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. HarperCollins is headquartered in

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and

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and is a subsidiary of News Corp. The company's name is derived from a combination of the firm's predecessors. Harper & Brothers, founded in 1817 in New York, merged with Row, Peterson & Company in 1962 to form Harper & Row, which was acquired by News Corp in 1987. The Scottish publishing company William Collins, Sons, founded in 1819 in

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, was acquired by News Corp in 1987 and merged with Harper & Row to form HarperCollins. The logo for the firm combines the fire from Harper's torch and the water from Collins' fountain. HarperCollins operates publishing groups in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, India, and China, and publishes under various imprints. Brian Murray has served as the company's president and chief executive officer since 2008.

History

The earliest of the publishing firms that comprise HarperCollins was founded in 1817 by James Harper and his brother John, initially operating under the name J & J Harper. They were later joined by two other brothers, Joseph Wesley and Fletcher Harper, with the firm becoming Harper & Brothers in 1833. Harper & Brothers originated several notable magazine publications in the nineteenth century that would later be sold or discontinued, including ''

Harper's Magazine ''Harper's Magazine'' is a monthly magazine of literature, politics, culture, finance, and the arts. Launched in New York City in June 1850, it is the oldest continuously published monthly magazine in the United States. ''Harper's Magazine'' has ...

'', ''

Harper's Weekly ''Harper's Weekly, A Journal of Civilization'' was an American political magazine based in New York City. Published by Harper (publisher), Harper & Brothers from 1857 until 1916, it featured foreign and domestic news, fiction, essays on many su ...

'', ''

Harper's Bazaar ''Harper's Bazaar'' (stylized as ''Harper's BAZAAR'') is an American monthly women's fashion magazine. Bazaar has been published in New York City since November 2, 1867, originally as a weekly publication entitled ''Harper's Bazar''."Corporat ...

'', and ''

Harper's Young People ''Harper's Young People'' was an American children's magazine between 1879 and 1899. The first issue appeared in the fall of 1879. It was published by Harper & Brothers. It was Harper's fourth magazine to be established, after ''Harper's Magazi ...

''. In 1962, Harper & Brothers merged with Row, Peterson & Company to become Harper & Row. The firm acquired Thomas Y. Crowell Co. and J. B. Lippincott & Co. in the 1970s, with Crowell and the trade operations of Lippincott merged into Harper & Row in 1980. In 1988, Harper & Row purchased the religious publisher Zondervan, including subsidiary Marshall Pickering. William Collins, Sons was established in

in 1819 by Presbyterian schoolmaster William Collins. The firm's early emphasis was on religion and education, but diversified over time, making a significant move into fiction in 1917 under the leadership of Godfrey Collins. The Collins Crime Club imprint published many works in the Golden Age of Detective Fiction, including novels by

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and Rex Stout. The religious imprint Fount would be home to C. S. Lewis. Collins would become the British Commonwealth publisher for a number of popular American juvenile series and authors, including The Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, and Dr. Seuss. In November 2024, Harper Collins signed a licensing agreement with Microsoft to provide book content for training generative AI models, becoming the first major book publisher to do so.

Mergers and acquisitions

Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation acquired Harper & Row in 1987. News Corp had owned a 40% stake in Collins since 1981 and became the sole owner in 1989. News Corp merged the two publishers in 1989, combining the name as HarperCollins and creating a logo with a stylized depiction of flames atop waves derived from the torch logo for Harper & Row and the fountain logo for Collins. In 1990, HarperCollins sold J. B. Lippincott & Co., its medical publishing division, to the Dutch publisher Wolters Kluwer. In 1996, HarperCollins sold Scott Foresman and HarperCollins College to Pearson, which merged them with Addison-Wesley Longman. News Corporation purchased the Hearst Book Group, consisting of William Morrow & Company and Avon Books, in 1999. These imprints are now published under the rubric of HarperCollins. HarperCollins bought educational publisher Letts and Lonsdale in March 2010. In 2011, HarperCollins announced they had agreed to acquire the publisher Thomas Nelson. The purchase was completed on 11 July 2012, with an announcement that Thomas Nelson would operate independently given the position it has in Christian book publishing. Both Thomas Nelson and Zondervan were then organized as imprints, or "keystone publishing programs," under a new division, HarperCollins Christian Publishing. Key roles in the reorganization were awarded to former Thomas Nelson executives. In 2012, HarperCollins acquired part of the trade operations of John Wiley & Son in Canada. In 2014, HarperCollins acquired Canadian romance publisher

