Headline
- Company typePrivate
- Founded1986
- HeadquartersLondon, United Kingdom
- Headcount101–250
- GTM typeB2C
- OfferingServices
Headline firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Headline
- Legal name
- Headline Publishing Group Limited
- Website
- https://headline.co.uk
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 1986
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 101–250 employees
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Headline industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Trade Book Publishing
- NAICS
- Book Publishers (513130)
- SIC
- Books: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2731)
- akta.pro primary industry
- General Trade Publishing (Adult Fiction & Nonfiction) (MPAJAAAA)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- Genre & Category Publishing (Romance, Mystery/Thriller, Sci‑Fi/Fantasy, etc.) (MPAJAAAB), Mass Market & Paperback Publishing (MPAJAAAD), Hardcover & Premium Editions Publishing (MPAJAAAE)
Keywords
Where Headline is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- London
- HQ country
- United Kingdom
- HQ region
- Europe
Offices3 records
Markets served
Headline business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2C
- Offering type
- Services
- Cost components
- Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D
Revenue model
- Book Sales: Revenue from selling physical books (hardcover, paperback) and digital formats (ebooks, audiobooks) through retail partners and direct channels
- Publishing Rights: Revenue from selling or licensing publishing rights internationally, such as Michael Douglas memoir publishing simultaneously in UK via Headline and US via Grand Central Publishing
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| One time/ perpetual license | Pay-as-you-go | Hardcover editions |
| One time/ perpetual license | Pay-as-you-go | Paperback editions |
| One time/ perpetual license | Pay-as-you-go | Ebook editions |
| One time/ perpetual license | Pay-as-you-go | Audiobook Downloadable |
Go-to-market motion1 record
Distribution channels4 records
Marketing channels5 records
Headline product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Headline Publishing Group publishes and distributes bestselling fiction and non-fiction books across twelve imprints (including Headline Fiction, Headline Non-Fiction, Headline Review, Headline Home, Wildfire, Tinder Press, Headline Eternal, Welbeck, Tallis Street Books, Mountain Leopard Press, Orange Hippo, and Headline Press). Titles are released in hardcover, paperback, ePub3 ebook, PDF, and MP3 audiobook formats and sold through major retailers, digital platforms, and the company's own website. The group also licenses publishing rights internationally, such as co-publishing Michael Douglas's memoir in the UK alongside Grand Central Publishing in the US.
Product overview
Headline Publishing Group is a UK book publishing company and part of Hachette UK. The company operates as a multi-imprint publishing platform comprising Headline Fiction, Headline Non-Fiction, Headline Review, Headline Home, Wildfire, Tinder Press, Headline Eternal, Welbeck, Tallis Street Books, Mountain Leopard Press, Orange Hippo, and Headline Press. The company publishes fiction across genres (contemporary, crime, mystery, historical, romance, thriller) and non-fiction (biography, health, history, lifestyle). Books are distributed in multiple formats including hardcover, paperback, ebooks (ePub, PDF), and audiobooks (MP3). The company does not offer a technology product, API, or SaaS platform—its offering is purely publishing-focused.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- Headline Fiction: Fiction publishing imprint of Headline
- Headline Non-Fiction
- Headline Review
- Headline Home
- Wildfire
- Tinder Press
- Headline Eternal
- Welbeck
- Tallis Street Books
- Mountain Leopard Press
- Orange Hippo
- Headline Press
Products and services
- Headline Publishing Group Books (Hardcover, Paperback, eBook, Audiobook) Bestselling fiction and non-fiction titles published under the Headline Publishing Group umbrella, available in hardcover, paperback, ePub3 ebook, PDF, and MP3 audiobook formats and sold to general consumer readers through major retailers, digital platforms, and the Headline website.
- eBooks (ePub3 and PDF digital editions) Digital ebook editions of Headline titles in ePub3 and PDF formats, with accessibility features supporting readers with print disabilities and distributed via Kindle, Apple Books, Google Play, Kobo, and ebooks.com.
- Audiobooks (MP3 digital audio editions) Digital audiobook editions of Headline titles in MP3 format, distributed through major audiobook platforms including Audible and xigxag.
- International Publishing Rights Licensing Licensing and co-publication of Headline titles for international markets, including co-publishing deals with publishers such as Grand Central Publishing in the US.
Companies that use Headline
Customer profileSegments2 records
Ideal customer profiles3 records
Headline technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed No
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Feature2 records
Headline partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.
- Grand Central PublishingcoreGrand Central Publishing acquired worldwide rights to Michael Douglas's memoir, with Headline publishing simultaneously in the UK. This represents a co-publishing partnership for major celebrity memoirs.
- RNIB BooksharecoreHachette UK partnership with Royal National Institute for Blind People (RNIB) making all books available via Bookshare platform for people with qualifying print disabilities.
