Investor Day Presentation
INVESTOR DAY - H
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LIVRE
PRESENTATION
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IN ORDER TO SOURCE MORE KEY AUTHORS AND
LICENSES
Lagardère
PUBLISHING
Editorial leadership is necessary to attract new talents: Hachette Livre endeavors to reach
the best authors, thanks to its reputation and brand recognition, as well as a privileged
access to agents
Hachette Livre is actively looking for international bestsellers with worldwide rights:
international bestsellers generate strong sales and can be strong contributors to profits if
well-managed
These talents are mainly sourced in the US:
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40% of the worldwide book market is composed of English-language books
International bestsellers come mostly from the US market
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INFERNO
DAN BROWN
Examples of US bestsellers published by Hachette Livre in France
Hachette Livre is focusing on the US market to identify, acquire and develop top authors,
titles, licenses to maintain its leading position in all markets
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As an example, acquisition of Donna Tartt, author of the Goldfinch, who won the Pulitzer Prize for
Fiction
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