Shelf Awareness
In a move designed to migrate "away from the traditional book-publishing model of actively competing with other publishers for new titles," Hyperion Books is putting its backlist titles on the market, the Wall Street Journal reported, adding that the decision by owner Walt Disney Co. is "part of a shift in strategy that will see it focus on publishing books linked to television properties."
As part of Disney's ABC Television Group, Hyperion "will look for books either linked to ABC television properties or that it believes can be extended to television or other corners of Walt Disney," according to the Journal, citing a "person familiar with the situation" who said, "I don't think anybody should use 'not' or 'never' but this is the direction we're going and where Hyperion's priorities will be." Recent Hyperion titles linked to ABC shows include a series of books based on the crime TV show Castle and The Chew series of cookbooks.
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