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• Hachette and Others Implement Cloud-Based Systems Solutions, Look for ROI

  531 readers Hachette Book Group has been implementing a three-year systems transformation plan, updating operations across a wide range of functions in the company, including warehousing fulfillment, e-book file distribution, metadata and marketing and publicity management, according to Hachette chief operating officer Ken Michaels. Michaels was speaking at the Book Publishing in the Cloud Conference in New York

• Michael Pietsch to Succeed David Young as CEO of Hachette Book Group

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  Hachette Launches ePUB Program

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  Hachette eBook Sales Up 134%

  728 readers Lagardère SCA, the company that owns the Hachette Book Group, announced its third quarter revenues today, and reported that its digital book business continues to grow. According to the company, eBooks now represent 21% of HBG’s net sales, which is up from 9% of net sales for Q3 2010. This is a 134% growth over

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  Hachette Digital’s Maja Thomas on Digital Revenue, Bookish and the Leaked Manifesto

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• DBW Parent F+W Media Names Jim Ogle Chief Operating Officer

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• Hachette Launches ChapterShare Facebook App for Book Excerpts

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• Marketing Gets Editorial at Open Road and The Atavist

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  Sales Reorganization at Hachette Designed to Focus Efforts on Digital

  359 readers Hachette Book Group has reorganized its sales staff to align itself with the evolving publishing industry and to capitalize on digital opportunities, according to an announcement from the company’s new chief marketing and sales officer Evan Schnittman. The reorganization will see the Hachette sales force divided into three divisions: retail sales, sales strategy and operations (which