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OLIVIER DION OLIVIER 4 e know that French publishing was born with the Enligh- tenment: Voltaire, Rousseau and the Encyclopaedia edited 4. The Free World by Diderot and d’Alembert. We also know that it really took of French Publishing off in the nineteenth century with authors such as Balzac, WFlaubert, Zola and Jules Verne, illustrators such as Gustave Doré, and also 14. French Publishing in a Few Figures a rich seam of scientific publishing. And we know that between the 1950s 18. Translations 2015 and the 1970s, it gave rise to the nouveau roman and revolutionized the humanities and social sciences through writers such as Bourdieu and 20. The Top 200 French Publishers Derrida. Indeed the period produced several future Nobel Prize winners: 30. The Livres Hebdo Chart Claude Simon, J.M.G. Le Clézio, . But what then? of French Publishing There are many erroneous ideas floating about regarding the state of French publishing. Some consider to be navel-gazing. 32. Top Sales 2015 Others view the children’s/YA sector as being mainly concerned with expe- rimentations for a select readership. And there’s a sense that the production 48. Index of essays and is outmoded. Yet, since the turn of the century, French children’s/YA publishing has been one of the most dynamic in the world, while its /graphic sector is one of the best known. French and Francophone literature has Since the turn of been deeply transformed and blended through the work of authors as varied as 35, rue Grégoire-de-Tours, 75006 the century, French Tel.: +33 1 44 41 28 00 children’s/YA , Muriel Barbery, Dany [email protected] publishing has Laferrière, Joël Dicker, Kamel Daoud, Fred www.livreshebdo.fr been one of the Vargas, Marc Levy and Guillaume Musso. Publication director: Philippe Beauvillard most dynamic in And the non-fiction sector has been revi- ([email protected]) talized by Thomas Piketty, the economist, Editor-in-chief: Fabrice Piault ([email protected]) the world, while and Gilles Kepel, the specialist on the Arab its comics/graphic world. All about French Publishing novels sector is Far from being inward-looking, French Special issue one of the best publishing has much to offer, particularly Texts: Kerenn Elkaïm, Jean-Guy Boin, Fabrice Piault, Claude known. since it is itself very open to foreign publi- Combet and the editorial staff of Livres Hebdo shing – which is widely translated and appre- Translation: ACI/Roland Glasser ciated by French readers. This is what we would like to show with this Editor: Julia Deck special issue of Livres Hebdo (the trade magazine and website of the French Graphic design: A Noir/Nadine Pellé publishing world), one year before France is guest of honour at the Frankfurt Advertising: Anne-Sophie Havard (+33 1 44 41 29 11 – [email protected]), Fair in October 2017. Marion Muller (+33 1 44 41 29 12 – [email protected]) What can French publishers offer their colleagues from across the Subscriptions: tel.: +33 1 44 21 28 32 ([email protected]) world? How are publishing and the book market organised in France? How Production: Sully Roulet is translation faring? Who are the key publishers and how can one meet : September 2016. them in Frankfurt? To parody Woody Allen, Livres Hebdo aims to tell you Joint commission: 0919K85471. ISSN: 0294-0000. © Electre, 2016 “everything you always wanted to know about French publishing, but were Printed in the UE afraid to ask”, through this special , which is published in partnership Cover photo: Les Buveurs d’Encre bookshop in Paris by Olivier Dion with the Bureau International de l’Édition Française (Bief) and with the support of the Centre Français d’Exploitation du Droit de Copie (CFC).

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ext year, France will be the guest of The Free honour of the . “We already feel the effect of 2017, says World of Laure Pécher, from the Astier-Pécher agency. Our catalogue Nhas been sold in , an influential country. Subsidies for translation have French been helpful.” Although contacts are By made all through the year, she insists Kerenn Elkaïm that “Frankfurt is an exceptional place for face to face meetings.” Olivier Bétourné, president and CEO of Seuil, Publishing is convinced that “our differences will be more appreciated if we emphasise them.” Whether envied or criticised, France remains an exceptional model. As France gets in gear for the 2017 According to Olivier Cohen, from L’Oli- Frankfurt Book Fair, where it will be the vier, “foreign publishers are perplexed by our passion for literature. It’s more guest of honour, here is an overview of the like politics than entertainment.” French publishing world, highlighting what The literary season in September has been making it so unique for decades. is considered an exception. How can one explain the simultaneous publi-

4 Special - October 2016 cation of more than 500 titles competing caria, this spirit has to do with the per- for a few literary prizes? sonal profile of most French publishers: Sophie de Closets, CEO of , “Far from being managers or salesmen, thinks this French madness is very they put the literary aspect first.” Accor- healthy. It feeds “the excitement of book- ding to Jean Arcache, CEO of Place sellers, readers and members of jurys, des Éditeurs ( Group), “our and strikes again in January.”At , strength is the symbiosis between literary Manuel Carcassonne compares “the and economic considerations. The edi- literary season to the Cannes film festival. tor-writer relationship doesn’t affect How many will reach the last hurdle in creativity.” Louis Delas, CEO of L’École this crazy race?” Only a few, but it des Loisirs, an important children’s reflects “the wealth, diversity and prestige publisher, is convinced that “the of French publishing”, says Antoine French editorial policy is based on time, Gallimard, president of Madrigall (Gal- quality and independance. Impertinence limard, Flammarion and Casterman). is the brand name of our literature.” At Les Arènes, Laurent Beccaria Sophie de Closets insists that emphasises the importance of the French publishers are usually less independant bookshop network, sup- specialised than their international ported by the fixed price for books counterparts. Their lists will often defined in France by a law passed in include serious essays alongside novels 1981. Actes Sud’s president Françoise for a wider public, as is the case at Nyssen believes that“it reinforces free- Fayard. “This would be inconceivable dom of speech, which is in our genes!” in the US, where there are departments solely dedicated to academia.” However, Discovering New Talent the label “” appears on the cover Whereas Anglo-Saxons only work of many types of books, from fiction through agents, French Publishers do to memoir, autobiography, and even it the old-fashioned way. Olivier Cohen narrative non-fiction. At Stock, Manuel enjoys meeting colleagues and writers. Carcassonne explains that “our lack “I prefer to discover new talents myself”, of specialisation is sometimes destabi- he says. This direct contact “gives me lizing for our foreign colleagues. The a certain freedom, as I don’t have to go French have a real capacity for mixing through several middlemen”. Sophie literary styles. Our taste is appreciated de Closets admits that “it may sound in essays, as proven by intellectuals like surprising, but we are on the frontline Pascal Bruckner, Bernard-Henri Lévy to look for new projects and nurture or Michel Onfray.” our writers.” According to Laurent Bec- Olivier Bétourné, at Seuil, >>>

“By avoiding pure academic expertise, we provide readers with an easier access to ideas”, OLIVIER BÉTOURNÉ, SEUIL OLIVIER DION OLIVIER

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>>> believes that “publishers of general our freedom. I’m literature like us are suppliers of novels proud to contribute as well as sociological or historical to this.” Sophie de essays. By avoiding pure academic Closets thinks that expertise, we provide readers with an “our writers’ ima- easier access to ideas.” Françoise Nys- gination says some- sen promotes a socially-engaged lite- thing about the rature through her “Domaine du pos- world.” Detective sible” that includes authors novels, for ins- like the ecologist Pierre Rabhi. “His tance, will easily thoughts about the world could ruffle cross . Oli- some feathers!” vier Bétourné sees France also possesses another them as “an explo- essential asset in its numerous small ration of the social independant publishing houses. “What and political situa- a treasure!” exclaims Koukla MacLe- tion. Some say our hose, a London-based scout. At the writers tend to be beginning of 2016, the fairy tale of the very psychological,

novel En attendant Bojangles, by Olivier but there is a rene- DION OLIVIER Bourdeaut, occurred thanks to Finitude, wal of this literary a small publisher based in Bordeaux. genre. I’m optimistic, France has its “Our recent Nobel Prizes in It is a well-known fact abroad that place in every field.” Jean Arcache agrees: these small houses could hold gold “The French thriller owes a lot to Georges literature have crowned two nuggets. Simenon. Our literature expresses fee- strong voices: Modiano as lings, it is due to our language.“ regards intimacy, and Le Clézio “Independance is our motto” Gregoire Lecourt, head of the spe- for his exploration of the Diversity is the spice of French publi- cialised bookstores Bulles en Vrac and shing. Françoise Nyssen believes that La Rubrique à Bulles in Paris, believes world.“ ANTOINE GALLIMARD, MADRIGALL “it is as rich and varied as the French that, on the “bande dessinée” segment language, culture and spirit. Publishers (comics and graphic novels), diversity books in multiple formats, themes and offer exciting catalogues. Independance is one of France’s major strengths. styles. Classics like Bob Morane or Spi- is our motto, we fight for our ideas and Publishers in this category provide rou are side by side with new heroes. But “bande dessinée” is not limited to fiction, as it often verges on narrative non-fiction, including economic, his- torical or political elements, and even Promoting French Publishing Abroad popular science. However, “on the esthe- The Bureau international de l’édition fran- speaking countries like or tical level, we prefer a clear line.” And çaise (Bief) “helps French publishers sell Switzer land in the Frankfurt event, says while American and Japanese publi- the rights of their books abroad”, the Bief’s chairwoman. African publishers shers follow a studio logic, the French explains its chairwoman Vera Michalski- will be invited to Paris so that we can encourage more personal styles through Hoffman, also president of the Libella help them organise their involvment in single authors or author/illustrator publishing group. The Bief assists French the Frankfurt Fair.” d duos. “Female artists open new horizons, publishers and promotes French books in and France remains a pole of attraction”, the best possible ways in many interna- “The Bief organises adds Gregoire Lecourt. professional meetings tional book fairs. “We organise professio- and publishes studies According to Laurent Beccaria (Les nal meetings and publish studies to to improve market Arènes), French publishing is able to knowledge”, Vera Michalski- improve market knowledge”, adds Vera Hoffman. “bring innovation and creativity through Michalski-Hoffman. The Bief also offers hybrid projects such as XXI, a cross fellowships at Livre Paris, the Paris book between magazine and book which issues fair in March, and French publishers are four times a year.” A boldness that isn’t sometimes in charge of foreign col- found anywhere else. leagues. “They love the art de vivre and Hedwige Pasquet, president and our esthethics, reflected in practical CEO of Gallimard Jeunesse, confirms books on design, cooking, fashion or the success of this domain. “France architecture.” Preparing for 2017, the Bief produces a wide variety of children’s intends to strengthen ties between books, ranging from stimulating babies French and German rights managers. The to early childhood, juniors and young goal is to sign contracts. “We also wish to adults.” Albums, comics, illustrated and encourage the participation of French- animated books “demonstrate an ori-

