Plon is a
French book publishing company, founded in 1852 by
Henri Plon and his two brothers.
The Plon family were
Walloons
Walloons (; french: Wallons ; wa, Walons) are a Gallo-Romance ethnic group living native to Wallonia and the immediate adjacent regions of France. Walloons primarily speak '' langues d'oïl'' such as Belgian French, Picard and Walloon. Wall ...
coming from
Nivelles
Nivelles (; nl, Nijvel, ; wa, Nivele; vls, Neyvel) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant. The Nivelles municipality includes the former municipalities of Baulers, Bornival, Thines, and Monst ...
,
Belgium
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. One of their ancestors is probably the
Danish
Danish may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to the country of Denmark
People
* A national or citizen of Denmark, also called a "Dane," see Demographics of Denmark
* Culture of Denmark
* Danish people or Danes, people with a Danish a ...
typographer
Typography is the art and technique of arranging type to make written language legible, readable and appealing when displayed. The arrangement of type involves selecting typefaces, point sizes, line lengths, line-spacing ( leading), an ...
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
Louis XIII of France
Louis XIII (; sometimes called the Just; 27 September 1601 – 14 May 1643) was King of France from 1610 until his death in 1643 and King of Navarre (as Louis II) from 1610 to 1620, when the crown of Navarre was merged with the French crown ...
,
Marie Antoinette and
Napoleon I of France.
During the 1920s the house published the novels of the Jewish-Algerian writer
Elissa Rhaïs.
Plon published
Quid, an
encyclopedia, from 1963 to 1974.
They were acquired by the
Groupe de La Cité, which was later acquired in 1988 by
Havas
Havas SA is a French multinational advertising and public relations company, headquartered in Paris, France. It operates in more than 100 countries and is one of the largest advertising and communications groups in the world. Havas consists of ...
.
In 2001, Havas was itself absorbed by
Vivendi
Vivendi SE is a French mass media holding company headquartered in Paris. Widely known as the owner of Gameloft, Groupe Canal+, Havas, Editis, Prisma Media, Vivendi Village and Dailymotion, the company has activities in television, film, video ...
, then called ''Vivendi Universal''. The Vivendi group, facing financial troubles, sold several publishing companies, including Plon, to
Wendel Investissement, which put it under the umbrella of the
Editis
Editis is a French group of publishing companies, subsidiary of French group Vivendi. It is the second-largest French publishing group, after Hachette Livre.
History
Editis was created in January 2004 by the regrouping of approximately 60% of ...
group. In 2008, ''Editis'' was sold to the
Spanish
Spanish might refer to:
* Items from or related to Spain:
**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
**Spanish cuisine
Other places
* Spanish, Ontario, Can ...
group
Planeta Planeta or El Planeta means (the) planet in multiple languages. It may refer to:
Film, TV and publications
* '' El Planeta'', a Boston-based Spanish language newspaper
* ''El Planeta'' (Ecuador), an Ecuadorian newspaper, see List of newspapers in ...
.
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
Book publishing companies of France
1852 establishments in France
Publishing companies established in 1852
Editis
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