A publishing review will begin in the coming weeks during which the future for some of the publisher's UK titles will be also be up for discussion. 
 
Earlier this month, HarperCollins' US headquarters reported that sales had shrunk by a quarter, with operating profit down by almost two thirds on the previous year.
 
The US publisher also closed its Collins division, consolidating some of its titles into the Harper portfolio.

However, Siobhan Kenny, director of communications at HarperCollins, said there was no question of Collins closing in the UK, adding that a reorganisation of the business going forward is in the pipeline.
 
She told PrintWeek: "Collins in the UK is a different beast than the US model. The market has held up reasonably well compared to the rest of the economy, especially considering it relies on retail. At the moment the market is flat, as opposed to being in serious decline.
 
"Our bottom line was hit quite badly by the collapse of Woolworths because of the repercussions from EUK. We now intend to review the number of books we publish, which could affect print runs but it is early days still. We are also considering making cutbacks of up to 5% of our UK workforce."
 
She added: "I think that during a recession people tend to react more creatively and we may see more bespoke books produced."
 
HarperCollins has also invested in the e-book market. It announced last April that it was joining Penguin, Pan Macmillan and Random House in capitalising on the growing market for publishing in electronic formats.