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for C$455 million. In 2018, HarperCollins acquired the business publisher Amacom from the American Management Association. In 2020, HarperCollins acquired the children's publishers Egmont Books UK, Egmont Poland and Schneiderbuch Germany from the Egmont Group. On 29 March 2021, HarperCollins announced that it would acquire HMH Books & Media, the trade publishing division of

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, for $349 million. The deal would allow HMH to pay down its debt and focus on digital education. The deal was completed on 10 May. As of 7 July 2021, HMH's adult books will be published as Mariner Books, while HMH's children's books will be published as Clarion Books. In 2021, HarperCollins acquired the British publisher Pavilion Books. In 2022 HarperCollins acquired Cider Mill Press.

Management history

Brian Murray, the current CEO of HarperCollins, succeeded

Jane Friedman Jane Friedman is the Co-Founder of Open Road Integrated Media, which sells and markets ebooks. She was the President and Chief Executive Officer of HarperCollins Publishers Worldwide, one of the world's leading English-language publishers, from 1 ...

who was CEO from 1997 to 2008. Notable management figures include Lisa Sharkey, current senior vice president and director of creative development and Barry Winkleman from 1989 to 1994.

''United States v. Apple Inc.''

In April 2012, the United States Department of Justice filed '' United States v. Apple Inc.'', naming

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, HarperCollins, and four other major publishers as defendants. The suit alleged that they conspired to fix prices for e-books, and weaken Amazon.com's position in the market, in violation of antitrust law. In December 2013, a federal judge approved a settlement of the antitrust claims, in which HarperCollins and the other publishers paid into a fund that provided credits to customers who had overpaid for books due to the price-fixing.

US warehouse closings

On 5 November 2012, HarperCollins announced to employees privately and then later in the day publicly that it was closing its remaining two US warehouses, to merge shipping and warehousing operations with R. R. Donnelley in Indiana. The Scranton, Pennsylvania, warehouse closed in September 2013 and a Nashville, Tennessee, warehouse, under the name Thomas Nelson (which distributes the religious arm of HarperCollins/Zondervan Books), in the winter of 2013. Several office positions and departments continued to work for HarperCollins in Scranton, but in a new location. The Scranton warehouse closing eliminated about 200 jobs, and the Nashville warehouse closing eliminated up to 500 jobs; the exact number of distribution employees is unknown. HarperCollins previously closed two US warehouses, one in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, in 2011 and another in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in 2012. "We have taken a long-term, global view of our print distribution and are committed to offering the broadest possible reach for our authors," said HarperCollins Chief Executive Brian Murray, according to''Publishers Weekly''. "We are retooling the traditional distribution model to ensure we can competitively offer the entire HarperCollins catalog to customers regardless of location." Company officials attribute the closings and mergers to the rapidly growing demand for e-book formats and the decline in print purchasing.

Internet Archive lawsuit

In June 2020, HarperCollins was one of a group of publishers who sued the

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, arguing that its collection of e-books was denying authors and publishers revenue and accusing the library of "willful mass copyright infringement".

Lindsay Lohan lawsuit

In September 2020, HarperCollins sued Lindsay Lohan for entering into a book deal and collecting a $350,000 advance for a tell-all memoir that never materialized.

Anne Frank's betrayal

A 2022 book written by Rosemary Sullivan, with HarperCollins as main publisher, designated a Jewish notary as the most likely suspect in

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's betrayal. The conclusion was challenged by experts. The notary's family members threatened a lawsuit and started a foundation. The Dutch publisher withdrew the book, but HarperCollins has not taken any definitive decision.

