Hachette Livre has entered an agreement with shareholders to acquire a majority stake in independent French board game company La Boîte de Jeu. The company will lend its expertise in crowdfunding new projects through Kickstarter to the Hachette Boardgames division. Benoit Bannier “will remain at the helm” and Hachette Boardgames ceo Isabelle Jeuge-Maynart will become La Boîte de Jeu’s chairman. The sale is expected to be completed by the end of the month, subject to customary conditions precedent.
Archives for February 2022
NAACP Image Awards
The NAACP Image Awards announced winners in 8 literary categories.
People 2/23
Janine Le launched Janine Le Literary Agency. She was most recently agent and foreign rights manager at Sheldon Fogelman Agency.
People 2/22
Cassie Malmo will join as associate publicity director at Little, Brown Children's starting February 28. Previously, she was senior publicity manager at Simon & Schuster Children’s.
Vivendi Increases Lagardere Takeover Offer
As expected, Vivendi filed its official tender offer for the remaining shares of Lagardere on Monday with the French competition authority (Autorité des marchés financiers) for approval. The offer includes a new enticement to accelerate the completion of the deal: For Lagardere shareholders who elect to sell their stock immediately, through May 20, Vivendi will pay €25.50 a share, an increase of €1.40 a share over what they paid Amber Capital in December and are required to offer others. (The increased offer bundles in the proposed €.50 a share dividend that awaits approval at the company’s annual meeting, so effectively […]
Imprints: Scribner Canada
Simon & Schuster Canada is launching Scribner Canada, “dedicated to publishing the best literary fiction and nonfiction from Canada and around the world.” The imprint will launch in fall 2022, beginning with Iain Reid’s We Spread. The Long Road Homeby Debra Thompson will be the first title on the nonfiction list. Kevin Hanson, president and publisher, S&S Canada said, “I’ve long admired Scribner US and their venerable list of authors, and am excited to launch this new imprint that will complement and support our existing local publishing program, with its numerous bestsellers. The creation of Scribner Canada will broaden our […]