Hachette India is the Indian subsidiary of Hachette Livre, the French book publishing group owned by Lagardère. Headquartered in Gurugram, Haryana, the company publishes English-language trade titles across fiction, non-fiction, and children's books, and also distributes a range of international imprints in the Indian subcontinent.
| Type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Book publishing |
| Parent | Hachette Livre (Lagardère Group) |
| Headquarters | Gurugram, Haryana, India |
| Area served | Indian subcontinent |
| Products | Fiction, non-fiction, children's books, audiobooks |
Hachette Livre is one of the largest book publishers in the world, with operations in France, the United Kingdom, the United States, Spain, and several other markets. Its Indian arm was established to publish original titles by South Asian authors and to bring titles from Hachette's international imprints to readers in India and neighbouring countries.
The Indian operation publishes and distributes works from imprints associated with the Hachette group, including Little, Brown Book Group; Hodder & Stoughton; Headline; John Murray; Orion; and the children's publisher Hachette Children's Group. It also handles the distribution of titles from select third-party publishers in the region.
Hachette India's list spans literary and commercial fiction, narrative non-fiction, biography and memoir, business, history, current affairs, religion and philosophy, lifestyle, and books for children and young adults. The company has published works by Indian authors alongside Indian editions of international bestsellers.
As one of the major multinational trade publishers operating in India, Hachette India is part of a small group of international houses—alongside Penguin Random House India, HarperCollins India, Pan Macmillan India, and Bloomsbury India—that shape the English-language trade publishing market in the country. Its presence reflects the broader expansion of global publishing groups into the Indian market since the 2000s.