Hachette Australia and New Zealand chairman Malcolm Edwards announced that as part of a restructuring the company will close its New Zealand office at the end of 2013 and eliminate 15 jobs, including those of managing director Kevin Chapman, editorial director Warren Adler, and financial controller Rick Groufsky. Going forward Hachette New Zealand will now focus only on marketing and sales of international titles and the New Zealand backlist. In his statement Edwards said the restructuring was due to rapid ebook growth as well as the increased buying of books from overseas “at the expense of the local trade.” HarperCollins […]
