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and

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in the

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. It is based in

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, Germany. In 2010, it was the largest independent book publisher in Germany, and it claimed to be one of the three largest audiobook publishers in Germany.

History

The company was begun in 1953 by newspaper editor Gustav H. Lübbe, when he became the publisher of the insolvent Cologne-based company, Bastei-Verlag. The company then changed its name to ''Bastei-Verlag Gustav H. Lübbe'', and later to ''Verlagsgruppe Lübbe'' in 2000, then ''Bastei Lübbe'' in 2010. Bastei Lübbe was responsible for the German language release of

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's ''

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'', and has recently begun to enter English, Spanish and Chinese language publishing markets for

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. It went public on the

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on 8 October 2013, and in May 2014, it purchased a 51% controlling stake in

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, a German video game developer and publisher based in

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