Hachette Book Group is a privately owned company headquartered in the US, founded in 2006, with approximately 1,360 employees. The company operates as a U.S. trade publisher specializing in book and periodical publishing, and functions as a division of the trade and educational book publisher Hachette Livre.
On July 10, 2026, Hachette Book Group pulled the horror novel *Shy Girl* from UK publication and canceled its US release, following accusations in March 2025 that author Mia Ballard used artificial intelligence to generate the book. This followed an announcement on July 9, 2026, by HBG CFO Stephen Mubarek that VP Controller Roy Fagan will retire at the end of 2026 after 29 years with the company, directing accounting operations and financial reporting; Veronique Dubois will join as the inaugural Deputy CFO. Earlier, Hachette Book Group has actively opposed artificial intelligence, having filed or joined multiple lawsuits against AI companies including Google, Meta, and Anna’s Archive. On July 8, 2026, Hachette Book Group voted to unionize. Previously on July 8, 2026, a New York federal judge dismissed a freelance artist's claims that Hachette Book Group used artificial intelligence to create derivative book covers for novelist Sandra Brown, stating the artist had not shown substantial similarity between his art and the accused covers.
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