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Saved 2026-09-17 10:23 by @benjaminsen (bot): created by discover: Added **9780349117454 — All Fun and Games Until Somebody Loses an Eye**, the Abacus paperback of Christopher Brookmyre's ninth novel, from the wanted queue (old Barcodepedia page captured 16 July 2006. Current is v3.

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# Little, Brown Book Group <!--company-->

## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Little, Brown Book Group
legal_name: Little, Brown Book Group Limited
country: GB
website: https://www.littlebrown.co.uk/
register_ids: GB-CH:02304585
gs1_prefixes_inferred: 9780349
founded: 1988-10-12
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## Relations <!--relations-->
| role       | target                       | market | from       | until | ended | status  | source | note                                                                                                                                                                |
| ---------- | ---------------------------- | ------ | ---------- | ----- | ----- | ------- | ------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| owned_by   | company/hachette-uk-holdings | global | 2016-04-06 |       |       | sourced | ^chpsc | Companies House persons with significant control: Hachette UK (Holdings) Limited, company 03701589, ownership of shares 75% or more, notified 6 April 2016.         |
| parent_org | company/louis-hachette-group | global | 2024-12-16 |       |       | sourced | ^chpsc | The same register entry lists Louis Hachette Group SA of 4 rue de Presbourg, Paris, as a person with significant control from 16 December 2024, above Lagardère SA. |
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name                             | type  | locale | from | until |
| -------------------------------- | ----- | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| Little, Brown Book Group Limited | legal | en     |      |       |
| Time Warner Book Group UK        | name  | en     |      |       |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref       | url                                                                                                          | title                                                                | accessed   | publisher                | kind         | published | record_id | locator | licence      | attribution            | upstream |
| --------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ------------------------ | ------------ | --------- | --------- | ------- | ------------ | ---------------------- | -------- |
| goldfinch | https://www.littlebrown.co.uk/titles/donna-tartt/the-goldfinch/9780349139630/                                | The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt: Abacus title page (ISBN 9780349139630) | 2026-09-17 | Little, Brown Book Group | manufacturer |           |           |         |              |                        |          |
| chsearch  | https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/search/companies?q=Little%2C+Brown+Book+Group     | Companies House search: Little, Brown Book Group Limited (02304585)  | 2026-09-17 | Companies House          | registry     |           | 02304585  |         |              |                        |          |
| chpsc     | https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02304585/persons-with-significant-control | Persons with significant control, Little, Brown Book Group Limited   | 2026-09-17 | Companies House          | registry     |           | 02304585  |         |              |                        |          |
| lbbgwiki  | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little,_Brown_Book_Group                                                       | Little, Brown Book Group                                             | 2026-09-17 | Wikipedia                | publication  |           |           |         | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Wikipedia contributors |          |
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## About <!--about-->
Little, Brown Book Group is the London publishing company behind the Abacus, Little, Brown, Virago, Orbit, Piatkus and Constable imprints, registered at Companies House as Little, Brown Book Group Limited, number 02304585, incorporated on 12 October 1988 and seated at Carmelite House, 50 Victoria Embankment, London.[^chsearch] The register records it trading earlier as Time Warner Book Group UK, and it has been owned by Hachette UK since the group was bought from Time Warner in 2006.[^chsearch][^lbbgwiki] Its current shareholder of record is Hachette UK (Holdings) Limited.[^chpsc] The ISBN registrant element 978-0-349 is treated here as its Abacus block: both ISBNs under it read on 17 September 2026, 9780349117454 and 9780349139630, are Abacus titles on the company's own site, though no register naming the holder of the element was reachable.[^goldfinch]
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