HACHETTE BOOK GROUP TO DISTRIBUTE AMAZING PEOPLE CLUB LLC
Effective immediately, Amazing People Club (APC) will be distributed globally by Hachette Book Group (HBG). The APC titles will be available in downloadable audio, eBook and print-ondemand formats. This partnership is part of HBG’s continuing effort to expand the digital service offerings for its distribution clients.
Developed by international psychologist, Dr. Charles Margerison, the titles in The Amazing People Club series bring the reader “face to face” with some of the world’s most inspiring and influential characters. These stories are revealed through BioViews®, a new story format which combines biography with interview to create a completely new way of engaging with the past. The Amazing People Club series make these amazing people immediate and accessible, as they describe what their lives were really like. With a full range of important figures covered, from Charles Dickens to Nancy Astor, Abraham Lincoln to Coco Chanel, The Amazing People Club is the ideal way to be introduced to these remarkable people. Titles in the series include Amazing Women, Amazing Americans, Amazing Entrepreneurs, Amazing Musicians, Amazing Love Stories and an Amazing Cities series which includes Amazing People of London, Amazing People of New York and Amazing People of Paris.
Kenneth Michaels, Hachette Book Group COO, said “We’re very excited to be partnering with Amazing People Club. Digital distribution is becoming increasingly important to our clients, and by leveraging the reach of Hachette’s broad digital capabilities, we hope to help bring this unique new brand to the market and expose APC to new accounts and consumers all over the world.”
Frances Corcoran, Amazing People Club, VP of International Publishing, said “Our new series offers unique insight on the lives of so many influential and amazing people who have shaped our world. This new, digitally-focused, partnership is a strong fit for our wide variety of products and we are looking forward to working with Hachette Book Group in this way.”
About Hachette Book Group:
Hachette Book Group (HBG) is a leading trade publisher based in New York and a division of Hachette Livre, the second-largest publisher in the world. HBG publishes under the divisions of Little, Brown and Company, Little Brown Books for Young Readers, Grand Central Publishing, FaithWords, Center Street, Orbit, and Hachette Digital. HBG also provides a wide range of custom distribution, fulfillment and sales services to third party publishers including Harry N. Abrams, Chronicle Books, Filipacchi Publishing, Gildan Media, InnovativeKids, Octopus USA, Phaidon Press, and Time Inc. Home Entertainment.
About the Amazing People Club & author, Dr. Charles Margerison
Dr. Charles Margerison created The Amazing People Club to reflect the achievements of inspirational people. He is a Chartered Psychologist, with experience as an international business development adviser to a number of large organizations. The author of more than 10 books on business management, he is the co-founder of Team Management Systems and Emerald Journals. He was a Professor of Management at the University of Cranfield, UK, and at the University of Queensland, Australia. He is currently the Chairman of Bell Hughes Music Group and the President of Amazing People Club LLC.
