauthorized Ultimate K-Pop Fanbook: Boy Group Edition

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The Julia Rothman Wild Collection

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Your Turn to Host

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Printing with the Sun

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My First Paint by Sticker: Unicorn Friends

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My First Seek and Learn: At Home / Mi primer busca y aprende: en casa

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Children's Books

Cooking

Mind, Body, Spirit

Nonfiction

Travel

Coming Soon

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A Perpetual Journal Practice

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Perennials for the Pacific Northwest

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Perennials for the Northeast

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John Derian Colouring Book: Flowers

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Wild Denver

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Wild Seattle

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The Eclectic World of Julia Rothman Wrapping Paper Book

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The Eclectic World of Julia Rothman Sticker Book

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The Little Frog Wrapping Paper Book

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Lots and Lots of Ocelots

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[H2] About Hachette Book Group
[H3] Mission:
The mission of Hachette Book Group is to make it easy for everyone to discover new worlds of ideas, learning, entertainment, and opportunity.
[H3] Pillars:
Understanding Consumers
We place the needs, wants and passions of the consumer at the heart of what we do, ahead of our own personal interests.
We have a relentless focus on how to sell the most books, games, gifts, and puzzles.
We balance experience with data, plug into the zeitgeist and relentlessly explore emerging ideas to stay ahead of future trends.
We take a global view in exploring new markets and a constant view of changing technologies to discover new platforms for our content.
Changing the Story
We value different and diverse perspectives, voices, and ideas to support creativity and break new ground.
We’re unafraid to respectfully challenge established thinking.
We build relationships by being collaborative, empathetic, and authentic.
We’re committed to actively making our publishing content as diverse as the readers we want to reach.
Owner Mentality
We each understand how our business makes a profit and how our roles contribute to delivering our commercial success.
We take accountability and get things done, dealing with issues as they arise and addressing anything that isn’t working.
We encourage others to explore new ideas, understand our commercial priorities, and to take ownership of what they do.
Growth Mindset
We have a hunger to learn, to take on unfamiliar ideas and activities, and to explore new experiences.
We see effort as the path to achievement and keep going even when dealing with setbacks or challenging situations.
We learn from our successes and failures, seek feedback, and take action to amplify our strengths and address weaknesses.
We look for the positive and are always on the lookout for future business growth.
Hachette Book Group (HBG) is a leading US general-interest book publisher made up of dozens of esteemed imprints within the publishing groups Basic Books Group; Grand Central Publishing Group; Hachette Audio; Little, Brown and Company; Little, Brown Books for Young Readers; Orbit; and Workman Running Press Group. We also provide custom distribution, fulfillment, and sales services to other publishing companies.
Our books and authors have received the Pulitzer Prize, National Book Award, Caldecott Medal, Newbery Medal, Booker Prize, Nobel Peace Prize, James Beard Award, and other major honors.
We are committed to diversity in our company and our publishing programs, and to fostering a culture of inclusion for all our employees and authors. We are proud to be part of Hachette Livre, the world’s third-largest trade and educational publisher.
HBG is headquartered in New York City with offices in Boston, MA; Lebanon, IN; Nashville, TN; North Adams, MA; Boulder, CO; Philadelphia, PA; Berkeley, CA; Portland, OR; and Chapel Hill, NC. HBG also owns Hachette Book Group Canada, Inc., a marketing and publicity company based in Toronto.
For updated news, follow HBG on social media: Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Threads, TikTok, X.com, Pinterest, and YouTube.
[H3] Our commitment to diversity
As a leading book publisher, we believe that including and representing diverse voices in all aspects of our business is fundamental to what we do.  Our staff and our publishing programs must reflect the broad range of backgrounds, experiences, and ideas that shape our society.  We are committed to working together and with all our partners to foster diversity and a culture of inclusion, so that HBG can provide a truly welcoming and fulfilling environment for all employees and publish books that appeal to all readers.
In one year, HBG publishes approximately:
3,000 books
700 audiobook titles
In 2024, the company had 83 books on the New York Times bestseller list, 21 of which reached #1.
[H2] Distribution Clients
Learn more about our distribution services for third party publishers

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Our Authors

N. K. Jemisin

Clint Smith

David Sedaris

Jason Reynolds

Elin Hilderbrand

Joe Ide

Malala Yousafzai

Michael Connelly

More Authors

New Releases

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Actual Factual Files: Outer Space

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Actual Factual Files: Ancient Egypt

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Wineland

[IMG: Mom Needs a Moment]

Mom Needs a Moment

[IMG: Unauthorized Ultimate K-Pop Fanbook: Boy Group Edition]

Unauthorized Ultimate K-Pop Fanbook: Boy Group Edition

[IMG: The Julia Rothman Wild Collection]

The Julia Rothman Wild Collection

[IMG: Your Turn to Host]

Your Turn to Host

[IMG: Printing with the Sun]

Printing with the Sun

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My First Seek and Learn: At Home / Mi primer busca y aprende: en casa

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My First Paint by Sticker: Unicorn Friends

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The New Garden Designer’s Handbook

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Madoo

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The Gravel Garden

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The Art of Saving Democracy

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Indestructibles (The Original): Mister Golden Sun

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Insect Safari

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America

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Indestructibles (The Original): Buenas Noches/Good Night

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Plant by Number

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Eyelike Stickers U.S.A.

