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HarperCollins Publishers LLC is an Anglo-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 is headquartered in New York City 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, merged with Row, Peterson & Company in 1962 to form Harper & Row, which was acquired by NewsCorp in 1987. The Scottish publishing company William Collins, Sons, founded in 1819, was acquired by NewsCorp in 1989 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 has publishing groups in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, India, and China. The company publishes different imprints, including former independent publishing houses and new imprints. The company's worldwide CEO is Brian Murray. 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 Weekly, Harper's Bazaar, and Harper's Young People. 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 Glasgow 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 Agatha Christie 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. Mergers and acquisitions Rupert Murdoch's NewsCorp acquired Harper & Row in 1987. NewsCorp had owned a 40% stake in Collins since 1981 and became the sole owner in 1989. NewsCorp merged the two publishers in 1990, 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 Harlequin Enterprises 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 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 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 publishers Pavilion Books. In 2022 HarperCollins acquired Cider Mill Press. Management history Brian Murray, the current CEO of HarperCollins, succeeded Jane Friedman 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 Apple, 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 E.... Discover the Clarion Books popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Clarion Books books.
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Wintersmith
Terry PratchettALA Best Fiction for Young Adults ALA Booklist Editors' Choice ALA Notable Children's Book“Pratchett’s unique blend of comedy and articulate insight is at its vibrant best. Full ...
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The Borrowers
Mary NortonThe Borrowersthe Clock family: Homily, Pod, and their fourteenyearold daughter, Arrietty, to be preciseare tiny people who live underneath the kitchen floor of an old English count...
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Waking the Dead
John EldredgeWild at Heart helped men get their hearts back.Waking the Dead will help us all find the life Christ promised.Jesus said, “I have come that they may have life, and have it to the f...
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The Lemonade War
Jacqueline DaviesHere is a clever blend of humor, math wizardry, and business knowhow. As it captures the oneofakind bond between brother and sister, this poignant novel also subtly explores how ar...
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The Prison Healer
Lynette Noni“Lynette Noni is a masterful storyteller. A mustread for any fantasy lover!” SARAH J. MAAS, #1 New York Times Bestselling AuthorSeventeenyearold Kiva Meridan has spent the last te...
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Life as We Knew It
Susan Beth PfefferNew York Times bestseller! A heartstopping postapocalyptic thriller that's "absorbing from first to last page."When a meteor knocks the moon closer to earth, Miranda, a high school...
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Orbiting Jupiter
Gary D. SchmidtIn this riveting novel, two boys discover the true meaning of family and the sacrifices it requires.Twotime Newbery Honor winner Gary D. Schmidt delivers the shattering story of Jo...
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The Darkening
Sunya MaraIn this thrilling and epic YA fantasy debut, the only hope for a city trapped in the eye of a cursed storm lies with the daughter of failed revolutionaries and a prince terrified o...
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Island of the Blue Dolphins
Scott O'DellScott O’Dell's Newbery Medalwinning classic is a gripping tale of survival, strength, and courage. Based on the true story of a Nicoleño Indian girl living alone on an island off t...
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A Long Walk to Water
Linda Sue ParkCherished by millions of readers, this #1 New York Times bestselling novel is a powerful tale of perseverance and hope. Newbery Medalist Linda Sue Park interweaves the stories of t...
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Wings
Terry PratchettIn a world whose seasons are defined by Christmas sales and Spring Fashions, hundreds of tiny nomes live in the corners and crannies of a humanrun department store. They have made ...
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Nation
Terry PratchettNew York Times Bestseller Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize Winner of the Boston Globe/Horn Book Award Michael L. Printz Medal honor winnerFrom the pen of Sir Terry Pra...
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The Little Prince
Antoine de Saint-ExupéryOVER 140 MILLION COPIES SOLDThe beloved classic story about a young prince's travels through spacea profound tale about loneliness and loss, and love and friendship. A pilot crashe...
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Graceling
Kristin CashoreDiscover the Graceling Realm in this unforgettable, awardwinning novel from bestselling author Kristin Cashore.A New York Times bestseller ALA Best Book for Young Adults...
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Johnny and the Dead
Terry PratchettSir Terry Pratchett, beloved and bestselling author of the Discworld fantasy series, explores the bonds between the living and the dead and proves that it's never too late to have ...
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The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents
Terry Pratchett“An astonishing novel. Were Terry Pratchett not demonstratively a master craftsman already, The Amazing Maurice might be considered his masterpiece.” Neil GaimanThe Amazing Maurice...
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Peak
Roland SmithIn this unputdownable, spinetingling adventure of a lifetime called “a winner at every level,” fourteenyearold Peak Marcello attempts to be the youngest climber to summit Mount Eve...
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Johnny and the Bomb
Terry PratchettFrom the pen of Sir Terry Pratchett, beloved and bestselling author of the Discworld fantasy series, comes timetravel adventure that mixes outrageous humor and nailbiting suspense!...
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Clash
Kayla MillerKayla Miller, the New York Times bestselling authorillustrator of Click, Camp, and Act, returns with the next chapter of Olive's story, tackling new friendships, middle school conf...
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Thomas Paine and the Clarion Call for American Independence
Harlow Giles UngerFrom New York Times bestselling author and Founding Fathers' biographer Harlow Giles Unger comes the astonishing biography of the man whose pen set America ablaze, inspiring its re...
