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Key dates

• 1 January 2009
  Octopus USA, Hachette Book Group's new subsidiary, launches its new activity.
• 5 January 2009
  Hachette Livre announces the acquisition of a majority interest in Editions des Deux Terres, led by Nina Salter and publisher of many prestigious foreign writers such as Kiran Desai, John Fowles, Julia Glass, Kazuo Ishiguro, James Salter, Meir Shalev, Patricia Cornwell, Jeffery Deaver and Ruth Rendell.
• 8 April 2009
  Olivier Nora is appointed Chairman and CEO of Fayard, replacing Claude Durand who remains a director at Fayard Publishing.
• 12 May 2009
  Hachette UK outsources the distribution and retailing of its books in Canada to the Hachette Book Group.
• 8 September 2009
  Robert Pépin, which in France publishes some leading English-language writers (e.g. Michael Connelly, George Pelecanos, Deon Meyer) announces the creation of its "Robert Pépin présente" label as part of Calmann-Levy Publishing .
• 15 September 2009
  Hachette Livre and Lightning Source form an on-demand printing joint venture in France .
• October 2009
  Hachette Livre's Sapnish subsidiary Anaya celebrates its 50th anniversary.
• 15 October 2009
• Hachette Livre signs a partnership agreement with Phoenix Publishing & Media Group (PPMG) for the creation of a joint venture in China.
• 29 October 2009
  Hachette Livre and Lebanon's La Librairie Antoine announce the creation of a joint venture to serve the Arabic-speaking market .
• 30 November 2009
  Launch of the pilot version of MyBoox, a book website for the general public.
• 27 January 2010
  The San Francisco unveiling of Apple's iPad features Hachette Book Group amongst the 5 leading publishing groups partnering iBooks, the iPad book application.

Leading positions

• N°1 publisher in France
• N°1 publisher in the United Kingdom
• N°2 publisher in Spain
• N°5 publisher in the United States

Key figures for 2009

• Global workforce:
  7,730 employees
• Quantity of paper bought worldwide:
  153,000 tonnes
• Percentage of revenue generated outside France:
  68.6%
• Number of titles appearing on the New York Times bestsellers lists:
  130
• Market share in the United Kingdom:
  16.4%
• Number of countries publishing Stephenie Meyer:
  40