OLIVIER DION OLIVIER ginality and creativity that make >>>

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>>> our fame.” Vincent Monadé, pre- and diversity. Beginning at school, we like Annie Ernaux. What distinguishes sident of the Centre national du livre encourage children to read for pleasure. France is that there are more writers than (CNL), an official organisation that That is our philosophy.“ novelists.” subsidizes a wide array of projects (see Antoine Gallimard agrees: “Besides box page 10), thinks that this type of “More writers than novelists“ political fables by Houellebecq, we publish literature “encompasses the whole world. France has long suffered from a self- social novels, everyday-life stories and In France, a child is considered a person, centred reputation, encouraged by the sea adventures.” It is true that France so we bring her the best.” A couple of trend of “autofiction” in literature. Stock’s used to be “represented by emblematic weeks before Christmas, the Salon du CEO Manuel Carcassonne regrets this writers such as Camus, Duras, Sartre or livre et de la presse jeunesse, in Mon- “negative a priori. We were wrongly accu- Tournier”, he says. But France has treuil, just outside of Paris, is a major sed of being stylists with no interest in recently received two Nobel Prizes in trade and public event for children’s the narrative or dramatic aspects of wri- literature, reflecting its diversity. “This books, gathering both French and inter- ting.” Olivier Cohen, from L’Olivier, also crowns two strong voices, underlines the national visitors. At L’École des Loisirs, stands against this idea: “I don’t know president of Madrigall: Modiano as Louis Delas insists that “in spite of the why the press made such a mountain out regards intimacy, and Le Clézio for his crisis, French publishing is in good of a mole hill. ‘Autofiction‘ books account exploration of the world.“ shape. A large number of countries bet for a small part of the French production, French writers now focus on “exo- on profitability. We promote originality and among those, there are great writers fiction”, with biopics like David Foen- kinos’s novel about Charlotte Salomon. Louis Delas, at L’École des Loisirs, has noticed the same trend in graphic novels. “Their educational qualities enable them Innovation, language, to tackle subjects like philosophy, econo- mics and history,” he says. Examples and youth are key include Persepolis (Marjane Satrapi), Les Ignorants (Etienne Davodeau) or PAUL DE SINÉTY has been What will you offer in Frankfurt L’Arabe du futur (Riad Sattouf). Cécile appointed curator of the next year? Boyer-Runge, CEO of Robert Laffont, Guest of Honour event in The pavilion of honour sees “a new dimension in the integration Frankfurt 2017 by the (2500 sqm) will focus on three of the traumatising events of these last Institut français (French themes: innovation, French months in fiction and non-fiction, as Fouad Institute). He unveils its language, and youth. Writers from Laraoui did with his essay Dans la peau main objectives. all over the world will show the d’un djihadiste.” Terrorism, religious diversity of our literary creation. extremism, identity and immigration The strength of are now recurring themes in many books. What is the role of our publishing Jean Arcache, from Place des Éditeurs, the Institut industry depends thinks that “this will affect our literature français ? on them, as well in its blood and imagination.” The agent It is in charge of as on the quality Laure Pécher is sure that “today’s socio- the promotion of of several fields political concerns will find their way French culture for (youth, comics outside France.” the Ministry of and graphic Foreign Affairs novels, coffee- Voices From Abroad and the Ministry table books), and In his essay La couleur de l’écrivain(“the of Culture. In the inventive digital color of the writer”, La Cheminante),

field of literature, FRANÇAIS INSTITUT VERGUETHEN/ VINCIANE or transmedia Sami Tchak explores “this truth that no-

we support “We will encourage the discovery formats. We will one can deny: the importance of Paris in translations (with and translation of a new generation encourage the the literary destiny of French–speaking subsidies to of writers and intellectuals”, discovery and African writers. Paris is an ideal place Paul de Sinéty. 453 translations in translation of a for publishing and legitimization, as well 2016, including new generation as an essential market.” At Seuil, Olivier 40 into German), author tours of writers and intellectuals. This Bétourné reminds us that “early on, abroad, and international year’s increase of rights sales French publishers have attracted this collaboration among from French into German is an French-speaking movement. André Césaire professionals. At the request of excellent sign. It will give us the and Alain Mabanckou aren’t published the Prime Minister, we are opportunity to intensify our in a ghetto but in main houses.” Antoine entrusted with a coordinating role relations with Germany, and with Gallimard calls this “a bouquet of different for the French events at the 2017 a younger audience. This will be a voices coming from various countries.” Frankfurt Book Fair, in close celebration of French culture, our Among them are Dany Laferrière (from collaboration with the CNL, the way of stimulating the culture of Haïti and Québec) or Andreï Makine Bief and the SNE. Europe. d (), who recently became a member

8 Special - October 2016 translations. In the , it’s only “The French spirit is 1 %!” Jean Arcache points out that Place des Éditeurs, through its imprints Belfond rooted in our history and Presses de la Cité, publishes and culture. Rich and 110 translations a year, both by well- complex, it inspires known and new authors. “Book fairs are many voices. Our great venues to spot them”, he says. The publishing group also translates has so books into English in digital version. much vitality”, “Once they exist in English, others will follow”, he believes – especially if the CÉCILE BOYER-RUNGE, rights are sold to the movie industry. ROBERT LAFFONT Improving Visibility Various projects have been undertaken to improve the visibility of the French book production. Eurocomics is one of them, “to showcase European comics at an international level”, explains Sophie OLIVIER DION OLIVIER Castille, foreign rights director at the of the Académie Française, that rewarded Sud’s president Françoise Nyssen comic and branch of Boualem Sansal () last year. reminds us that “in the past, the French Media-Participations (Dargaud, , One of the big hits of this autumn novel was seen as innovating. Then it was Lombard). In this respect, French author is Gaël Faye (Burundi). His first novel, accused of not being open to the rest of Cyril Pedrosa should please the Ame- Petit pays (”small country”, Grasset), the world. The large number of translations ricans. “What makes us special is our has already been sold in more than ten shows how much France celebrates the graphics and narrative style, which are countries. French literature is also rich quality of writers coming from every - essential for the American and Japanese from the success of the Belgian author where.” According to Stéphane Marsan markets.” The idea is to sell paper and Amélie Nothomb or the Swiss Joël Dicker. from Bragelonne (fantasy and romance digital rights by providing the English Stefanie Drews, foreign rights manager books), “what is really French is Europe. translation. Besides the classics (Astérix, at Stock, gives the example of Safia The interest we have for our neighbours Spirou), mainstream series (adventure, Azzedine “who reflects the sensitivity of and the rest of the world is rarely seen sci-fi, fantasy) remain successful, as a woman of Arab origin. These writers, elsewhere.” well as more original graphic novels are popular now. They symbolise the rene- “France is welcoming to foreign lite- like those of Riad Sattouf. Anna Pav- wal of inspiration.” According to London rature, agrees Antoine Gallimard. It lowitch, director of general literature scout Koukla MacLehose, books coming represents 12 000 titles in 2015, which at Flammarion, insists that “translation from the French-speaking world sell means that 16 % of our production are is the wholy Grail.” >>> very well. “French literature is interesting because it reaches all French-speaking countries as well as authors brought up in other languages.” This love is reciprocated, as France is one of the countries in the world that publish the most foreign literature (see page 18). It even discovers writers before their native countries, like or Douglas Kennedy. Their success in France launched them elsewhere. Actes

“Our lack of specialisation is sometimes destabilizing for our foreign colleagues. The French have a real capacity for mixing literary styles”,

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>>> France remains an inspiration Music and Literature, which will put in many ways. At Robert Laffont, Cécile Eric Chevillard on its next cover. “I lear- Boyer-Runge is sure that “the French ned French thanks to Beckett, and love spirit is rooted in our history and culture. this uncompromising style that can be Rich and complex, it inspires many voices. found in poetry, philosophy or Minuit After all, our language has so much vita- writers such as Echenoz or Toussaint. lity.” Daniel Medin teaches comparative French publishing is very much alive.” literature at the American University A freedom of tone that also explains in Paris. He publishes the magazine the ongoing success of Françoise Sagan in or Eastern Europe. A member of the Man Booker Inter- national Prize jury, Daniel Medin has witnessed a growing international inte- rest for French literature. Marie N’Diaye and Maylis de Kerangal appeared on the latest lists, but Michel Houellebecq remains the ultimate star. At Flamma- rion, Anna Pavlowitch exclaims: “This French genius offers a mirror to the world! Foreigners describe our literature as intellectual. And it is still very attached to style, but the narrative aspect is beco- ming more important.” Koukla MacLe- hose believes this “demanding literature can be found in Jean-Baptiste Del Amo’s DION OLIVIER work. His classical writing will seduce everyone.” “French publishing is as rich The French touch is also apparent and varied as the French in other genres. At Bragelonne, Stéphane language, culture and spirit”, OLIVIER DION OLIVIER Marsan considers himself a “publisher- FRANÇOISE NYSSEN, ACTES SUD producer”. “French-language fantasy “Our editorial and science fiction exist, but is there a French imagination? he wonders. Yes, author claims his freedom while being policy is based on we use our history and culture, even to anchored in his roots. He extols discovery, time, quality and escape to an another world.”Pierre Pevel’s the inventiveness of words and the crea- independance”, novel Les Lames du cardinalwas trans- tivity of his imagination”, says Stéphane lated into 14 languages. He’s seen as Marsan. LOUIS DELAS, L’ÉCOLE DES “the Dumas of dragons”. The same is Essays are also on the rise. Derrida, LOISIRS true of Camille Adler’s romantic novel Lacan or Lévy-Strauss remain refe- that revives 19th century Paris.“A French rences. At Fayard, Sophie de Closets thinks that “at the international level, we still need to make some progress, but French theory is emerging with authors like Alain Badiou or Didier Eribon. People Strong Public Support want to translate what French intellectuals are saying.” Elisabeth Badinter or Tho- “On the international level, the Centre national du sing meetings between French and German publi- mas Piketty – bought in the US by Har- livre (CNL) helps publishers by giving them subsi- shers at the CNL before Frankfurt 2017. “I feel it is vard University Press – are models to dies for translations, explains the president of this important to reaffirm the friendship between our follow. Even in the field of economics, public organisation, Vincent two countries”, says Vincent France is able to produce a . Monadé. This allows us to wel- Monadé. Innovative projects are come books and languages from planned, especially in the digital Success Stories abroad.” The CNL policy reflects field. “Our literature is known Jean Arcache is delighted with this evo- “the French spirit that is willing and recognised, but the Frank- lution of French publishing. “Since to support arts and culture as furt Book Fair will reveal its Dumas, there had been a lack in popular part of daily life.” unknown caracteristics.” literature. His heirs now revive their This cultural and economic imagination by introducing modern ele- endeavor is backed by the “The CNL allows us to ments and contemporary themes in their welcome books and Bureau international de l’édition languages from abroad”, writing.” Antoine Gallimard thinks that

