Édilivre is a French publishing company founded in 2007 and offering services in
Paris
Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...
. It is presented as a collaborative publishing platform, although critics have described it as a
vanity press
A vanity press or vanity publisher, sometimes also subsidy publisher, is a book printer that is paid by authors to Self-published, self-publish their books. A vanity press charges fees in advance and does not contribute to the development of the ...
.
History
Édilivre is part of the AParis company (along with Édithèse, Édidoc, ADomicile and Édifree). It is built on a community of more than 12,000 authors through 27 authors clubs in every region of France, Belgium, Switzerland, Canada, North Africa and overseas through social networks.
The books are published digitally or through print on demand. The publisher also offers printing of out-of-print books available through the
Bibliothèque nationale de France
The (; BnF) is the national library of France, located in Paris on two main sites, ''Richelieu'' and ''François-Mitterrand''. It is the national repository of all that is published in France. Some of its extensive collections, including bo ...
's digital library,
Gallica.
The publishing house presents itself as distinct from a
vanity press
A vanity press or vanity publisher, sometimes also subsidy publisher, is a book printer that is paid by authors to Self-published, self-publish their books. A vanity press charges fees in advance and does not contribute to the development of the ...
, in which authors pay to have their books published. However, it does require authors to pay for several aspects of publication, if they so desire: proofreading, personalized covers, etc. It does not guarantee the promotion of its published works in bookstores, only that they will be available on its digital platform. Critics including Victor de Sepausy have petitioned in protest of the company, accusing it of being a vanity press in disguise.
Éditions Édilivre has participated since its foundation at the book fair.
Books edited
Since its foundation, Édilivre has published more than 19,000 books
19 024 entrées enregistrés au catalogue de la Bibliothèque nationale de France en 2014
/ref> in various fields:
* novels, science fiction,
* thrillers, poetry, arts,
* stories, children's literature,
* memoirs, biographies, travel books,
* essays, plays,
* guides, tourism,
* B2B books, professional books.
Notes and references
See also
* Small press
A small press is a publisher with annual sales below a certain level or below a certain number of titles published. The terms "indie publisher" and "independent press" and others are sometimes used interchangeably. However, when a distinction ...
* Self-publishing
Self-publishing is an author-driven publication of any media without the involvement of a third-party publisher. Since the advent of the internet, self-published usually depends upon digital platforms and print-on-demand technology, ranging fro ...
* Print on demand
External links
Éditions Édilivre
Official Website
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Book publishing companies of France