UAW strike

On 10 November 2022, approximately 250 unionized workers at HarperCollins began an indefinite strike. Local 2110 of the United Auto Workers (UAW) union includes people in design, marketing, publicity, and sales for the company. The UAW union made the decision to strike after drawn-out negotiations between it and HarperCollins, which resulted in members "working without a contract since April." According to a spokesperson, HarperCollins "has agreed to a number of proposals that the UAW is seeking to include in a new contract" and "is disappointed an agreement has not been reached" but "will continue to negotiate in good faith." On 21 December 2022 the local put their in-person picketing on "pause" to give strikers an opportunity to spend time with their loved ones. The picketing resumed as scheduled on 3 January 2023. After three months of negotiations, the union agreed to a new contract with HarperCollins on February 16, 2023. Under the new terms, the annual starting pay of HarperCollins employees has increased from $45,000 to $47,500 upon ratification, and is set to rise to $50,000 by 2025. Additionally, full-time employees in the union will receive a lump sum payment of $1,500. The contract also allows workers making less than $60,000 to file for two hours of overtime pay per week without approval from a manager, and puts measures in place to compensate junior-level staff for diversity and inclusion work which is typically unpaid in the industry. The workers returned to their duties on February 21.

Noted books

HarperCollins maintains the backlist of many of the books originally published by its many merged imprints, in addition to having picked up new authors since the merger. Authors published originally by Harper include Mark Twain, the Brontë sisters, and William Makepeace Thackeray. Authors published originally by Collins include

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and

. HarperCollins also acquired the publishing rights to

J. R. R. Tolkien John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (, 3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English writer and philologist. He was the author of the high fantasy works ''The Hobbit'' and ''The Lord of the Rings''. From 1925 to 1945, Tolkien was the Rawlinson ...

's work in 1990 when Unwin Hyman was bought. Following is a list of some of the more noted books and series published by HarperCollins and their various imprints and merged publishing houses. * '' The Hobbit'',

(1937) (originally published by George Allen & Unwin) * ''

The Lord of the Rings ''The Lord of the Rings'' is an Epic (genre), epic high fantasy novel written by English author and scholar J. R. R. Tolkien. Set in Middle-earth, the story began as a sequel to Tolkien's 1937 children's book ''The Hobbit'' but eventually d ...

'', J. R. R. Tolkien (1954–1955) (originally published by George Allen & Unwin) * '' The Art of Loving'',

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(1956) * '' Master and Commander'', Patrick O'Brian (1970) (adapted into the 2003 film '' Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World'') * the '' Leaphorn and Chee books'', Tony Hillerman (1970–2006) * '' The Silmarillion'', J. R. R. Tolkien (ed. Christopher Tolkien with Guy Gavriel Kay) (1977) (originally published by George Allen & Unwin) * ''

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'' (1979), a major dictionary * ''Sharpe'' series, Bernard Cornwell (1981–2006) * '' Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo'', Hayden Herrera (1983), adapted into the 2002 film ''

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'' * '' The History of Middle-earth'' series, J. R. R. Tolkien (ed. Christopher Tolkien) (1983–1996) * '' Weaveworld'', Clive Barker (1987) * the Paladin Poetry Series (1987–1993) * '' The Alchemist'', Paulo Coelho, (1988) (first published in Portuguese as ''O Alquimista'', 1988) * subsequent novels in the '' Take Back Plenty'' series, Colin Greenland (1990+) * ''Where There's a Will: Who Inherited What and Why'', Stephen M. Silverman (1991) *'' Dorothy Wordsworth's Illustrated Lakeland Journals'' (1991, Diamond Books) * '' The Language of the Genes'', Steve Jones (1993) * '' The Gifts of the Body'', Rebecca Brown (1994) * '' Microserfs'', Douglas Coupland (1995) * '' Thoughts'', Tionne Watkins (1999) * '' Shuka Saptati: Seventy tales of the Parrot'' a new translation from the Sanskrit by A. N. D. Haksar (2000) * '' First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers'',

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(2000) * '' Bel Canto'', Ann Patchett (2001) * '' A Theory of Relativity'',

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(2001) * recent volumes in the '' Discworld'' series by

Terry Pratchett Sir Terence David John Pratchett (28 April 1948 – 12 March 2015) was an English author, humorist, and Satire, satirist, best known for the ''Discworld'' series of 41 comic fantasy novels published between 1983 and 2015, and for the Apocalyp ...