française (Bief), which is organi- DION OLIVIER Vincent Monadé. Harry Potter or Fifty Shades of Grey “have a globalisation effect on world- >>>

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2016 novel this year.” The Sunday Times, about After the crash

#7 bestselling French author Barbara Abel keeps her readers Karine Giebel confi rms with of 2015 in suspense in this thriller which this novel her reputation as blends psychological tension “the French Queen of Crime”. and personal drama.

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>>> wide . We had our own success with L’Élégance du hérisson, “The interest we have which was translated in 40 countries.” for our neighbours At Flammarion, Anna Pavlowitch shares this optimistic view: “People like phi- and the rest of the losophical tales. En attendant Bojangles, world is rarely seen Le Liseur du 6h27, Le Chapeau de Mit- elsewhere”, terand or Mathias Malzieu’s novels are very French in their imagination, their STÉPHANE MARSAN, world and their construction. Rooted in BRAGELONNE the legacy of Candide, they have a feel- good effect because they make us think.” The books of Anna Gavalda, Éric- thriller. We produce books that are qua- Emmanuel Schmitt or L’Extraordinaire litative, deep, light, sexy and modern.” Voyage du fakir qui était resté coincé dans une armoire Ikea are seen as full Curiosity Rewarded of hope and dreams. The need for fresh A new wind is blowing in French publi- air is also apparent in Christophe André’s shing thanks to many recent debut Méditer jour après jour. The feel-good novels. The agent Laure Pécher explains element is now a must, but Sophie de that “foreigners are very interested in Closets (Fayard) doesn’t find it new. them, because there lies the unexpected, “The revolution is in young adults lite- especially at small publishing houses rature”, she thinks. Robert Laffont has with books like Camille et Merveille, created a specific collection for young published by Serge Safran.” Stefanie adults called “R”. At Gallimard Jeunesse, Drews, Stock’s rights manager, knows Hedwige Pasquet confirms “the world- DION OLIVIER the German market perfectly. “It is very wide expansion of this genre, due to the fond of these new authors”, she says. contribution of young writers.” becq, Pierre Lemaître, Marc Levy, detec- Adrien Bosc or Christophe Boltanski The president of the CNL, Vincent tive novels, science fiction or essays. were spotted even before they were Monadé, “is struck by the abundance of Cécile Boyer-Runge thinks that French awarded. Flammarion’s Anna Pavlowitch French literature.” Yves Bonnefoy’s poetry writers “are finding their own place in insists on “the appetite for discovery in can be found next to Michel Houelle- Anglo-Saxon fields like the psychological France. I publish a group of young Swiss writers called l’Ajar. They are the proof that feeds writing.” Françoise Nyssen, at Actes Sud, is Vincent Montagne: “French Literature Will Radiate“ sure that “nothing stays frozen if we remain curious.” Honouring France at Chairman of the Syndicat national growth rate of 15% that has dou- tagne, mostly from , , the Frankfurt Book Fair is “a strong de l’édition (publishers’ national bled in seven years. One out of and Germany.” The SNE symbol that will encourage exchanges. union, SNE), Vincent Montagne three books sold abroad is a chil- chairman believes that France Our country is still a cradle of culture emphasises that the organisation dren’s book; one out of four is a can do better, specially in Ger- and education, which are the only defenses “includes 650 members from all many. The 2017 edition of the against violence and obscurantism.” At sectors, creating a significant link Frankfurt Book Fair “can only L’École des loisirs, Louis Delas isn’t inside the book industry. Our role improve Franco-German rela- “worried about the future. Whatever the is to bring the tradition of French tions”, he says. French Prime means, the importance lies in the trans- culture to the world.” The SNE Minister Manuel Valls will attend mission of reading to children. Digital represents publishers vis-à-vis the event, and many micro- technology will never defeat paper books!” official and political organisations projects are foreseen throughout Vincent Monadé, from CNL, is convin- “in order to defend and promote the year. ced that “our multiple creations will our diversity, our rights and initia- “The economic challenge is high”, resist. The curiosity of our publishers is tives such as the fixed price of agrees Vincent Montagne, but the rewarded in their quest for new talent.” books, a symbol of freedom.” SNE is also fighting for a reduc- Antoine Gallimard concludes that “it Vincent Montagne, who is also tion of the VAT rate on digital is not the end of literature, as there’s the president of Média-Participa- publishing. “Books have a major

OLIVIER DION OLIVIER such a renewal of voices. Instead of limi- tions, has been attending the “Foreign interest is growing, role in civilisation. It’s a work ting itself to a specific field, French lite- Frankfurt Book Fair for thirty mostly from China, Italy, Spain from the mind. French literature rature demontrates huge freedom. A and Germany”, Vincent years. “The amount of French Montagne. will radiate thanks to our lan- novel full of joy, like David Foenkinos’s, rights sales is rising conti- guage, our sense of humour, the can be as strong and profound as a novel nuously”, he says, with 12,200 graphic novel. “Foreign interest is power of our imagination, and by Boualem Sansal. Frankfurt 2017 will translations sold in 2015, a growing, notes Vincent Mon- our culture.” d be the showcase of France’s diversity and richness.” d

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FOUNDED IN 1708, STOCK IS THE OLDEST PUBLISHING HOUSE IN FRANCE AND HAS BEEN PART OF THE GROUP SINCE 1961. ITS CATALOGUE LISTS NO FEWER THAN 1.300 TITLES. WITH MANUEL CARCASSONNE AS PUBLISHING DIRECTOR SINCE 2013, STOCK FOCUSES ON THREE EDITORIAL FIELDS:

1. The prestigious literary series, LA BLEUE, is known for its quality fiction by established authors such as Erik Orsenna, Philippe Claudel and Luc Lang. A chance is also given to new and promising voices such as Adrien Bosc (Grand Prix du Roman de l’Académie française 2014), Christophe Boltanski (Prix Femina 2015) and, in 2016, Line Papin. © Julien Falsimagne © Julien Falsimagne © Ulf Andersen © Ulf Luc Lang Luc Boltanski Christophe Line Papin © Benjamin Colombel © Benjamin Adrien Bosc Thouroude © Hervé Claudel Philippe

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Foreign Rights : [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] @EditionsStock Acquisitions : [email protected] FRENCH PUBLI- French Publishing SHING in a Few Figures

Over the past twenty years, French publishing (which is Authors’ rights are a cornerstone ranked fifth in the world), has fundamentally changed of the book industry. The French Intel- lectual Property Code, created in 1992 into a regulated market that has managed to preserve – two centuries after the first laws on the diversity of sales networks without causing an this subject – sets out all legal aspects inflation of prices. thereof. In November 2014, a law was intro- duced modifying provisions of publi- shing contracts so that authors would enjoy also rights for digital editions of their works as they do for print editions. ublishing is France’s if the purchase is made by a public By It was the result of an agreement bet- leading cultural indus- body, an educational establishment Jean-Guy ween authors’ and publishers’ orga- try, and a mature one or a association facilitating their acqui- Boin, nizations, and was negotiated over a at that. In 2015, its total sition by its members. managing period of four years. It is yet another turnover reached 4.14 The commercial relations between director of the sign of the constant consultations bet- billion euros (retail publishers and bookshops are governed Bief ween players in the book industry at Pprice excluding tax), ranking it fifth by contracts, but they must, by law, every level, consultations that are in the world (IPA data). Over the take qualitative factors into account accompanied by a close and constant twenty years between 1995 and 2005, (and not just quantitative factors) in contact with the highest authorities, the industry grew by 24.3 % (see gra- determining the discounts accorded not least the Ministry of Culture. phic 1) while book prices rose by to bookshops. 25.4%. There was a 7% drop between In 2009, a report assessing the The State of Play in Different 2010 and 2014, subsequently corrected effects of this law, produced by a com- Categories by the slightly positive growth in 2015 mission of publishing professionals Over the past twenty years, we have and a near stability since the begin- and members of parliament, was han- seen considerable growth in ning of 2016. The number of copies ded to the Minister of Culture. Based comics/graphic novels for children sold annually has soared to 436 mil- on historical data, comparative analyses and young adults (see graphic 3) and lion, a 45.1% increase in twenty years. of the situation in other countries, and a considerable drop in the publishing Digital publishing saw a turnover future projections, the report concluded of dictionaries and encyclopaedias of €164 millions in 2015, which is 6.5% that this arrangement remained rele- – related to the appearance of the of the total turnover of the publishing vant and had had extremely positive new digital media. Literature (nearly sector, a rise of +14.9% in one year, results. 25% of turnover) and practical books doubling over three years. Leaving INSEE, the French National Ins- (13.4% of turnover) are both growing aside and specialist trade titute of Statistics and Economic Studies markets. publishing – of which legal publishing (an independent public body), produces The number of new titles and new takes first place – digital publishing price indexes. Over the last twenty editions published each year has increa- for a general readership accounts for years, consumer prices have increased sed by a factor of 2.9 over the last twenty 3.1% of the turnover of this sector, com- by 33%, whereas book prices have years, rising from 23,436 to 67,150 (see pared with 2.9% the previous year. increased by 25.4% (see graphic 2). graphic 4). Of course this phenomenon We can therefore see that the single- is not unique to France. There are A Regulated Framework of price arrangement is not inflationist, various reasons for it, specific to the Operations as its opponents often claim. publishing industry, such as the fact Book prices have been set by the Since 2011, publishers have also that each product is new and unique, publishers themselves since January been responsible for setting the prices and that it is an economy of supply. 1982 when the law of August 1981 of e- for all retailers, When it comes to comics/graphic came into effect. Every retailer must whether they are based in France or novels (for both adults and use this price, although they can apply abroad. This law applies only to e- children/YA), the number of new titles a discount of up to 5%. In practice, books that are identical to the printed and new editions rose during this period most books are sold at retail price. versions, although e-books containing from 444 to 3,620. French and Belgian When it comes to sales to , a number of additional elements spe- graphic novels comprise a genre in the maximum possible discount is cific to digital editions (web links, audio- their own right on the international 9%. The actual retail price of textbooks visual segments, etc.) as spelled out in market, alongside and comics. can include an even higher discount the law are also included. The increase in the number of titles

