Hachette Livre has acquired the remaining shares of genre publisher Bragelonne and Bragelonne Games, building on their minority investment from 2019. The terms of the deal were not announced. Founded in 2000, Bragelonne has a catalog of over 4,000 titles — including Andrzej Sapkowski’s Witcher books. Hachette will make Bragelonne part of their illustrated division, led by Isabelle Magna. Astra Publishing House has acquired children’s comics publisher Toon Books, which will become an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers. Publisher, editorial director and senior designer Françoise Mouly founded Toon in 2008. Astra is distributed by Penguin Random House Publisher […]