(books from 2001 to present) * '' American Gods'', Neil Gaiman (2001) * '' Boonville'', Robert Mailer Anderson (2003 reprint) * '' Quicksilver'',

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(2003) * ''

Don Quixote , the full title being ''The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha'', is a Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes. Originally published in two parts in 1605 and 1615, the novel is considered a founding work of Western literature and is of ...

'', a new translation by

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(2003, Ecco) * '' Acquainted with the Night'', Christopher Dewdney (2004) * '' State of fear'', by Michael Crichton (2004) * '' Darkhouse'', Alex Barclay (2005) * '' Anansi Boys'', Neil Gaiman (2005) * '' The Hot Kid'',

Elmore Leonard Elmore John Leonard Jr. (October 11, 1925August 20, 2013) was an American novelist, short story author and screenwriter. He was, according to British journalist Anthony Lane, "hailed as one of the best crime writers in the land". His earliest no ...

(2005) * ''

Freaky Green Eyes ''Freaky Green Eyes'' (2003) is the third young adult fiction novel written by Joyce Carol Oates. The story follows the life of 15-year-old Francesca "Franky" Pierson as she reflects on the events leading to her mother's mysterious disappearance ...

'', by

Joyce Carol Oates Joyce Carol Oates (born June 16, 1938) is an American writer. Oates published her first book in 1963, and has since published 58 novels, a number of plays and novellas, and many volumes of short stories, poetry, and nonfiction. Her novels ''Black ...

(2006) * '' Next'', Michael Crichton (2006) * '' Domicilium Decoratus'', Kelly Wearstler (2006) * '' Pretty Little Liars'', Sara Shepard (2006) * '' Mister B. Gone'', Clive Barker (Harper) (2007) * '' Loving Natalee: A Mother's Testament of Hope and Faith'', Beth Holloway (2007) (about Natalee Holloway) * '' The Raw Shark Texts'', Steven Hall (2007) * '' The Children of Húrin'', J. R. R. Tolkien (ed. Christopher Tolkien) (2007) * '' The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power'', Jeff Sharlet (2008) * '' Going Rogue: An American Life'', Sarah Palin (2009) * '' Pirate Latitudes'', Michael Crichton (2009) (posthumous publication) * '' Wolf Hall'',

Hilary Mantel Dame Hilary Mary Mantel ( ; born Thompson; 6 July 1952 – 22 September 2022) was a British writer whose work includes historical fiction, personal memoirs and short stories. Her first published novel, ''Every Day Is Mother's Day'', was releas ...

(2009) * '' Shattered: The True Story of a Mother's Love, a Husband's Betrayal, and a Cold-Blooded Texas Murder'', Kathryn Casey (2010) * '' Micro'', Michael Crichton (2011) (posthumous publication) * '' The Dressmaker of Khair Khana'', Gayle Tzemach Lemmon (2011) * '' A Shot at History: My Obsessive Journey to Olympic Gold'' by Abhinav Bindra (2011) * ''

Go Set a Watchman ''Go Set a Watchman'' is a novel by Harper Lee that was published in 2015 by HarperCollins (US) and Heinemann (publisher), Heinemann (UK). Written before her only other published novel, ''To Kill a Mockingbird'' (1960), ''Go Set a Watchman'' was ...

'',

Harper Lee Nelle Harper Lee (April 28, 1926 – February 19, 2016) was an American novelist whose 1960 novel ''To Kill a Mockingbird'' won the 1961 Pulitzer Prize and became a classic of modern American literature. She assisted her close friend Truman ...

(2015) * '' The Poppy War'', R. F. Kuang (2018) * '' Inside the Tablighi Jamaat'', Ziya Us Salam (2020)

Harper children's books

Children's book editor Ursula Nordstrom was the director of Harper's Department of Books for Boys and Girls from 1940 to 1973, overseeing the publication of classics such as ''

Goodnight Moon ''Goodnight Moon'' is an American Children's literature, children's book written by Margaret Wise Brown and illustrated by Clement Hurd. It was published on September 3, 1947, and is a highly acclaimed bedtime story. This book is the second in ...

