Éditions Robert Laffont is a book publishing company in

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founded in 1941 by Robert Laffont. Its publications are distributed in almost all francophone countries, but mainly in

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and in

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. It is considered one of the most important French publishing houses. Imprints belonging to Éditions Robert Laffont include éditions Julliard, les Seghers, Foreign Rights and

NiL Éditions NiL Éditions is a French publishing house founded in 1993. The name of this company comes from the contraction of the name of its founder, Nicole Lattès. It is part of the groupe Robert Laffont. The house publishes both political and societal ...

. In 1990, Éditions Robert Laffont was acquired by the French publishing group

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. It is now part of

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. Éditions Robert Laffont published the '' Quid'' encyclopedia from 1975 to 2007, but announced that the 2008 edition of the encyclopedia would not be published after annual sales had fallen from a high of 400,000 to less than 100,000, apparently because of competition from online information sources such as

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Selected publications

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Book series

* Ailleurs et Demain * Arizona * Best Sellers * Bouquins * Libertés * Libertés 2000Libertés 2000 (Robert Laffont) - Book Series List
publishinghistory.com. Retrieved 11 May 2021. * Pavillons * Pavillons Poche * Plein Vent * Vécu

References

External links

Éditions Robert Laffont
– Official site {{DEFAULTSORT:Editions Robert Laffont Book publishing companies of France French dictionaries French speculative fiction publishers Publishing companies established in 1941 Educational book publishing companies 1941 establishments in France