14 Special - October 2016 is less spectacular for children/YA 1. Progression of publishing turnover (€ billion) comics and graphic novels (a factor of 2.6), although market share has risen from 7.1% to 13.3%. 4,3 4,4 4,1 The number of copies sold has not 3,3 3,5 increased at the same rate as the num- ber of titles published, far from it, resul- ting in a significant drop in the average number of sales per title. Everybody recognizes the book sector’s cultural diversity, be it the kinds of titles published, the increasing num- 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 ber of publishers and the wealth and SOURCE: ESTIMATED RETAIL PRICE FROM SYNDICAT NATIONAL DE L’ÉDITION DATA. the quality of points of sale. Yet we note that there are also disadvantages 2. Progression of consumer and book prices

130

Consumer prices 120 Over the past twenty years, Book prices we have seen considerable 110 growth in comics/graphic novels for children and young 100 adults. French and Belgian 90 graphic novels comprise a genre 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 in their own right on the SOURCE: INSEE. BASE 100:1990 international market. 3. Breakdown of turnover by book category

NovelselsvNo DictionarieDictionariesaries Children’ssen’Childr 117,177,1,1 % Novels o vN elss 113,77 %,3 % YA 1818,9 9 % 224,14,11 % to what several French publishers call Children’sChildren’n’s YA Comics,s, 77,1,1 % grgraphicaphicc inflation éditoriale (the strong increase DictionariessDictionarie 10,301 ,3 % Essays,saEs sy , Comics,s, novels o vn els socialocials 2,22, 2 % graphicgraphicc novelsno elsv 22,2,7,7 % in the number of titles published). 110,80,8 % 22015010150 5 Art, sciencesseciencs 19951999955 Art, 33,4,4 % 55,1,1 % Essays,saEs sy , coffee-tablef foc ee-t-table Two big concerns are: the issue of coffee-tablef foc ee-t-table bookssbook bookssbook socialocials 11,1 % 4,44,4 % 77,5,5 % sciencesseciencs profitability per title owing to the drop LLawaw 113,43,4 % PPracticalracticall 5,1 % PracticalPractical 5,1 % 6,66 %%,6 44,9,9 % in sales per title – and therefore the Sciences,s,eScienc LLawaw 1,919 % technical,echnical,t medicinemedicine, edicine, 15,2,2 %51 % Other 3 % 11,5 drop in a publishing house’s net profit; managmanagementementt SciencSciences,s ,e ttechnical,echnical, medicinemedicine,, Other and the ever-more complex task faced TTeTextbookse stbookx managmanagementement TTextbookse tbookx s by bookshops in managing this increa- SOURCE: SYNDICAT NATIONAL DE L’ÉDITION sed output, be it developing a proper knowledge of the titles and marketing 4. Production of new titles and new editions them accordingly, or dealing with the accounting and cash-flow challenges 63052 67041 it represents. 53462 The sector needs to find solutions to deal with the reduced time individual 39422 titles spend in the spotlight, lower 23436 attention spans, and the fact that books- hops simply cannot stock as much variety of titles as they used to. Publi- 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 shers and bookshops must develop increasingly evolved market-moni- >>> SOURCE: LIVRES HEBDO/ELECTRE.COM

Special - October 2016 15 FRENCH PUBLI- SHING

5. Breakdown by sales channel >>> toring tools and promotional tools, focussing on both general and more specialized readerships. 34,6

31,3 % Sales Channels 29,6 1995 Between 1995 and 2015 (see gra- 26,7 25,7 2000 phic 5), there was a very significant 24 23,4 22,3 22 21,7 2005 shift in the types of points of sale where 20,7 19,119,5 19 2010 books were sold. The new sales outlet 17,8 17,2 17 was of course the internet, which took 15,8 2015

13,1 13,4 a large chunk of the market (19%), 12 12 accompanied by a major drop in sales 8,7 8 8 8,5 through book clubs or mail-order. 5,4 Specialized cultural retailers (led 3,5 by Fnac) saw their slice of the market 0 0 increase from one-sixth to one-quarter Bookshops Large Hypermarkets, Online Book clubs Other of sales in twenty years. We should recall (including newsagents, cultural supermarkets sales and mail order stationery) retailers that the number of shops of this type

SOURCE: MINISTÈRE DE LA CULTURE ET DE LA COMMUNICATION increased considerably during these two decades. The market-share of local 6. Sales of foreign rights by language book retail-outlets (such as those selling mainly newspapers/magazines or sta- 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 tionery) fell from 11% to 3.5%, although Chinese 910 1 238 1 524 1 620 1 868 this is surely the sign of a deeper change Italian 911 1 020 1 385 1 078 1 312 affecting not just books but consumer Spanish 1 039 1 134 968 1 107 1 209 habits in general. Traditional bookshops, which are German 1 076 1 061 941 791 967 responsible for a very considerable pro- English 684 797 788 721 743 portion of sales of general literature titles, Polish 333 367 428 561 728 saw their share decrease from 23.6% to 18.5% in twenty years. Most of these Korean 453 568 869 775 720 bookshops play a decisive role in advising Dutch 675 541 667 546 610 readers, launching books by new authors, Russian 424 350 460 405 464 and stocking an extensive range of titles from many different publishers. Portuguese 473 631 636 534 408 Top 10 total 6 978 7 707 8 666 8 138 9 029 International Exchanges General total 9 664 10 798 11 892 11 309 12 225 French is the second most translated

SOURCE: SYNDICAT NATIONAL DE L’ÉDITION language in the world. In 2015, 12,225 contracts licensing rights in French books to foreign publishers in over 50 7. Sales of rights by category languages were signed (+29.3% in five 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 years). The most translated sectors are Texbooks, Dictionnaries 0,1 1,0 2,0 2,0 1,6 children’s/YA, comics/graphic novels, Sciences, technical, medicine 0,6 0,6 1,0 0,9 0,8 fiction and non-fiction (see graphics 6 and 7). Finally, works translated into Essays, social sciences 22,8 20,2 16,4 18,6 19,0 French account for nearly 12,000 titles Novels 19,5 15,0 14,8 16,3 15,4 a year, which is nearly 20% of titles Children’s, YA 16,7 29,3 34,7 27,7 29,9 published. The parallel between the numbers of books translated in each Comics, graphic novels 35,7 26,8 21,7 26,6 23,8 direction demonstrates the desire of Art, coffee-table books 2,0 1,2 1,2 1,9 0,8 French publishers to find an equili- Practical 2,4 5,9 8,3 6,0 8,9 brium in their international exchanges.

SOURCE: SYNDICAT NATIONAL DE L’ÉDITION In 2014, the Centre National du Livre and the Institut Français provided funding for translation out of French to the tune of €1,916,000, supporting nearly 1,100 titles. The Centre National du Livre also provided €1,742,000 of funding for the translation into French of 332 titles. d

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Pub_HS_LH_Frankfurt.indd 1 05/09/2016 16:26 TRANS- LATIONS Translations 2015 Continued Growth

Translations account for an ever-increasing share of a market that has seen an overall slowdown in the number of titles published, according to data from Livres Hebdo/electre.com for 2015. English, which is by far the biggest language translated, has receded, while there has been an increase in translations from Japanese, German, Portuguese and Chinese.

Axclusive data from THE WEIGHT OF TRANSLATIONS IN FRENCH PUBLISHING IN 2015 Livres Hebdo/electre.com shows that in 2015 Although there was an overall drop of 1.5% in translations accounted 66 527 68 187 67 041 the publication of new for a record 17.7% of all titles and new editions in France in 2015, the new titles and new editions in France. number of translations E stalled at 11,847 titles In 2014, the figure was 17.4%. In 2008, (-0.1%). This means that the year this new statistical tool was translations as percentage of total introduced, it was only 14%. But this publishing increased new record is explained by a drop of from 17.4% (2014) to 17.7%. –1.5% in total production of new titles Translations of novels and new editions in 2015, while the fell by 4% (3,803 new 11 623 11 859 11 847 titles) with translations number of translations remains almost accounting for 40.6% of novels, compared with stable, at 11,847 titles (–0.1%). 40.9% in 2014 (42.4% in 2013). German is Back 2013 2014 2015 English is still the main language All publishing translated but continues to lose ground, Translations even if it is still seeing growth when By SOURCE: LIVRES HEBDO/ELECTRE.COM it comes to books on religion, Fabrice comics/graphic novels, and early lear- Piault ning books and games. Titles initially THE MOST TRANSLATED LANGUAGES written in English accounted for 58.1%

of all translated titles published in Translations from 2015, compared with 59.5% a year ear- Japanese English remained dominant, but dropped lier and 60.2% in 2013 (the best year 12,1 slightly, from 59.5% to ever). The growth of Japanese shows 58.1% on the previous Other year (60.2% in 2013). no signs of tiring. In 2015, this was Translations from 7,7,99 Spanish, Italian, entirely explained by manga (both Scandinavian languages, the publication of new titles and the Englishh Dutch, Russian, German and Korean also fell in reissue of old ones), which now 6,6,44 2015, while Japanese, accounts for 90.1% of translations from 58,1 % German, Portuguese, 4,4,44 Italian Chinese, Polish and Japanese, compared with 87.7% in “other languages” Spanish increased. The five most 2014. In total, translations from Japa- 3,3,22 translated languages 22,11 ScandinaScandinavian langlangs..svian accounted for 84.2% of nese accounted for 12.1% of all trans- translations, compared lations, compared with 7.7% in 2008 Portuguese, Chinese,tugueseorP Chinese,, with 84.9% in 2014 and Dutch, Easch,Dut Eastern Eurt Europe,,opeern 85.8% in 2013. – the most spectacular leap that Japa- Russian, Arabic, P,abicArussian,R Polish,olish, nese has known in seven years. Korean: 1 % torK too 0ean: 0,3,3 % 2015 also saw translations from SOURCE: LIVRES HEBDO/ELECTRE.COM German increase sharply after a low