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Terrain: The Container Garden Book

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Life on the Lake

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The Declaration Decoded

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Name Your Colors (and Critters, too!)

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Our Authors

A Bloomberg CityLab Project

A Network for Grateful Living

A&E Television Networks

AI Hirschfeld Foundation

James Aageson

Kathryn Aalto

Rachel Aaron

James Aaron Oh

Trevor Aaronson

Zoe Aarsen

Jay Aaseng

Richard Abanes

Aaran Abano

Aaron Abano

Tonya Abari

Gregory Abbey

Edward Abbey

Omar Abbosh

Megan Abbott

Shirley Abbott

Lee K. Abbott

Tony Abbott

Elizabeth Abbott

Rachel Abbott

Jeff Abbott

Erin Austen Abbott

Joniece Abbott-Pratt

Rana Abdelhamid

Dr. Hawa Abdi

Dan Abdo

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Amir Abdullah

Chelsea Abdullah

Julie Abe

Abegglen

James C. Abegglen

Giovanni Abeille

Heather Abel

Jake Abel

Rodrigo Abela

Robert Abele

Evi Abeler

Tom Abell, MD

Chris Abell

Tom Abell, M.D.

J. Lawrence Aber

Stanley Abercrombie

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[H2] Changing the Story at HBG
At Hachette Book Group, we believe strongly in sustainable business practices and doing our part to create a better world. Our standards and policies are intended to make us a diverse and inclusive company, to protect the natural world and promote the responsible use of its resources, and to support the growth of a literate community. Together with our employees and our external partners, HBG works constantly to advance these concerns through our Social Impact programs.
[H3] Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
[H4] Our Commitment to Diversity
As a leading book publisher, we believe that including and representing diverse voices in all aspects of our business is fundamental to what we do. Our staff and our publishing programs must reflect the broad range of backgrounds, experiences, and ideas that shape our society. We are committed to working together and with all our partners to foster diversity and a culture of inclusion, so that HBG can provide a truly welcoming and fulfilling environment for all employees and publish books that appeal to all readers.
[H4] Diversity Reports
At HBG we are committed to reporting publicly on our progress toward our DEI goals. You can read our updates here:
April 2026 update
April 2025 update
April 2024 update
April 2023 update
March 2022 update
May 2021 update
September 2020 update
From the April 2026 update:CEO David Shelley said, “Changing the Story is a key strategic pillar supporting our business, and it aims to align our publishing and organization with the diverse perspectives of the readers we serve; it is imperative that we publish for all, including those historically underserved by the industry. Through steady leadership by Chief People Officer Carrie Bloxson, DEI Director Sara Munjack, and collective effort across HBG, we made progress in 2025 and I’m pleased with this growth. It’s important that we transparently and actively continue this work in order for us to grow our business and ​fulfill our mission.”
Sara Munjack, Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Hachette Book Groupadded, “Changing the Story is the anchor which holds all of our publishing work together; in that it’s an integral part of our mission of making it easier for everyone to discover new worlds of ideas and opportunity. This annual report, which we’ve openly shared for the better part of a decade, is one way of isolating gaps in our inclusion efforts both internally with our staff and externally through our publishing programs. Data-driven representation is the most valuable way to measure inclusion, and we’ll continue to report out on these efforts moving forward.”
[H4] Highlights: Staff, Career Advancement, and Publishing
Overall staff diversity among employees of color remained flat year over year at 36%. Over the past ten years, representation of employees of color has increased by 35%, reflecting meaningful long-term progress.
In 2025, 44% of our new hires identified as POC.
Representation at more senior levels is also showing modest gains. In 2025, we saw slight increases in representation by employees of color at the director and manager levels, following gains at the VP+ level in 2024.
We are also seeing progress in acquisitions by authors of color. Contracts with authors and illustrators of color have increased by more than 30% over the past five years. In 2025, they accounted for 26% of all acquisitions, up 3 percentage points from last year, so there is steady progress in how we’re building more representative publishing lists and support new voices over time.
[H4] Partnerships
We are continuing our partnership with Latinx Kidlit Book Festival to bring back their Latinx Storytellers Conference for a third year in a row in NYC for hundreds of Latine children and adult book writers in September as well as fund and support 20 school visits for this school year featuring HBG authors and illustrators. Visits include a free classroom set of books for the participating schools. 
We’re also a major sponsor in supporting the National Hispanic Media Coalition’s Impact Awards, celebrating those who have had a positive influence on the Latine community. 
This September we’ll also be our second year of the in-house Changing the Story Festival which brings our Changing the Story pillar to life through engaging panels and activities celebrating our diverse publishing catalogue and initiatives, as well as ways we can learn and improve. We include Hachette voices from all over the world as well as our authors and industry professionals.  
As a part of our Right to Read program, where we aim to get books into the hands of incarcerated, we are furthering our partnership with Bard Prison Initiative to furnish prison libraries across the country, as well as continue to lead prison book clubs.  
We’re continuing our partnership and support of Inkluded, nonprofit dedicated to fostering diversity in publishing, by offering tuition stipends and in-kind support (such as speakers and event space in our NY headquarters) for Inkluded’s participants and programs.
[H3] Our Partners
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[H4] Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)
HBG’s Employee Resource Groups form around a shared identity (ethnicity, race, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability status, etc.) and offer a space for employees to connect with each other, speak freely and share experiences.
Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI)
AgeWise
Black
Employees of Color
Employees with Disabilities
Pride
Latine
Interfaith
Women in Publishing
Working Caregivers
DEI Subcommittees: Specific diversity subcommittees focus on recruitment efforts, and creating a supportive and inclusive office culture.
[H4] Hachette Book Group’s Diversity Advisory Board
Hachette Book Group’s Diversity Advisory Board is a volunteer committee of employees across HBG, whose mission is to support and further HBG’s DEI initiatives in the following ways:
Advise and support the growth of innovative diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging initiatives to improve the company culture, community, and experience of working at HBG.
Develop an inclusive publishing environment by bringing together and retaining employees with different backgrounds, viewpoints, and experiences to best serve our readership.
Recommend the DE&I initiatives to address, track and prioritize to ensure we’re taking an inclusive approach.
[H3] Environmental Sustainability
[H4] Our Commitment to the Environment
Hachette Book Group’s environmental policy demonstrates our commitment to the environment, to the responsible use of natural resources, and to sustainable business practice. The company’s environmental policy includes progressive goals on recycled fiber use, greenhouse gas emissions, responsible paper sourcing, and other initiatives.
We are committed to transparency through reporting annually on our progress toward our environmental goals.
[H4] Highlights:
In 2022 and 2023, 99% of HBG’s overall paper usage came from FSC (Forest Stewardship Certified).
In that period, 100% of HBG’s overall paper usage came from FSC combined with SFI (Sustainable Forestry Initiative) fiber.
Recycled fiber represented 8.6% of our overall paper usage in 2022 and 5.2% in 2023. The primary cause for the decrease is the significant decline of recycled paper availability in 2023.
We remain committed to sourcing recycled papers when they are available in the marketplace and to push our suppliers to integrate recycled fiber into more paper products.
The most significant area for carbon impact for a book publisher is from paper – its manufacture and usage in the books we publish.
HBG is committed to transparency through our public annual reporting of progress on our environmental targets.
Rainforest Action Network ranked Hachette Book Group in the “Leader” category among publishers.