'', '' Where the Wild Things Are'', '' The Giving Tree'', '' Charlotte's Web'', Beverly Cleary's series starring Ramona Quimby, and ''

Harold and the Purple Crayon ''Harold and the Purple Crayon'' is a 1955 Children's literature, children's picture book written and illustrated by Crockett Johnson. Published by HarperCollins Publishers, it is Johnson's most popular book, and has led to a series of other rel ...

''. They were the publishing home of Maurice Sendak, Shel Silverstein, and

Margaret Wise Brown Margaret Wise Brown (May 23, 1910 – November 13, 1952) was an American writer of children's books, including ''Goodnight Moon'' (1947) and ''The Runaway Bunny'' (1942), both illustrated by Clement Hurd. She has been called "the laureate of the ...

. In 1998, Nordstrom's personal correspondence was published as ''Dear Genius: The Letters of Ursula Nordstrom'' (illustrated by Maurice Sendak), edited by Charlotte Zolotow. Zolotow began her career as a stenographer to Nordstrom, became her ''protégé'', and went on to write more than 80 books and edit hundreds of others, including Nordstrom's ''The Secret Language'' and the works of Paul Fleischman. Zolotow later became head of the children's books department, and went on to become the company's first female vice president. '' The Chronicles of Narnia'' series by C. S. Lewis, while not originally published by a merged imprint of HarperCollins, was acquired by the publisher. HarperCollins has published these notable children's books: * the

I Can Read! I Can Read! is a line of beginning Basal reader, reading books published by HarperCollins. The series is rated by level and is widely used to teach children to read English. The first book in the series was Else Holmelund Minarik's ''Little Bear (b ...

series for beginning readers, including the '' Amelia Bedelia'' ( Peggy Parish), ''

Frog and Toad ''Frog and Toad'' is a series of easy-reader Children's literature, children's books, written and illustrated by American author Arnold Lobel. Each book contains five simple, often humorous, sometimes poignant, short stories chronicling the ex ...

'' ( Arnold Lobel) and '' Little Bear'' (

Else Holmelund Minarik Else Holmelund Minarik (née Holmelund; September 13, 1920 – July 12, 2012) was a Danish-born American author of more than 40 children's books. She was most commonly associated with her ''Little Bear (book), Little Bear'' series of children's b ...

and Maurice Sendak) books * the ''Warriors'' series (2003–present) * the '' Pretty Little Liars'' series, by Sara Shepard (2007–present) * '' A Series of Unfortunate Events'', Lemony Snicket * '' A Taste of Blackberries'', Doris Buchanan Smith (1973) * ''Skulduggery Pleasant'' series, Derek Landy * '' Bart Simpson's Guide to Life'' (1993) * international rights to Dr. Seuss (inherited from Collins; 1950s–present) * '' Love That Dog'', Sharon Creech (2001) * '' The Giving Tree'', Shel Silverstein (1964) * '' Where the Sidewalk Ends (book)'', Shel Silverstein (1974) * '' The Saga of Darren Shan'', Darren Shan (2000–2004) ** '' Cirque du Freak'' manga series, Darren Shan and Takahiro Arai (2006–2009) * '' The Dangerous Book for Boys'', Conn and Hal Iggulden (2006) * '' Sabriel'',

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(1995) * '' A Barrel of Laughs, a Vale of Tears'',

Jules Feiffer Jules Ralph Feiffer ( ; January 26, 1929 – January 17, 2025) was an American cartoonist and author, who at one time was considered the most widely read satirist in the country. He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1986 for Pulitzer Prize for Editori ...

(1995) * '' Mister God, This Is Anna'', Fynn (pseudonym of Sydney Hopkins) (1974) * the '' Little House on the Prairie'' series, Laura Ingalls Wilder (1932–2006) * '' The Wolves in the Walls'', Neil Gaiman and

Dave McKean David McKean (born 29 December 1963) is an England, English artist. His work incorporates drawing, painting, photography, collage, found objects, digital art, and sculpture. McKean has illustrated works by authors such as S. F. Said, S.F. Said, ...

