Éditions Robert Laffont is a book publishing company in
France
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founded in 1941 by Robert Laffont. Its publications are distributed in almost all francophone countries, but mainly in
France
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,
Canada
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and in
Belgium
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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. In 1990, Éditions Robert Laffont was acquired by the French publishing group
Groupe de La Cité. It is now part of
Editis.
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Quid'' encyclopedia from 1975 to 2007, but announced that the 2008 edition of the encyclopedia would not be published after annual sales had fallen from a high of 400,000 to less than 100,000, apparently because of competition from online information sources such as
Wikipedia
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.
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Book series
* Ailleurs et Demain
* Arizona
* Best Sellers
* Bouquins
* Libertés
* Libertés 2000
Libertés 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
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Book publishing companies of France
French dictionaries
French speculative fiction publishers
Publishing companies established in 1941
Educational book publishing companies
1941 establishments in France