Press Release
Hachette claims record share of the book market in 200922/01/2010
Hachette UK has achieved its biggest ever market share in 2009 with 16.4% of the UK's book sales.
The Bookseller today reported that "shrugging off a tough 12 months in which seven of the top 10 publishers saw sales decline...Hachette grew 1.9% in sales terms."
Tim Hely Hutchinson, Chief Executive of Hachette UK said: "I came back from last Christmas thinking it was going to be tough, but it was a record year."
The exceptional performance in 2009 was largely due to Stephenie Meyer, but Tim Hely Hutchinson also highlighted Michael Connelly, Harlan Coben, Maeve Binchy, Ian Rankin, Martina Cole and Stephen King as major contributors to this fantastic record acheivement.