(2003) * '' Monster'', Walter Dean Myers (1999) * '' Coraline'', Neil Gaiman and

(2002) * '' Surviving the Applewhites'', Stephanie S. Tolan (2002) * '' The Gollywhopper Games'' (2008) * '' Ruby Redfort'' (series), Lauren Child (2011) * '' Divergent'', Veronica Roth (2011) * '' Survivors'' series (2012–2019) * '' The School for Good and Evil'', Soman Chainani (2013–present) * '' Splat the Cat'', Rob Scotton (2007–present) * '' The Secret Zoo'', Bryan Chick (2010–2023) * '' Charlotte's Web'', E. B. White (2015) * ''Little Penguin'', Tadgh Bentley (2015–present) * ''

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'' adapted books (2021–present)

Imprints

HarperCollins has more than 120 book imprints, most of which are based in the United States. Collins still exists as an imprint, chiefly for wildlife and natural history books, field guides, as well as for English and bilingual dictionaries based on the Bank of English, a large corpus of contemporary English texts. HarperCollins' imprints, including current and defunct imprints prior to various mergers, include:

Current

Adult

Children

* HarperCollins Children's Books ** Harper Festival, a publisher of novelty books founded in 1992 ** HarperTeen ** HarperTeen Impulse (digital imprint) ** HarperTrophy ** Harper Fire ** Amistad ** Balzer + Bray ** Collins ** Clarion Books ** Greenwillow Books **

Heartdrum Heartdrum is a publishing Imprint (trade name), imprint of the English-language publishing house HarperCollins that specializes in children's books by North American Indigenous authors. Audience Heartdrum was launched in 2019 and is an imprint ...

** HMH Books for Young Readers ** Katherine Tegen Books ** Walden Pond Press ** Blink Young Adult *Farshore (formerly Egmont UK) **Electric Monkey

Christian

* Thomas Nelson ** Grupo Nelson ** Nelson Books ** Tommy Nelson ** W Publishing Group * Zondervan ** Editorial Vida ** Zonderkidz **Zondervan Academic **Zondervan Reflective

Audio

* HarperAudio * Caedmon, audiobooks * HarperCollins Children's Audio

Bureau

HarperCollins Speakers Bureau HarperCollins Publishers LLC is a British–American publishing company that is considered to be one of the " Big Five" English-language publishers, along with Penguin Random House, Hachette, Macmillan, and Simon & Schuster. HarperCollins ...

Digital

* HarperCollins e-Books * HarperCollins Productions

Digital first

* One More Chapter

Film and television

* 3000 Pictures (joint venture with Sony Pictures)

Defunct

Business strategy

Web approach

In 2008, HarperCollins launched a browsing feature on its website where customers can read selected excerpts from books before purchasing, on both desktop and mobile browsers. This functionality gave the publisher's website the ability to compete with physical bookstores, in which customers can typically look at the book itself, and Amazon's use of excerpts ("teasers") for online book purchasers. At the beginning of October 2013, the company announced a partnership with online digital library Scribd. The official statement revealed that the "majority" of the HarperCollins US and HarperCollins Christian catalogs will be available in Scribd's subscription service. Chantal Restivo-Alessi, chief digital officer at HarperCollins, explained to the media that the deal represents the first time that the publisher has released such a large portion of its catalog. HarperCollins formerly operated ''authonomy'', an online community of authors, from 2008 to 2015. The website offered an alternative to the traditional " slush pile" approach for handling unsolicited manuscripts sent to a publisher with little chance of being reviewed. Using authonomy, authors could submit their work for

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and ranking by other members; the five highest-ranked manuscripts each month would be read by HarperCollins editors for potential publication. The site was closed after authors "learned to game the system" to earn top-five rankings, and fewer authonomy titles were selected to be published. From 2009 to 2010, HarperCollins operated BookArmy, a social networking site.

Speakers Bureau

The HarperCollins Speakers Bureau (also known as HCSB) is the first lecture agency to be created by a major publishing house. It was launched in May 2005McGee, Celia
"A Way to Give Authors a Lucrative Second Platform."
''The New York Times'', 4 June 2007. Retrieved 23 February 2009. as a division of HarperCollins to book paid speaking engagements for the authors HarperCollins, and its sister companies, publish. Andrea Rosen is the director. Some of the notable authors the HCSB represents include Carol Alt, Dennis Lehane,

Gregory Maguire Gregory Maguire (born June 9, 1954) is an American novelist. He is the author of ''Wicked (Maguire novel), Wicked'', ''Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister'', and several dozen other novels for adults and children. Many of Maguire's adult novels are ...

