Claim: In 2017, Bookouture was acquired by Hachette (a French publisher founded in 1826) which led to it selling nine million copies two years later and starting a new imprint called Thread Books (with an initial group of five non-fiction books) in 2020.
Evidence: In 2017, it was acquired by Hachette, and in 2019 it sold 9 million books more than half of them in the United States, where it planned to establish a new editorial team. Hachette (French pronunciation: ​[a.ʃɛt) is a French publisher. Founded in 1826 by Louis Hachette as Brédif, the company later became L. Hachette et Compagnie, Librairie Hachette, Hachette SA and Hachette Livre in France. In 2020, Bookouture launched the imprint Thread Books, with an initial group of five non-fiction books.