Hodder Headline Plc - U.HDH- Profile

Hodder Headline PLC is one of the largest and most successful consumer book publishers in Britain. The Group publishes a wide range of adult, children's books and audio categories with an emphasis on popular and literary fiction, biography, sport, practical books and reference books. Religious publishing includes the New International Version (NIV) of the Bible and a wide range of contemporary Christian books. The Group also provides a distribution services to other publishers. UK consumer publishing accounted for 62% of 1998 revenues; UK educational, academic and professional publishing, 22%; overseas operations, 14% and UK distribution, 2%.