Plon is a

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book publishing company, founded in 1852 by

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and his two brothers. The Plon family were

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coming from

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. One of their ancestors is probably the

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Jehan Plon who lived at the end of the 16th century.

History

The ''Éditions Plon'' were created in 1852, by Henri Plon and his two brothers. They were given the title of ''Imprimeur de l’Empereur'' (Imperial publisher) and published the correspondence of

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and

Napoleon I of France Napoleon Bonaparte ; it, Napoleone Bonaparte, ; co, Napulione Buonaparte. (born Napoleone Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military commander and political leader who ...

. During the 1920s the house published the novels of the Jewish-Algerian writer

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. Plon published

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, an

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, from 1963 to 1974. They were acquired by the

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, which was later acquired in 1988 by

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. In 2001, Havas was itself absorbed by

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, then called ''Vivendi Universal''. The Vivendi group, facing financial troubles, sold several publishing companies, including Plon, to

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, which put it under the umbrella of the

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group. In 2008, ''Editis'' was sold to the

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group

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. In July 2010 the Editis Group bought Plon and the company is dissolved. Since 2018, Sophie Charnavel directs the Plon editions. At the end of 2018, Vivendi bought Editis for 900 million euros.

Book series

* L’Abeille PLON * Bibliothèque PLON * Bibliothèque reliée PLON * Dictionnaire Amoureux * Documents et Mémoires * Feux Croisés * La Nouvelle Bibliothèque PLON * Romans * Terre Humaine * Tribune Libre

References

Content in this edit is translated from the existing German Wikipedia article at :fr:Plon; see its history for attribution.

External links

Official site
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