Hachette Book Group

OVERVIEW

Website: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/

Hachette Book Group is one of the “Big Five” publishers. It has many imprints serving all ages. In the last year, it published ~780 eBooks and ~580 eAudiobooks on OverDrive under the publisher accounts listed below.

  • eBooks: the standard eBook licenses allows one loan at a time and expires after 24 months. At a price of $68.25, it exceeds the average cost of the print equivalent ($17.98) with a markup of 404%, making Hachette eBook licenses the worst value offered by any publisher. RF Not Recommended.

  • eAudio: the standard eAudio license allows one loan at a time and expires after 24 months like the eBook Hachette is one of only two publishers to expire eAudio licenses. All others offer perpetual licenses. At a price of $65.00, it exceeds the average cost of the Audible equivalent ($21.23). RF Not Recommended.

OVERDRIVE ADVANCED SEARCH

It is not always always possible to search OverDrive by publisher in a way that will capture all titles. The searches below should find the bulk of them.

  • eBooks: in the Publisher Account field, select “Hachette Digital, Inc”

  • eAudio: in the Publisher Account field, select “Hachette Audio”

Last updated: 3/29/24