18 Special - October 2016 TRANSLATIONS BY LANGUAGE ALL NOVELS 2014 2015 2015/2014 Av. 5 years 2014 2015 2015/2014 Av. 5 years German 644 754 17 % 3 % 126 148 17 % 6 % point the previous year. However, Ita- lian, Spanish and the Scandinavian English 7060 6879 - 3 % 3 % 2981 2836 - 5 % 1 % languages stalled. And although the Arabic 98 74 - 24 % - 2 % 26 15 - 42 % - 6 % five most translated languages accoun- Other 858 941 10 % 1 % 71 73 3 % - 5 % ted for 84.2% of all translations, the Chinese 76 110 45 % 7 % 21 26 24 % - 4 % year was characterized by a geogra- Korean 45 39 - 13 % - 8 % 15 20 33 % 22 % phical widening of production, with an increase in translations from Por- Spanish 439 379 - 14 % 1 % 179 151 - 16 % - 4 % tuguese, Chinese, Polish and languages Eastern Europe* 78 103 32 % 8 % 32 52 63 % 10 % from Eastern Europe, and a 10% leap Italian 538 523 - 3 % 3 % 116 128 10 % 4 % in “other languages” (941 titles). Japanese 1396 1432 3 % 12 % 54 45 - 17 % 0 % Scandinavian langs. 284 247 - 13 % 2 % 186 163 - 12 % 2 % English Declined the Most Dutch 115 106 - 8 % 5 % 26 19 - 27 % - 7 % The number of novels translated Polish 38 47 24 % 6 % 8913 % - 12 % remains stable, and although trans- Portuguese 72 113 57 % 23 % 44 69 57 % 29 % lations are still a sizeable share of all Russian 118 100 - 15 % 1 % 56 49 - 13 % 5 % novels published, the numbers conti- Total 11 859 11 847 0 % 4 % 3 941 3 803 - 4 % 1 % nue to fall, down to 40.6% compared *EXCEPT RUSSIAN AND POLISH. SOURCE: LIVRES HEBDO/ELECTRE.COM. with 40.9% in 2014 and 42.4% in 2013. Translations from Portuguese displayed the highest growth over time (average over five years), boosted by Although English still dominates this having been invited to the Paris Book Fair in 2015. A revival of interest in manga saw a boom in translations from segment of the market, this is also the Japanese, while translations from Chinese continued to rise strongly. Only translations from Korean and Arabic saw no increase over the past five years. As far as literature is concerned, there was less of an increase in segment were it declined the most. translations over the last five years, with the most growth seen in translations from Portuguese, Korean, the At year’s end, it stood at 74.6%, a whole languages of Eastern Europe, German and Russian. point less than the previous year. Translations from Spanish, the Scan- CHANGES IN THE PUBLICATION OF TRANSLATIONS SINCE 2011 dinavian languages, Russian and Japa- nese also fell, while those from Ger- Although translations from man, Italian, Portuguese and the lan- Scandinavian languages 23 stalled, Portuguese, guages of Eastern Europe rose. Japanese, the languages of In the comics/graphic novels seg- Eastern Europe, Chinese, Polish and Dutch led the % ment, however, translations shot up charge as regards the increase in the number of 12 to 40.5% in 2015 from 37.4% in 2014, translations, which was around 4% over the past and not just because of the rise in 8 five years. Translations 7 6 publication of manga titles. The gro- from Korean have brought 5 up the rear for the past six 4 wing comics/graphic novels market 3 3 3 years, owing to a drop in 2 the number of adaptations 1 1 1 Korean saw an increase in translations from Arabic of manhwa (South Korean English, while adaptations of Italian comics), a trend which should be reversed in 2016, All -2 Dutch titles also rose strongly. And the Other Polish Italian

with South Korea being English German Russian Spanish Chinese comics/graphic novels segment is now guest of honour at the Paris Japanese Book Fair. Portuguese hot on the heels of the children’s/YA -8 Eastern Europe Eastern segment (which saw fewer translations SOURCE: LIVRES HEBDO/ELECTRE.COM Scandinavian langs. Scandinavian in 2015) when it comes to the segments that account for the most translations. TRANSLATIONS BY SECTOR In the children’s/YA segment, trans- lations accounted for 18.3% of titles The weight of the novel in published in 2015 (all categories com- 33,2 the total number of 32,1 bined), compared with 19.4% in 2014. translations continues to But the growth of translations seems fall, down to 32.1% in 2015, compared with to be particularly uneven in this seg- 33.2% a year earlier and % ment, accounting for 17.5% of new 34.1% in 2013. The humanities, poetry and 2014 titles in 2013, following a record 20.8% theatre also saw a drop in the number of in 2012. Humanities and social sciences translations. However, the 17,2 17,2 16,6 2015 15,2 number of translations 13,7 remain the fourth most translated increased sharply for 13,4 segment, although the proportion of comics and graphic novels, and art and translations remains low, at 4.4%. d practical books. 6,9 7,3 6,8 6,6 Children’s/YA remains stable. 4 4,2 2,6 2,4 0,3 0,2 Novels Children's/ Comics/ Humanities Arts Other Practical Poetry, IT SOURCE: LIVRES HEBDO/ELECTRE.COM YA Graphic and Social Theatre Novels Sciences

Special - October 2016 19 RANKING 2016 P F T RANKING RANKING 2016 20 Fabrice Piault By 87.5% of this figure. between them account for publishing groups although the tenmain in France and abroad, turnover of 5.7 billion euros publishers with acombined groups and independent euros. It comprises 110 publishing turned over more than one million 2015,that companies 197 lists which is based on the figures from ranking of French publishers, TheHebdo 20th annualLivres

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OLIVIER DION rench publishing on the French market, according to The top ten becomes more our Livres Hebdo/I+C data, but many concentrated each didn’t benefit from it. companies in year, with a mile - Yet several independent companies the sector stone passed in have seen a more positive trend. Michel between them 2015. The 20th Lafon overtook Panini to place just account for annual Livres behind Actes Sud, despite not matching 2206 Hebdo ranking of French publishers, its record turnover of 2013. Delcourt, 87.5% of the Fwhich is based on the figures from Glénat and Eyrolles sit squarely among turnover of all 2015 (see methodology on p. 28) was the top fifteen publishing groups. Hugo the publishers published in June, the day before the & Cie surfed the success of its best- general meeting of the Syndicat Natio- sellers to jump ten places, up to 17th. listed nal de l’Édition (national publishers’ Groupe du 27 has also soared, up from union) on 30th June. It lists 197 com- 36th place to 20th, thanks to the set- panies that turned over more than ting-up of its own sales and marketing one million euros, compared with 204 team, while Trédaniel rises from 39th companies the previous year and 222 place to 25th, having profited from the companies the year before that. They vogue for wellbeing and personal deve- have a combined turnover of 5.7 billion lopment. All these performances testify euros (5.9 billion in 2014) in France to the renewal of the sector. d and abroad (through exports and sub- sidiaries). But they are comprised of just 110 publishing groups and inde- pendent publishers, compared with 127 in 2014 and 144 in 2013. Actes Sud joins the Top 10 It is worth noting that, with a com- bined turnover of five billion euros, the top ten companies in the sector THE MAIN TEN between them account for 87.5% of PUBLISHING GROUPS 722 the turnover of all the publishers listed 2015 turnover in millions of euros – not to be confused with their (lesser) Actes Sud takes the place of Lamy to share of the entire French publishing enter the Top 10 of the main publishing groups, the order of which sector. This share has become steadily remains unchanged since last year.

bigger over the last few years. It was 438 82.2% in 2014, climbing from 78.9% 396 340 the previous year and 77.1% the year

before that. 250 220 193 178 85 Strong Growth Actes Groupe Albin RELX La France Média- Lefebvre Groupe Editis Hachette The two leaders of the sector, Hachette Sud Michel Group* Martinière Loisirs Participations Sarrut Madrigall Livre Livre (which saw 66% of its turnover Groupe come from outside France) and Editis, are well ahead of the rest, and both displayed strong growth in 2015: +10.1% * RELX GROUP: LEXISNEXIS 2014 PLUS ELSEVIER MASSON 2015. © LIVRES HEBDO 2016. for the former and +8.9% for the latter. EditisditisE Out of the ten main publishing groups, BREAKDOWN 12,12,66 Média-Participations experienced a 7,7,66 GrGroupeoupe MadrigMadrigallall OF THE 2015 slight drop in turnover, and France Loisirs also fell back (owing to the TURNOVER 6,6,99 Lefebvree SarrutvrebfeL Sarrut extensive restructuring it has been The 197 publishers in our ranking - each of which undergoing), while Madrigall and the Média- registered a turnover of legal publishing group Lefebvre Sarrut 5,5,99 ParticipationsationsarticipP more than one million euros - accounted for a remained stable. Albin Michel had a % FrancerF ance combined turnover of 5.75 boost of 6.3%, and Actes Sud made its 4,4,44 billion euros in France and HachetteetHachet LoisirssoisirL abroad, down 3.4%* on first entry into the top ten (up 19.5%), LivreeLivr 38,438,4 3,3,88 La MartinièreMartinière 2014. driven by multiple successes in 2015. GroupeoupeGr 3,3,88 RELX GrGroupoup Further down the rankings, many 3,3,44 GrGroupeoupe Albin Michel companies experienced drops in tur- 12,5 AActesct Sud 33,1,1 %es % nover in 2015, amid an economic situa- Other tion that is still edgy. Last year may

have seen a 1.8% increase in book sales © LIVRES HEBDO 2016.

