Hyperion’s adult trade list of over 1,000 titles, plus 25 new titles under contract but not yet published, are being sold to Hachette Book Group — which was always the most likely purchaser, since they took over distribution for Hyperion and Disney Publishing under long-term contract earlier this year. While a WSJ article from March on the sale gave a vague impression of what Disney intended to sell, those familiar with the offering book have said all along the intention was to sell all of Hyperion’s adult books with the exception of a small number of Disney-related titles. Those “franchise” […]