Int’l publisher displays 3,000 English-language books in City
HCM CITY (VNS) — HCM City-based Book Distribution JSC (Fahasa) yesterday opened a week-long exhibition of English-language books published by the US-headquartered Hachette Book Group at the bookstore’s building at 40 Nguyen Hue Street in District 1.
On display are over 10,000 copies of 3,000 books, many of which are for children. They include story books and skills-training books, and books to develop children’s thinking ability.
In addition to children’s books, the exhibit also displays books by popular authors such as The Last Song, Dear John, The Best of Me and The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks, and The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith (the pen name of J. K. Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter books).
Hachette Book Group (HBG) is a publishing company owned by Hachette Livre, the largest publishing company in France, and the third largest trade and educational publisher in the world.
Each year, HBG publishes around 800 adult books, 200 young adult and children’s books, and 300 audiobooks. — VNS