- Jessica Kingsley PublishersminorJessica Kingsley Publishers released first industry guidelines for producing dyslexia-friendly texts and workplaces in 2020, developed in association with Hachette UK Accessibility Network and British Dyslexia Association.
- Accessible Books ConsortiumminorHachette signed the Charter for Accessible Publishing (ABC Charter) which promotes production of eBooks in accessible formats.
Scale indicators5 records
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights5 records
Headline competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- Penguin Random House: The world's largest trade book publisher, publishing adult fiction and non-fiction across the same genres (historical fiction, thriller, romance, biography) Headline covers. Directly comparable in product mix (hardcover, paperback, ebook, audiobook), retail distribution, and rights monetization.
- HarperCollins: Global trade publisher with a major UK imprint (HarperFiction, HarperNonFiction, Avon) operating in the same fiction and non-fiction categories as Headline. Closely comparable business model: multi-imprint, multi-format trade publishing with international rights revenue.
- Pan Macmillan: UK-based trade publisher with overlapping fiction and non-fiction imprints (Pan, Picador, Macmillan). Most direct UK-headquartered comparator to Headline given identical format mix, retail channels, and author categories.
- Simon & Schuster: Major US-headquartered trade publisher with comparable adult fiction and non-fiction lists, including bestseller-driven publishing across thriller, romance, biography, and memoir—directly mirroring Headline's genres.
- Bloomsbury Publishing: UK-listed trade publisher with adult fiction and non-fiction divisions competing for the same shelf space and author pool as Headline. Comparable scale and channel mix as another London-headquartered competitor.
- Faber & Faber: Independent UK trade publisher with overlapping literary fiction, non-fiction, and memoir lists. Comparable as a similarly London-headquartered literary trade publisher bidding for the same agented authors.
Broad incumbents
- Hodder & Stoughton: Sibling division within Hachette UK publishing general and literary fiction, memoir, and non-fiction—same parent group, overlapping genre profile, and shared distribution infrastructure. A direct intra-group peer for benchmarking.
- Orion Publishing Group: Another Hachette UK division (Gollancz, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, Orion, Orion Spring) with overlapping fiction and non-fiction publishing and identical distribution channels—directly intra-group comparable to Headline.
- Transworld Publishers: UK division of Penguin Random House publishing trade fiction (including crime, thriller, historical) and non-fiction with shared retail and rights infrastructure—a strong adjacent incumbent comparator.
Emerging players
- Bonnier Books: International trade publisher with UK and Nordic footprints in fiction and non-fiction. Comparable as a growing multi-imprint trade publisher operating in the same categories and channels as Headline.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat4 records
Key risks5 records
Key highlights6 records
Customer concentration
Headline social profiles
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Headline leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Headline subsidiaries and ownership
Company hierarchySubsidiaries12 records
Headline funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds
Investors
Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →
Headline M&A and investment
M&A and investmentM&A1 record
Investments
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Frequently asked questions about Headline
What does Headline do?
Headline Publishing Group publishes and distributes bestselling fiction and non-fiction books across twelve imprints (including Headline Fiction, Headline Non-Fiction, Headline Review, Headline Home, Wildfire, Tinder Press, Headline Eternal, Welbeck, Tallis Street Books, Mountain Leopard Press, Orange Hippo, and Headline Press). Titles are released in hardcover, paperback, ePub3 ebook, PDF, and MP3 audiobook formats and sold through major retailers, digital platforms, and the company's own website. The group also licenses publishing rights internationally, such as co-publishing Michael Douglas's memoir in the UK alongside Grand Central Publishing in the US.
Is Headline a public or private company?
Headline is a private company. It is classified as corporate owned and is currently operating.
When was Headline founded?
Headline was founded in 1986. It employs 101 to 250 people.
Where is Headline based?
Headline is headquartered in London, United Kingdom, in the Europe region.
How does Headline make money?
Two revenue lines are on record. Book Sales are the primary driver. The others are publishing Rights.
Who are Headline's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are Penguin Random House, HarperCollins, Pan Macmillan, Simon & Schuster, Bloomsbury Publishing and Faber & Faber. Broad incumbents are Hodder & Stoughton, Orion Publishing Group and Transworld Publishers. Bonnier Books is listed as an emerging player.
Does Headline have an API?
No public API is recorded for Headline.
What industry is Headline in?
Headline's product category is Trade Book Publishing. Its primary akta.pro industry code is MPAJAAAA, General Trade Publishing (Adult Fiction & Nonfiction), with a secondary code of MPAJAAAB, Genre & Category Publishing (Romance, Mystery/Thriller, Sci‑Fi/Fantasy, etc.). Its NAICS code is 513130 and its SIC code is 2731.