Hachette UK has acquired Nicholas Brealey Publishing in a deal that includes the company’s U.S. imprints, Davies-Black and Intercultural Press. By the end of the summer three of Brealey's Boston-based employees--Janet Crockett, Melissa Carl and Jen Delaney--will move into Hachette Book Group USA's Boston offices.
Nicholas Brealey is headquartered in London and is best known for its business books list. Company founder Nick Brealey will continue to manage the firm from London as part of Hachette's John Murray Press division, which is overseen by Nick Davies. According to HBG, U.S. sales and distribution will be run out of Nicholas Brealey Publishing/Hachette Book Group, while new title acquisitions will be run out of NBP/Hachette UK, but HUK will be exploring ways to grow NBP US in the future. In addition to its business book program, Brealey publishes travel writing and a cross-cultural list.
Jamie Hodder Williams, CEO of Hodder and Headline (John Murray Press' parent division), said: "Nick Brealey is a brilliant publisher. His areas of specialism--global business, personal and professional development and travel writing--are also areas of specialism for Nick Davies' team at John Murray Press. I am absolutely delighted that Nick has chosen to come to Hachette so that together we can further develop the wonderful business he has created.
Nick Brealey said: "This is splendid news for everybody and just as an example of how good the fit is - John Murray famously publish Patrick Leigh Fermor's classic backlist whilst one of our recent travel titles is Nick Hunt's acclaimed Walking the Woods and the Water: In Patrick Leigh Fermor's Footsteps from the Hook of Holland to the Golden Horn - a perfect piece of publishing serendipity."
Before setting up his imprint, Brealey worked at Allen & Unwin and at Simon & Schuster UK.
Nicholas Brealey joins recent Hachette UK acquisitions Constable & Robinson, Quercus (also now part of Hodder), and the educational publisher Rising Stars.
This story was updated on June 17 following additional information from HBG.
