carl's books is a German fiction
publisher based in
Munich. It was founded in 2011 and is part of
Random House publishing group.
History
The name carl's books refers to
Carl Bertelsmann
Carl Bertelsmann (11 October 1791 – 17 December 1850) was a German businessman, publisher, and founder of German company Bertelsmann.
Life
C. Bertelsmann Verlag was founded as a publishing house and print shop in July 1835 by Carl Bertelsmann ...
, the founder of
C. Bertelsmann Publishing. The publisher purely published
paperbacks and exclusively publishes original or German editions. A successful title of the first program was "
" by
Jonas Jonasson
Pär-Ola Jonas Jonasson (born Per Ola Jonasson; 6 July 1961) is a Swedish journalist and writer, best known as the author of the best-seller ''The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared''.
Biography
The son of an ambul ...
. The novel was published on September 1, 2011, in German, became a best seller and by the end of 2014, alone in Germany, sold more than two million copies. In
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
, this novel was also first place of the bestseller list for more than a year. The second novel by Jonas Jonasson, "Die Analphabetin, die rechnen konnte", was released on November 15, 2013, and had similar success.
In addition, the program of carl's books includes, for example, the novel "Verschwiegen" by
William Landay, and "Der Tod fährt Audi", the first German translated novel by
Kristian Bang Foss. Until the end of 2014, a total of 45 titles from authors such as
Christian v. Ditfurth, Daniel Depp, Mathias Malzieu,
Tonino Benacquista and Vina Jackson were released.
References
External links
Official website
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2011 establishments in Germany
Book publishing companies of Germany
Random House
Mass media in Munich