Special - October 2016 21 Publisher Parent Turnover Turnover Var. Net RANKING company Country 2015 (€k) 2014 (€k) (%) result Staff 2016 1 Hachette Livre Lagardère F 2 206 000 2 004 000 10,1 6 965 2 Editis Grupo Planeta E 721 500 662 800 8,9 3 Groupe Madrigall F 438 000 437 000 0,2 4 Editions Lefebvre Sarrut Frojal F 396 162 396 672 - 0,1 57 640 2 186 Notes on the 5 Média-Participations Média-Participations B 340 440 349 775 - 2,7 1 104 - Flammarion SA Madrigall F 282 150 255 866 10,3 2016 Ranking 6 France Loisirs Actissia F 250 000 325 000 - 23,1 7 La Martinière Groupe F 220 000 240 000 - 8,3 517 of French 8 Groupe Albin Michel Huyghens de participations F 178 111 167 606 6,3 10 493 525 - Editions Gallimard Madrigall F 141 645 140 680 0,7 - LexisNexis RELX Group NL - 135 860 NS Publishers - Dargaud Média-Participations B 104 905 112 151 - 6,5 2 076 160 - Editions Francis Lefebvre Lefebvre Sarrut F 102 934 101 530 1,4 13 334 341 Hachette Livre (No. 1) - Hachette Collections Hachette Livre F 102 346 105 098 - 2,6 43 After seeing its turnover fall over the pre- - Editions législatives Lefebvre Sarrut F 87 083 84 954 2,5 19 813 291 vious two years, Lagardère’s publishing arm returned to growth in 2015 (+ 10.1%) 9 Actes Sud F 84 605 70 792 19,5 3 886 331 with a stable positive operating profit of 10 Michel Lafon Publishing Edinvest F 62 835 60 815 3,3 4 213 44 198 million euros. With 6,965 staff spread 11 Panini France Panini I 58 736 75 731 - 22,4 4 777 37 across 70 countries, and over 150 imprints (17,965 new titles in 2015), it ranks eighth - Groupe Fleurus Média-Participations F 57 590 56 714 1,5 1 772 142 in the world publishing rankings (fifth if - Hachette Livre F 57 478 50 606 13,6 236 one excludes trade publishing). 34% of - Larousse Hachette Livre F 57 392 58 982 - 2,7 Hachette Livre’s turnover is achieved in 12 Elsevier Masson RELX Group NL57 295 55 644 3,0 251 France (750 million euros), 24% in the United States (where Hachette Book 13 Groupe Delcourt Guy Delcourt F 57 228 58 405 - 2,0 112 Group bought Perseus Books in spring - LGF (Livre de poche) Hachette Livre F 55 785 53 709 3,9 43 2016) and , 23% in the United - Seuil La Martinière Groupe F 55 400 60 700 - 8,7 Kingdom and , and 8% in Spain 14 Groupe Glénat Glénat entreprises et dév. F 53 566 51 552 3,9 3 755 147 and , while its international partworks division was itself responsible - Lefebvre Sarrut F 52 553 52 998 - 0,8 3 644 195 for 11%. Excluding the partworks division, 15 Groupe Eyrolles F 43 819 44 724 - 2,0 1 593 225 the group’s production breaks down as - Gallimard Jeunesse Madrigall F 40 910 37 280 9,7 follows: general literature (40%), chil- dren’s/YA and illustrated (17%), education - Dupuis Média-Participations F 40 796 50 275 - 18,9 1 599 76 (16%), reference (3%), distribution (12%), - Editions Atlas De Agostini I - 39 651 NS other sectors (1%). Digital products - Dargaud-Lombard Dargaud B 38 585 39 595 - 2,6 1 188 39 account for 9% of the total turnover. In - Delcourt Groupe Delcourt F 35 488 36 916 - 3,9 France (2,769 staff), Hachette Livre leads the education sector (approximately one- 16 Groupe Revue fiduciaire SEPFJ F 33 755 33 761 = 5 678 120 quarter of the turnover) and the reference - Casterman Flammarion SA F 29 640 31 570 - 6,1 and practical sector (cooking, tourism, - J'ai lu Flammarion SA F 29 580 29 058 1,8 health, etc.). It is strong in general litera- 17 Hugo & Cie Hugues de Saint Vincent F 28 930 15 264 89,5 5 066 34 ture, children’s/YA, coffee-table and art books, and partworks, with several subsi- - Dunod Hachette Livre F 28 529 28 665 - 0,5 135 diaries listed further down the table: - Magnard Vuibert Albin Michel F 27 779 26 584 4,5 319 115 Hachette Collections (partworks), Hatier NS : NO SIGNIFICANCE. © LIVRES HEBDO 2016. >>> (including Foucher), Larousse, LGF (), which owns Audiolib (Acropole, Belfond, Hemma, Hors Collection, has a 35% share); Arthaud; Aubier; Autrement; (audio books) and is itself 40% owned by Langue au Chat, Lonely Planet [licence], Climats; Maison Rustique; Père Castor; Pyg- Albin Michel (No. 8), Dunod (including ), Lattès, Fayard, Albert- Omnibus, Pré aux Clercs, Presses de la Cité, malion; Fluide Glacial; Casterman. The group’s René, Grasset, Didier, Pika, Stock, Cal- Solar); Univers Poche (Pocket, PKJ, 10/18, sales and marketing arm comprises Diffusion mann-Lévy, Rageot, Hazan, and Kero Fleuve Éditions, Kurokawa, 12-21); Nathan Gallimard, Diffusion Flammarion, CDE and (bought in December 2015). In April 2016, (including Bordas, Le Robert, Retz, Clé Inter- Fed (supermarkets and hypermarkets), as well it sold its 50% share in Harlequin France national); Laffont (including Julliard, Nil, as Sofédis. The distribution arm comprises (No. 18) to the American publishing group Seghers, Bouquins and R); Edi8 (Plon, Perrin, Sodis and UD. Madrigall also has a majority HarperCollins, and in June 2016 it began Presses de la Renaissance, First, Gründ, Les shareholding in the digital distribution plat- to diversify into games for mobile plat- Escales, Le Dragon d’Or, Tana); La Découverte; form Eden Livres (in which La Martinière and forms with the purchase of Neon Play by Le Cherche Midi; Sonatine (including Super 8); Actes Sud also have shares), and minority Hachette UK. Paraschool. shareholdings in Hoëbeke (49%), Sarbacane (19%), Télémaque (10%) and Presses Universi- Editis (No. 2) Madrigall (No. 3) taires de France, as well as owning a dozen This publishing group controlled by Antoine This subsidiary of Planeta, number one in bookshops. Spanish publishing, is close behind Hachette Gallimard recorded a stable turnover in 2015. Livre on the French market, with a turnover Its editorial operations are organized around Lefebvre Sarrut (No. 4) up by 8.9% in 2015. Editis strengthened its three branches: Gallimard (including , The main specialist French publishing group, position in sales and distribution thanks to the Bibliothèque de la Pléiade, Quai Voltaire, Verti- which focuses on legal books, and has a staff of purchase of Volumen from La Martinière cales, Joëlle Losfeld, Alternatives, Bleu de 2.186, recorded a stable turnover and a very (No. 7) by its subsidiary Interforum. Indeed it Chine, Gallimard Jeunesse, Gallimard Loisirs healthy profit. It is 66% owned by the Lefebvre is also active in the education, reference, gene- Guides, Denoël, Mercure de France, P.O.L [87% family through the Frojal holding company, ral literature, children’s/YA and illustrated sec- owned by Madrigall], La Table Ronde, Futuro- while Banexi holds a 16% share, and the com- tors, but neither communicates or registers the polis, Les Grandes Personnes); Flammarion pany’s upper management hold 17%. Lefebvre data from its subsidiaries: Place des Éditeurs (including J’ai Lu/Librio, in which Hachette Sarrut’s French companies comprise Francis

22 Special - October 2016 Publisher Parent Turnover Turnover Var. Net company Country 2015 (€k) 2014 (€k) (%) result Staff

