Lagardere Publishing plans to grow through international acquisitions, according to the Bookseller and Livres Hebdo, based on a press conference Hachette Livre deputy ceo Jean-Christophe Thiery gave last week. The company hopes to expand in Latin America and Africa, focusing on French, English and Spanish language markets. Thiery noted that Africa’s population is growing, and “if residents of the continent write books that appeal to them, ‘our intuition is that the book market in Africa will take off’.” “Electronic and audio versions will be used to overcome logistical constraints facing print,’ the Bookseller notes. The company doesn’t foresee acquisitions in […]