, Danny Meyer, Mehmet Oz, Sidney Poitier, Ted Sorensen, and Kate White.

HarperAcademic

HarperAcademic
is the academic marketing department of HarperCollins. HarperAcademic provides instructors with the latest in adult titles for course adoption at the high school and college level, as well as titles for first-year and other common read programs at academic institutions. They also attend several major academic conferences to showcase new titles for academic professionals.
HarperAcademic Calling
a podcast produced by the department, provides interviews with authors of noteworthy titles.

HarperStudio

HarperCollins announced HarperStudio in 2008 as a "new, experimental unit... that will eliminate the traditional profit distributions to authors. The long-established author advances and bookseller returns has not proved to be very profitable to either the author or the publisher. The approach HarperStudio is now taking is to offer little or no advance, but instead to split the profit 50% (rather than the industry standard 15%), with the author." The division was headed by Bob Miller, previously the founding publisher of Hyperion, the adult books division of the Walt Disney Company. HarperStudio folded in March 2010 after Miller left for Workman Publishing.

HarperCollins India

HarperCollins Publishers India Pvt Ltd. is a wholly owned subsidiary of HarperCollins Worldwide. It came into being in 1992.

Controversies

''If I Did It''

''If I Did It'' was a book written by O. J. Simpson about his alleged murder of Nicole Simpson, which was planned as a HarperCollins title, and which attracted considerable controversy and a legal battle over publication.

Ben Collins

In August 2010, the company became embroiled in a legal battle with the BBC after a book it was due to publish, later identified as the forthcoming autobiography of racing driver Ben Collins, revealed the identity of The Stig from '' Top Gear''. In his blog, ''Top Gear'' executive producer Andy Wilman accused HarperCollins of "hoping to cash in" on the BBC's

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, describing the publishers as "a bunch of chancers". On 1 September, the BBC's request for an injunction preventing the book from being published was turned down, effectively confirming the book's revelation that "The Stig" was indeed Collins.

''East and West''

The company became embroiled in controversy in 1998 after it was revealed it blocked Chris Patten's (the last British governor of Hong Kong) book '' East and West'' after a direct intervention by the then-CEO of News International, Rupert Murdoch. It was later revealed by Stuart Proffitt, the editor who had worked on the book for HarperCollins, that this intervention was designed to appease the Chinese authorities—of whom the book was critical—as Murdoch intended to extend his business empire into China and did not wish to cause problems there by allowing the book to be published. Murdoch's intervention caused both Proffitt's resignation from the company and outrage from the international media apart from affiliated companies. Chris Patten later published with Macmillan Publishing, initially in America, where it carried the logo "The book that Rupert Murdoch refused to publish". After a successful legal campaign against HarperCollins, Patten went on to publish the book in the UK in September 1998 after accepting a sum of £500,000 and receiving an apology from Rupert Murdoch.

Ebooks

In March 2011, HarperCollins announced it would distribute ebooks to libraries with DRM enabled to delete the item after being lent 26 times. HarperCollins has drawn criticism of this plan, in particular its likening of ebooks, which are purely digital, to traditional paperback trade books, which wear over time.

Omission of Israel from an atlas

In December 2014, '' The Tablet'' reported that an atlas published for Middle East schools did not label Israel on a map of the Middle East. A representative for Collins Bartholomew, a subsidiary of HarperCollins that specializes in maps, explained that including Israel would have been "unacceptable" to their customers in the Arab states of the Persian Gulf and the omission was in line with "local preferences". The company later apologized and destroyed all the books.

''What the (Bleep) Just Happened?''

HarperCollins announced in January 2017 that they would discontinue selling copies of Monica Crowley's book '' What the (Bleep) Just Happened?'', due to allegations of plagiarism. The 2012 book had lifted passages from a number of sources including columns, news articles and think tank reports. HarperCollins said in a statement to CNN's '' KFile'', "The book which has reached the end of its natural sales cycle, will no longer be offered for purchase until such time as the author has the opportunity to source and revise the material."

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