18 Harlequin HarperCollins USA 23 600 24 434 - 3,4 79 19 Editions Bayard Bayard Presse F 22 514 23 305 - 3,4 - 4 144 54 Lefebvre, les Editions Législatives and Dalloz - Jean-Claude Lattès Hachette Livre F 22 171 10 870 104,0 32 (including Sirey, Delmas, L’Argus de l’Assu- - MC Productions (Soleil) Groupe Delcourt F 20 705 20 267 2,2 rance and Juris Associations), ranked lower - Editions de la Martinière La Martinière Groupe F 19 800 16 900 17,2 down, while abroad it owns El Derecho (Spain), Indicator (Belgium and the United 20 Groupe du 27 BSA F 19 530 11 009 77,4 2 020 45 Kingdom), SDU (Netherlands), Ipsoa Francis 21 Belin Scor F 19 518 21 724 - 10,2 117 Lefebvre (Italy, 50%) and Juris (Germany, 50%). 22 Lextenso Petites Affiches F 18 256 18 709 - 2,4 - 359 96 The group also operates in the training sector - Editions Milan Editions Bayard F 17 400 17 509 - 0,6 1 048 61 with Elegia, Dalloz Formation and CSP Forma- tion (France and Belgium). 23 Nouvelles éd. de l’Université Ed. Auzias et Associés F 17 277 18 357 - 5,9 117 24 Auzou Groupe Auzou F 16 180 17 051 - 5,1 1 195 13 Média-Participations (No. 5) Média-Participations is the publishing group 25 Groupe Trédaniel F 15 946 NC NS 2 705 11 of Vincent Montagne – president of the Syndi- - Fayard Hachette Livre F 15 027 12 206 23,1 41 cat National de l’Édition. It is controlled by the 26 Prisma éditions Prisma Media F 15 010 13 753 9,1 25 Montagne family (60%), along with Axa (19%), - ENPC Groupe Fleurus F 14 421 12 397 16,3 456 60 Michelin (14%), la Caisse des Dépôts and CIC Finances. Média-Participations has 1,104 staff 27 Bragelonne F 14 052 12 814 9,7 257 and is the European leader of the comics/gra- 28 Codes Rousseau Springer SBM D 13 863 12 642 9,7 83 phic novels sector – 30% of its turnover comes - Albert-René Hachette Livre F 13 725 7 853 74,8 from Dargaud, Dupuis, , Kana, - Grasset et Fasquelle Hachette Livre F 13 015 8 204 58,6 36 Urban Comics, Blake et Mortimer and Lucky Comics. It is also active in illustrated, chil- - Editions ENI Groupe ENI F - 12 857 NS dren’s/YA, religious and practical books 29 Bamboo Bamboolding F 12 518 12 015 4,2 1 528 16 through the Fleurus publishing group (inclu- - Gallimard Loisirs Madrigall F 11 530 11 030 4,5 ding Fleurus, Mame, Edifa, Desclée, Tardy, Rus- tica, Mango, ENPC, Vagnon, Chronique, Media- 30 Ellipses F 11 200 11 186 0,1 46 toon and Huginn & Muninn), which accounts 31 Lavoisier F 10 657 11 011 - 3,2 54 for 15% of its turnover. Sales and distribution - Didier Hachette Livre F 10 574 11 702 - 9,6 46 and related services (Média Diffusion, MDS, - Trédaniel Groupe Trédaniel F 10 297 9 635 6,9 1 500 etc.) represent 20% of turnover, while audiovi- sual and digital account for 17% (Ellipsanime, - Pika Hachette Livre F 10 079 9 238 9,1 16 Belvision, Storimages, Dargaud Media, Dupuis 32 Vigot-Maloine Famille Vigot F 9 610 9 666 - 0,6 - 283 34 Audiovisuel, Citel, Kana Home Video, VF Films 33 EDP Sciences F 9 605 10 783 - 10,9 68 Production, Mediatoon Distribution, Anuman 34 Puf Scor F 9 461 10 903 - 13,2 46 Interactive). Press and magazines comprise 18% (Rustica, Système D, La Gazette des Petits - Taschen France Taschen D - 9 391 NS Gourmands, Famille Chrétienne, Magnificat 35 Institut culturel de Bretagne F 9 293 14 067 - 33,9 and the religious press agency I. Media, etc.). - Play Bac F - 9 261 NS France Loisirs (No. 6) 36 De Fallois Bernard de Fallois F 8 661 4 515 91,8 1 113 5 France’s premier book club company owns the 37 Lito Sibodecor F 8 632 9 015 - 4,2 37 69 leading book club, Le Grand Livre du Mois, 38 L’Harmattan F 8 183 8 674 - 5,7 718 46 and 25% of the publisher Audiolib (alongside LGF/Le Livre de Poche). It is owned - Stock Hachette Livre F 7 939 6 558 21,1 21 by Actissia, which was sold by the American 39 Editions SED F 7 905 7 827 1,0 512 70 investment fund Najafi to the investment fund - Calmann-Lévy Hachette Livre F 7 732 6 263 23,5 22 International Technology Solutions (ITS), itself owned by Adrian Diaconu and based in NS : NO SIGNIFICANCE. © LIVRES HEBDO 2016. >>> Luxembourg, in March 2015. Actissia also owns the online bookshop Chapitre.com. Supérieur [bought in February 2015] and the Panini France (No. 11) sales and distribution company Dilisco), 40% of This French subsidiary of the eponymous Ita- La Martinière Groupe (No. 7) LGF/Le Livre de Poche (controlled by lian publishing group is leader of the sticker La Martinière publishes general literature Hachette, No. 1) and, since October 2015, 30% collection market, and also publishes manga through Seuil (including Points, L’Olivier [90%], of Jouvence (No. 59). It also owns seven books- and comics. Anne-Marie Métailié [80%], Don Quichotte, hops in France. Éditions du Sous-Sol); illustrated and art Elsevier Masson (No. 12) books, practical books, and children’s/YA Actes Sud (No. 9) Elsevier Masson is the French medical publi- books through Éditions de La Martinière, La This family publishing group is based in Arles, shing arm of the third biggest global publi- Martinière Jeunesse, Seuil Jeunesse, Delachaux and is one of the main independent publishers shing group, the (Dutch/British) RELX Group. et Niestlé. The publishing group achieves of general literature and illustrated books It also owns LexisNexis. much of its turnover in the United States (children’s/YA, art, comics/graphic novels). (Abrams) and Germany (Knesebeck). It is Groupe Delcourt (No. 13) Actes Sud controls Payot & Rivages, Actes Sud controlled by the Wertheimer family (46%), This independent publisher of comics/graphic Junior, Babel, Actes Sud-Papiers, Solin, Sind- Hervé de La Martinière (29%), Tribune Com- novels comprises Delcourt (including the bad, Photo Poche, Rouergue, Jacqueline Cham- pany (5%) and around fifteen small sharehol- manga imprint Tonkam), Soleil (including ders. The group itself has minority sharehol- bon, Hélium, Thierry Magnier, Imprimerie Quadrants), the audiovisual production com- dings in Arléa and Esprit. In July 2015, it sold Nationale, L’An 2, Errance, Picard, Gaïa (73%) pany RG Square, the sales and marketing com- Volumen (its sales and distribution company) and Textuel (65%). It holds shares in André pany Delsol and 50% of the comics/graphic to Interforum (Editis, No. 2). Versaille (35%), Les Liens qui Libèrent (30%) novels school, Académie Brassart Delcourt, and Inculte (30%). launched in 2014. Groupe Albin Michel (No. 8) The family publishing group Albin Michel Michel Lafon Publishing (No. 10) Groupe Glénat (No. 14) comprises Albin Michel, Magnard-Vuibert Michel Lafon is one of the main independent Glénat mainly publishes comics, manga and (including Delagrave, Casteilla, LT Jacques publishers of general literature and coffee- graphic novels, children’s/YA books, coffee- Lanore, Librairie des Écoles, Horay, De Boeck table books. It also owns the Privé imprint. table and practical books (mountains, sea, >>>

Special - October 2016 23 RANKING 2016

Growth: Each in Their Own Way

Publisher Turnover 2015 (€k) Turnover 2014 (€k) Var. (%) A single success was responsible for the 1 Allary éditions 5 265 2 362 122,9 OLIVIER DION OLIVIER spectacular leap in turnover of each of 2 Jean-Claude Lattès 22 171 10 870 104,0 the several publishing houses who 3 Bernard de Fallois 8 661 4 515 91,8 achieved good positions in our ranking of the biggest growths of 2015. L’Arabe 4 Hugo & Cie 28 930 15 264 89,5 du futur by Riad Sattouf boosted the 5 Groupe du 27 19 530 11 009 77,4 results of Allary. Joël Dicker’s Le livre 6 Albert-René 13 725 7 853 74,8 Guillaume Allary, des Baltimore did the same for De 7 Aparis 4 593 2 818 63,0 the happy publisher Fallois, as did the After series for Hugo of Riad Sattouf’s & Cie, and the 36th Astérix book, Le 8 Grasset & Fasquelle 13 015 8 204 58,6 L’Arabe du futur. 9 Philippe Rey 1 841 1 166 57,9 papyrus de César, for Albert-René. Philippe Rey benefited from Kerry Hudson’s La 10 Blanche 1 117 708 57,6 couleur de l’eau [Thirst], which won the Prix 11 Michel Lafon Poche 3 860 2 885 33,8 Femina Étranger. Lattès, meanwhile, enjoyed the 12 La Plage 2 239 1 718 30,3 success both of the Grey quartet (the bestselling 13 Budo 1 484 1 154 28,6 novels of 2015) and Delphine de Vigan’s D’après 14 Calmann-Lévy 7 732 6 263 23,5 une histoire vraie (Prix Renaudot). Groupe du 27 15 Fayard 15 027 12 206 23,1 (Les Arènes, L’Iconoclaste, etc.) was buoyed by the setting-up of its own sales and marketing 16 Carpentier 2 390 1 966 21,6 team, and Aparis (Edilivre, I-Kiosque) by their 17 Stock 7 939 6 558 21,1 purchase of Publibook. In all, three-quarters of 18 Leduc.s 6 077 5 051 20,3 the publishing houses that displayed the highest 19 L'Iconoclaste 3 104 2 596 19,6 growth published general literature. Five of 20 Actes Sud 84 605 70 792 19,5 them were already high achievers last year: © Livres Hebdo 2016 Hugo & Cie, Aparis, Michel Lafon Poche, La Plage, Carpentier.d Decline: Reversals of Fortune

Publisher Turnover 2015 (€k) Turnover 2014 (€k) Var. (%) Of the twenty publishers displaying the strongest decline in turnover in 1 Michel Lafon Education 2 134 8 313 -74,3 2015, only Springer and RMN-Grand 2 Le Dilettante 2 089 7 802 -73,2 Palais (whose activity continues to 3 P.O.L 2 050 4 410 -53,5 shrink) featured in the previous 4 Zulma 1 207 2 213 -45,5 year’s rankings of the strongest 5 Au Diable vauvert 1 047 1 855 -43,6 declines. The top of the table 6 Institut culturel de Bretagne 9 293 14 067 -33,9 highlights the reversal of the Bouba and Zaza, the previous year’s fortunes 7 Kero 2 533 3 515 -27,9 two heroes from Michel (particularly for smaller houses), of Lafon Éducation’s 8 Editions du Rocher 2 523 3 337 -24,4 collection aimed at which the vicissitudes of Michel 9 Editions du Moment 1 015 1 327 -23,5 African countries. Lafon Éducation’s African activities 10 Les Grandes Personnes 1 015 1 320 -23,1 are one example. These include Le Dilettante, 11 France Loisirs 250 000 325 000 -23,1 orphaned of the 2014 success of Anna Gavalda’s La vie en mieux, P.O.L, bereft of the hit that was 12 Panini France 58 736 75 731 -22,4 Emmanuel Carrère’s Royaume, Zulma, wistful 13 Alpen 2 250 2 900 -22,4 for the double successes of Jean-Marie Blas de 14 RMN-Grand Palais 6 203 7 870 -21,2 Roblès’s L’île du Point Némo and Audur Ava 15 Springer Verlag France 4 141 5 190 -20,2 Olafsdóttir’s L’exception [The Exception], and Au 16 Dupuis 40 796 50 275 -18,9 Diable Vauvert, which had a smash with Jean- 17 Somogy éditions d'art 2 337 2 873 -18,7 Paul Didierlaurent’s Le liseur de 6h27. The decline affected publishers in all sectors: 18 Minuit 2 839 3 469 -18,2 general literature, children’s/YA (Les Grandes 19 Ouest-France éditions 5 391 6 574 -18,0 Personnes), BD (Panini, Dupuis), art (RMN, 20 Pearson France 5 746 6 877 -16,5 Somogy), practical (Ouest-France), education © Livres Hebdo 2016 (Pearson) and science (Springer).d

