Hachette Book Group (HBG) is a leading US general-interest book publisher made up of dozens of esteemed imprints within the publishing groups Basic Books Group. They also provide custom distribution, fulfillment, and sales services to other publishing companies.
Their books and authors have received the Pulitzer Prize, National Book Award, Caldecott Medal, Newbery Medal, Booker Prize, Nobel Peace Prize, James Beard Award, and other major honors.
HBG is committed to diversity in their company and their publishing programs, and to fostering a culture of inclusion for all their employees and authors. They are proud to be part of Hachette Livre, the world’s third-largest trade and educational publisher.
HBG is headquartered in New York City with offices in Boston, MA; Lebanon, IN; Nashville, TN; North Adams, MA; Boulder, CO; Philadelphia, PA; Berkeley, CA; Portland, OR; and Chapel Hill, NC. HBG also owns Hachette Book Group Canada, Inc., a marketing and publicity company based in Toronto.
Ute Körner Literary Agent represents four imprints: Little Brown y Requited in all the Spanish speaking countries and Portugal and Union Square Kids and Boxer Books in all the Spanish and Portuguese speaking countries (Portugal and Brazil).
- Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (LBYR) began publishing books for children in 1926, and they now offer a distinguished and diverse list of 250 frontlist titles annually. In addition to the Little, Brown Books for Young Readers core list of bestselling and award-winning picture books, chapter books, middle grade titles, and young adult books.
- Union Square Kids publishes fiction and nonfiction titles that engage, enrich, and excite a diverse audience of young readers. Their list includes picture books, early readers, chapter books, graphic novels, middle grade and young adult novels, as well as classics, reference, novelty and activity books.
- Boxer Books brings a unique approach to children’s books combining inventive ideas, concepts, and storylines with a strong sense of style and design. Their focus is publishing new and established international authors and illustrators, working with them to develop their personal style and create books that children and adults can enjoy together.
- Requited is the most recent NA’s imprint to be launched in Winter 2026. The list will offer fast-paced, romantic, bingeable novels across genres that center characters in their upper teens and twenties as they navigate early adulthood. The imprint will have a boutique approach, with a balanced list of 10-20 tiles a year and a focus on author partnership.