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| Parent company | Verlagsgruppe Penguin Random House (Bertelsmann) |
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| Founded | 1935 |
| Founder | Nicola Bartels |
| Country of origin | Germany |
| Headquarters location | Munich |
| Publication types | fiction,non-fiction |
| Official website | www |
Blanvalet is a Germanpublishing house, based inMunich, which was founded in 1935 inBerlin and is now part of theBertelsmann's Random House publishing group.[1] Blanvalet publishes entertainment literature and non-fiction, first inhardcover, and aspaperbacks since 1998. The publisher became well known with the novel series "Angélique". More recent authors includeCharlotte Link, Marc Elsberg,Karin Slaughter,Diana Gabaldon andGeorge R. R. Martin.
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Lothar Blanvalet founded, on 1 April 1935 in Berlin, the "Buchwarte publishing Lothar Blanvalet", which was named after him and its publications included humorous works.[2] The operation was registered as a private company in thecommercial register and established in 1937. After the end ofWorld War II, in January 1946, the publisher received the license to continue publishing activity. The program focused on fiction - mainly criminal and adventure novels – as well as art books andgraphics.[3][4] The first titles published by Blanvalet were, "Hinein!" fromsoccer playerHanne Sobek, "Nueces und Shorty", "Spuren im Cañon", "Die goldene Hölle", "Die schwarzen Berge" fromClarence E. Mulford and "Land ohne Frau" from Armin Otto Huber.[5] In addition to German authors such asAlbrecht Haushofer ("Moabiter Sonette") Lothar Blanvalet also publishedAmerican literature, for example,William Keepers Maxwell Jr.'s "Junges Blatt am Baum" orBen Lucien Burman's "Der große Strom".
1954 Blanvalet launched, under the name "Blanvalet-Sport-Taschenbücher" (Blanvalet sport paperbacks), a program that was terminated without success after only two issues. Larger demand was received for the book "Der Weltraum rückt uns näher" by Donald E. Keyhouse. Commercial success was recorded by Blanvalet Publishers in 1956 with theAngélique novels.[6] The German edition of the novels was published by Blanvalet even before theFrench original. By the end of 1963, the first four novels of the series reached a circulation of over 680,000 copies.[7] In 1965 a controversy developed around the Angélique series between Blanvalet andBertelsmann. The company had offered the novel as an advertising premium for new members of theBertelsmann Lesering, which Blanvalet criticized as a surprising offer. The publisher refused to cooperate with Bertelsmann since the late 1950s and sold licenses for novels by Anne Golon to competitors of theBertelsmann Lesering.[8]
Starting in 1973, Blanvalet began awarding other publishers the rights to publishpaperback editions of its successful books, including theRowohlt Verlag.[9] In 1974, Lothar Blanvalet sold his company, for reasons of age, to the Bertelsmann publishing group[10] to which he stated that they would ensure continuity in his lifework. Before this, the publisher had already been relocated from Berlin to Munich. Lothar Blanvalet died on January 17, 1979, in Berlin. Blanvalet founded with publishers Penhaligon and Limes, a common corporate part ofRandom House publishing group[11] which is led by Nicola Bartels.
Among the better-known authors of the 1980s and 1990s includeSidney Sheldon,Ruth Rendell,Elizabeth George andDiana Gabaldon. Blanvalet initially published mainlyhardcovers. In 1996 the publisher was involved alongsideAlbrecht Knaus,Goldmann andSiedler in the paperback publisher btb, since 1998 Blanvalet also publishes paperbacks.[12]In bookshops, the Blanvalet Publishing and the Blanvalet Paperback Publisher are run as independent publishers. In 2014 Blanvalet was the third largest German-language publisher. Today, the Blanvalet program covers all areas of fiction and entertaining nonfiction. The program is divided in the areas of "tension", "most Popular women entertainment", "Historical novels", "nonfiction" and" Fantasy and Science Fiction". Blanvalet became famous in recent years especially withbestsellers by authors such asCharlotte Link,[13] Marc Elsberg[14] orKarin Slaughter.[15] Also included areJoanne K. Rowling,[16]Nora Roberts,[17]George RR Martin andSusan Elizabeth Phillips.[18]
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