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Lincoln Park Zoo (Boston)
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Yerba Buena Island Stewardship (Berkeley)
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Earth’s Table (Boulder)
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Norma Todd’s Lunch Break (New Jersey)
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Love Inc (Indiana)
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[H3] Charitable Giving & Community
[H4] Our Commitment to Charitable Giving and Community
HBG supports organizations dedicated to promoting literacy and a love of books and reading. We are wholeheartedly devoted to fostering a robust publishing industry, to attending to the serious issue of illiteracy in this country, to protecting freedom of expression, and to supporting efforts for equity and social justice. We focus our philanthropic efforts primarily on the following areas:
Trade organizations, which keep the book business healthy and reading central to our lives.
Literacy organizations, which help teach an invaluable skill.
Author assistance groups, giving authors in need the support to practice their craft.
First Amendment rights groups, which help protect free speech and expression here and around the world.
Equality and social justice organizations, to help create lasting change in our communities and our society.
HBG authors’ causes and those championed by HBG staff are very important to us – this can range from a local library’s fundraiser to an author’s favorite worthy organization.
Cultural organizations that help spread the word about books and reading.
[H4] Book Donations
We donate more than 100,000 copies annually, from a single signed copy for a fundraiser to large quantities for a struggling school district or library system. We focus on donating books to communities in need.
All requests for financial and book donations are handled by HBG’s Communications department. If you feel that your organization or cause is in line with our goals of supporting literacy and a love of reading, please send all requests to donation.requests@hbgusa.com.
[H4] Community Outreach
Hachette Cares is a way for HBG to give back to the community by providing company sponsored volunteer activities, support for employee’s existing volunteer activities and time off from work to engage in those activities. Hachette works with a wide array of organizations to provide volunteering opportunities. Some of those organizations are shown below:

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East Kings County Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority (New York)
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Strive Higher sponsored Latinx Heritage month storytime (New York)
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Strive Higher sponsored Latinx Heritage month storytime (New York)
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Lincoln Square Neighborhood Center (New York)
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Nashville Food Project
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Community Kitchen of West Harlem (NYC)
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Feeding Westchester (New York)
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Cards for Hospitalized Kids (Toronto)
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Philabundance (Philadelphia)
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[H3] Our Industry and Community Outreach Partners

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