Starting this fall, Hachette Book Group will handle sales, billing, returns, credit processing and collections services for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt general-interest titles and books for young readers in most international markets. HMH will handle order fulfillment. The agreement is for Latin America, Asia and Europe and excludes Canada, the U.K. and Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and India.
"This new international distribution partnership between HMH and Hachette will provide many expanded opportunities for our books and authors," Laurie Brown, HMH senior v-p of sales and marketing, said. "We look forward to providing continued excellent service and an enhanced marketing and sales profile for both existing customers and many first-time customers."
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In other Houghton Mifflin Harcourt news, Colleen Murphy has been promoted to executive director, mass market and specialty retail channels. She has been with the company since 2002.
Peter Cohen has been promoted to senior national accounts manager working with Barnes & Noble.