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Global Publishing Leaders 2013: The Mondadori Group
The Mondadori Group is the leading book and magazine publisher in Italy, with a market share of 27.6% (against 26.5% in 2011). The company's publishing houses include Edizioni Mondadori, Einaudi, Piemme, and Sperling & Kupfer. Its magazine titles include Panorama and Donna moderna.
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Global Publishing Leaders 2013: Gallimard
Gallimard has been home to many of the most prestigious writers in French literature throughout the 20th century, including Marcel Proust, Albert Camus, Jean-Paul Sartre, and 2008 Nobel laureate Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio.
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Global Publishing Leaders 2013: Les Editions Lefebvre-Sarrut
Les Editions Lefebvre Sarrut is the result of a merger between Editions Francis Lefebvre and Editions Législatives in 1999, with a focus on publishing, professional education, and database integration.
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Global Publishing Leaders 2013: La Martinière
Founded in 1992 by Hervé de la Martinière, the French publishing company initially focused on illustrated books in Photography, Heritage, Art, and Leisure, and is now also active in general trade.
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Global Publishing Leaders 2013: Kyowon
Kyowon, founded in 1985, is one of the biggest publishing companies in Korea. They have a high reputation for educational books, especially for prenatal, baby, toddler, and pre-school topics.
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Global Publishing Leaders 2013: Kodansha
Kodansha was started by Seiji Noma in 1909 as a spin-off of the Dai-Nippon Yūbenkai (Greater Japan Oratorical Society). Its first publication was the literary magazine Yūben.
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Global Publishing Leaders 2013: Klett
Klett Group is a private German educational resource company, which operates 59 subsidiaries at 40 locations in 17 countries. The portfolio comprises traditional textbooks, digital interactive learning solutions, professional literature, and fiction.
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Global Publishing Leaders 2013: Kadokawa Shoten
The Kadokawa Group, which aims to become a "Mega Software Publisher," is moving beyond its existing publishing business to achieve sustainable growth in film and software (which includes websites and mobile sites), and by developing business overseas with an emphasis on Asia.
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Global Publishing Leaders 2013: Informa
Informa is a professional information provider, with a focus on academic and professional publishing, and informational events. Informa has 150 offices in 40 countries.
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Global Publishing Leaders 2013: Holtzbrinck
Georg von Holtzbrinck GmbH publishing group is a family-owned company headquartered in Germany. It publishes both print and electronic media in more than 80 countries, and serves educational, professional, and general readership markets.
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Global Publishing Leaders 2013: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is one of the world’s largest providers of educational products and solutions for pre-K–12 learning, with a 40% global market share.
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Global Publishing Leaders 2013: Haufe-Lexware
Haufe-Lexware is a German media group operating in business, law, and tax. The company was founded as Rudolf Haufe Verlag in 1934 in Berlin.
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Global Publishing Leaders 2013: HarperCollins
HarperCollins is a subsidiary of News Corporation, a diversified global media company with operations in cable network programming, film, television, direct broadcast satellite television, and publishing.
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Global Publishing Leaders 2013: Harlequin
Harlequin, a publisher of books for women, is owned by the Torstar Corporation, a media and publishing company.
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Global Publishing Leaders 2013: Hachette Livre
Hachette Livre (Lagardère Publishing) is a leading publisher in three key languages: French, Spanish and English.
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Global Publishing Leaders 2013: FTD
FTD is an educational publishing company in Sao Paulo, Brazil, founded in 1902 to support schools run by the Maristas Brothers throughout the country.
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Global Publishing Leaders 2013: Gakken
Gakken Holdings Co. Ltd. is a Japanese publisher of books and magazines.
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Global Publishing Leaders 2013: De Agostini SpA
Italy’s De Agostini SpA is a family-owned international group, founded in 1901 and controlled by B&D Holding.
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Global Publishing Leaders 2013: Eksmo
Eksmo is one of the largest general interest publishing houses in Russia.
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Global Publishing Leaders 2013: Egmont
Egmont is one of Scandinavia’s leading media companies, producing magazines, books, movie theatres, movies, TV, comic books, school books, communities, games and game consoles.