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Messenger
Lois LowryThe third book in Lois Lowry's Giver Quartet, which began with the bestselling and Newbery Medalwinning The Giver.Trouble is brewing in Village. Once a utopian community that pride...
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I Remember Jim Morrison
Alan GrahamThe life and times of Jim Morrison of the Doors by Alan Graham, brotherinlaw of the deceased singer. www.irememberjimmorrison.com
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Gathering Blue
Lois LowryThe second book in Lois Lowry's Giver Quartet, which began with the bestselling and Newbery Medalwinning The Giver.Left orphaned and physically flawed in a civilization that shuns ...
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Swing
Kwame Alexander & Mary Rand HessIn this YA novel in verse from bestselling authors Kwame Alexander and Mary Rand Hess (Solo), which Kirkus called “lively, moving, and heartfelt” in a starred review, Noah and Walt...
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These Hollow Vows
Lexi RyanA New York Times Bestseller! Cruel Prince meets A Court of Thorns and Roses in this sexy, actionpacked fantasy about a girl who is caught between two treacherou...
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The Blood Traitor
Lynette Noni“Lynette Noni is a masterful storyteller. A mustread for any fantasy lover!” Sarah J. Maas, #1 New York Times Bestselling AuthorShe’d failed them. All of them. And now she was payi...
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Only You Can Save Mankind
Terry PratchettFrom the pen of Sir Terry Pratchett, beloved and bestselling author of the Discworld fantasy series, comes a realitybending tale of virtual heroism that will leaves readers breathl...
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The Witch of Blackbird Pond
Elizabeth George SpeareSixteenyearold Kit Tyler is marked by suspicion and disapproval from the moment she arrives on the unfamiliar shores of colonial Connecticut in 1687. Alone and desperate, she has b...
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Clarion Calls
Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀To define Nigeria is to tell a halftruth. Many have tried, but most have concluded that it is impossible to capture the true scope and significance of Africa’s most populous nation...
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The Gilded Cage
Lynette NoniKiva trades one cage for another when she leaves behind a deadly prison for a deceptive palace in this dark and dangerous sequel to The Prison Healer, which Sarah J. Maas called "a...
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The Polar Express
Chris Van AllsburgThe Polar Express is for all thoseof any agewho believe, come Christmas Eve, that they too will hear the sweet sound of a reindeer’s silver bell.A young boy, lying awake one Christ...
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Tales from Earthsea
Ursula K. Le GuinThe tales of this book explore and extend the world established by Ursula K. Le Guin's mustread Earthsea Cycle. "The magic of Earthsea is primal; the lessons of Earthsea remain as ...
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The Wednesday Wars
Gary D. SchmidtIn this Newbery Honor–winning novel, Gary D. Schmidt tells the witty and compelling story of a teenage boy who feels that fate has it in for him, during the school year 1...
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The Bronze Bow
Elizabeth George SpeareHe trains my hands for war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze. –from the Song of David (2 Samuel 22:35)The Bronze Bow, written by Elizabeth George Speare (author of The Witc...
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Son
Lois LowryThe thrilling and longawaited conclusion to the Newbery Medal–winning Giver Quartet by Lois Lowry.They called her Water Claire. When she washed up on their shore, no one knew that ...
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Dodger
Terry PratchettNew York Times Bestseller!Beloved and bestselling author Sir Terry Pratchett's Dodger, a Printz Honor Book, combines high comedy with deep wisdom in a tale of one remarkable boy's ...
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Number the Stars
Lois LowryThe unforgettable Newbery Medal–winning novel from Lois Lowry. As the German troops begin their campaign to "relocate" all the Jews of Denmark, Annemarie Johansen’s family takes in...
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A Duet for Home
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Solo
Kwame Alexander & Mary Rand HessSolo by Kwame Alexander and Mary Rand Hess is a New York Times bestseller! Kirkus Reviews said Solo is, “A contemporary hero’s journey, brilliantly told.” Through the story of a yo...
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The Wee Free Men
Terry PratchettALA Best Fiction for Young Adults ALA Notable Children's Book Horn Book Fanfare Book Kirkus Reviews Editor’s Choice SLJ Best Book of the Year By the beloved and bestsellin...
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The Crossover
Kwame AlexanderSeries streaming now on Disney+, with executive producers including NBA great LeBron James!The Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award–winning middle grade bestseller! Basketbal...
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The Clarion
Samuel Hopkins AdamsThe Clarion is a Fiction Romance Story Book. The book tells that Between two flames the man stood, overlooking the crowd. A soft breeze, playing about the torches, sent shadows bil...
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A Wizard of Earthsea
Ursula K. Le GuinThe first novel of Ursula K. Le Guin's mustread Earthsea Cycle. "The magic of Earthsea is primal; the lessons of Earthsea remain as potent, as wise, and as necessary as anyone coul...
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I Shall Wear Midnight
Terry PratchettWinner of the Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and FantasyBy the beloved and bestselling grandmaster of fantasy, Sir Terry Pratchett, this is the fourth in a seri...
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The Giver
Lois LowryIn Lois Lowry’s Newbery Medal–winning classic, twelveyearold Jonas lives in a seemingly ideal world. Not until he is given his life assignment as the Receiver does he begin to unde...