24 Special - October 2016 Publisher Parent Turnover Turnover Var. Net company Country 2015 (€k) 2014 (€k) (%) result Staff 40 Artège Groupe F 7 498 7 897 - 5,1 704 34 41 Faton Famille Faton F 7 423 8 123 - 8,6 23 48 - Delagrave édition Magnard-Vuibert F 7 287 6 745 8,0 841 12 >>> wine, gastronomy, monuments, heritage) through the imprints Glénat, Vents d’Ouest, - Payot & Rivages Actes Sud F 7 106 6 759 5,1 25 Glénat Jeunesse, Société de Géographie. The - Rageot éditeur Hachette Livre F 7 069 6 422 10,1 23 group also publishes the following imprints 42 Le Cerf F 7 025 7 115 - 1,3 143 20 under licence: Atlas, Mon Jardin & Ma Maison, Le Journal de la Maison, Auto-moto, Campagne 43 Groupe Archipel Jean-Daniel Belfond F 6 685 6 622 1,0 549 14 Décoration, Cheval Magazine, Psychologies 44 RMN-Grand Palais Réunion des musées nat. F 6 203 7 870 - 21,2 19 Magazine, . It also publishes the 45 Leduc.s F 6 077 5 051 20,3 818 13 magazines L’Alpe and Billebaude (with the 46 DILA Etat F 5 869 6 856 - 14,4 38 Maison de la Chasse – a hunting association) and owns two comics/graphic novels books- 47 Pearson France Pearson GB 5 746 6 877 - 16,5 669 34 hops in and Grenoble, as well as a gallery - Le Courrier du livre Groupe Trédaniel F 5 649 4 727 19,5 1 205 7 in Paris. - Fluide Glacial (Audie) Flammarion SA F 5 560 5 037 10,4 Groupe Eyrolles (No. 15) 48 Ouest-France éditions Sofiouest F 5 391 6 574 - 18,0 - 2 897 25 Eyrolles publishes books for professionals 49 Ki-oon (AC Media) F 5 379 4 914 9,5 169 16 (construction, public works, management, etc.), as well as practical books, under the imprints 50 Editions de l'Epargne BPCE F 5 316 5 692 - 6,6 - 54 14 Eyrolles, Eyrolles Education, Editions d’Orga- 51 Allary F 5 265 2 362 122,9 1 016 4 nisation and GEP. The company also owns the - EDP Santé EDP Sciences F 5 221 5 569 - 6,2 103 28 sales and marketing company Géodif, and the 52 Assimil Famille Chérel F 5 214 5 354 - 2,6 16 47 bookshops Eyrolles (Paris) and Librairie de Provence (Aix-en-Provence). - Citadelles & Mazenod F - 5 163 NS 53 Terre vivante F 4 635 4 212 10,0 313 25 Groupe Revue Fiduciaire (No. 16) This independent publishing group publishes - Futuropolis (Gallisol) Madrigall F 4 610 4 270 8,0 Les Publications fiduciaires and La Villeguérin 54 Aparis F 4 593 2 818 63,0 476 30 among numerous financial magazines and - Sedrap Averbode F - 4 370 NS books. 55 Editions 365 F 4 364 4 021 8,5 7 Hugo & Cie (No. 17) 56 Sand Carl van Eiszner F 4 187 4 591 - 8,8 72 9 Hugo & Cie, which includes Chiflet & Cie and 57 Springer Verlag France Springer SBM D 4 141 5 190 - 20,2 987 14 Hugo-Desinge, publishes popular fiction, humour, practical books, sport, children’s/YA - Ecriture-Communication Groupe Archipel F 3 937 4 097 - 3,9 176 6 literature and comics/graphic novels. 58 Frémeaux & Associés Fam. Frémeaux-Colombini F 3 894 4 295 - 9,3 18 7 Harlequin (No. 18) - Chasse-Marée Ouest-France F - 3 871 NS In April 2016, Hachette Livre (No. 1) sold its - Michel Lafon Poche Michel Lafon Publishing F 3 860 2 885 33,8 50% stake in the French arm of Harlequin (the 59 Editions Jouvence Jacques Maire F 3 848 3 554 8,3 15 world’s leading romance publisher) to the American publishing group HarperCollins 60 Yves Briend éditeur F 3 800 3 243 17,2 103 13 (ranked 18th in the world), which now owns it - Coop Breizh F - 3 738 NS 100% and aims to make it the bridgehead of its - Denoël Madrigall F 3 670 3 130 17,3 growth in France. 61 Editions du Signe F 3 592 3 374 6,5 - 56 19 Editions Bayard (No. 19) 62 Eugen Ulmer Verlag Eugen Ulmer D 3 459 3 064 12,9 298 16 This is the publishing arm of Bayard Presse. It - Mengès Sand F 3 452 3 695 - 6,6 69 5 publishes children’s/YA, humanities and reli- gion. It includes Milan, which is listed below. 63 Geste F 3 429 3 300 3,9 83 19 NS : NO SIGNIFICANCE. © LIVRES HEBDO 2016. >>> Groupe du 27 (No. 20) Groupe du 27 belongs to the holding company on children’s/YA, producing some 130 new ger group (as is Springer Verlag France – BSA (Beccaria, Sivry and Associates) and titles a year. includes Les Arènes, L’Iconoclaste and Rollin No. 57), which is ranked 20th in the world ove- Publications (the magazines XXI and 6 Mois), Groupe Trédaniel (No. 25) rall, and second for scientific, technical and which is listed below. This publishing group produces books on spi- medical magazines. Belin (No. 21) rituality, the occult, health, wellbeing and per- Bamboo (No. 29) sonal development under the imprints Guy Belin belongs to the reinsurer Scor – which A major independent publisher of humorous Trédaniel, Le Courrier du Livre, Exergue and also owns PUF (No. 34). They publish text- Dervy-Médicis. comics and graphic novels, Bamboo also books, and also own Le Pommier, Pour la publishes realist comics/graphic novels (Grand Science and Herscher. Prisma Éditions (No. 26) Angle) and manga (Doki-Doki). Lextenso (No. 22) The publishing arm of the eponymous press group – a subsidiary of the press branch of the Ellipses (No. 30) A subsidiary of Petites Affiches, Lextenso German company Bertelsmann – publishes a Ellipses is an independent university publi- publishes legal, economics and management mixture of co-editions (including National titles through the imprints LGDJ, Montchres- sher. Geographic, listed below) and works purely tien, Gualino, Defrénois, Joly and Gazette du under its own name. Lavoisier (No. 31) Palais. This independent technical publishing group Bragelonne (No. 27) Nouvelles éditions de l’Université owns Tec & Doc, EMI, Hermès, Synthèse Agri- This independent is France’s leading fantasy (No. 23) cole, Médecine Sciences Publications and the publisher, but has also developed Milady, Nouvelles Éditions de l’Université publishes which publishes romance in pocket and large- online bookshops Lavoisier.fr and the Petit Futé travel guides and owns Publi- pocket editions. e.Lavoisier.fr. book, listed below. Vigot-Maloine (No. 32) Auzou (No. 24) Codes Rousseau (No. 28) This specialist in driver training and the high- This family medical publisher also owns the This independent started out publishing refe- way code is a subsidiary of the German Sprin- specialist medical bookshop, Maloine, in Paris. rence books for direct selling, but now focuses >>>

Special - October 2016 25 Publisher Parent Turnover Turnover Var. Net RANKING company Country 2015 (€k) 2014 (€k) (%) result Staff 2016 64 LR Presse F 3 412 1 630 109,3 64 16 - Delachaux etNiestlé La Martinière Groupe F 3 400 3 500 - 2,9 >>> EDP Sciences (No. 33) 65 Presses univ. de F 3 395 3 434 - 1,1 1 20 EDP Sciences is a scientific, technical and - Hazan Hachette Livre F 3 366 3 315 1,5 6 medical publisher jointly owned by the French - Les Belles Lettres F - 3 280 NS Physics Society, the French Chemistry Society, 66 Gérard Billaudot F 3 301 3 271 0,9 141 19 the Applied and Industrial Mathematics Society, and the French Optics Society. - Tallandier F - 3 241 NS - Edilivre Aparis F 3 206 2 818 13,8 450 22 PUF (No. 34) Presses Universitaires de France is controlled 67 CRER F 3 197 3 653 - 12,5 - 319 17 by the reinsurer Scor (which also owns Belin, 68 Henry Lemoine F 3 180 3 100 2,6 240 5 No. 21), holding 52.3% of the capital alongside - Rouergue Actes Sud F 3 166 3 405 - 7,0 173 9 the author-owned Libris (23%), Madrigall - L'Iconoclaste Groupe du 27 F 3 104 2 596 19,6 472 2 (No. 3), who distribute their books, and the mutual insurance fund Thôt. - Crépin-Leblond F - 3 027 NS - Héloïse d'Ormesson F - 2 907 NS De Fallois (No. 36) 69 Minuit F 2 839 3 469 - 18,2 263 9 Hachette Livre holds a minority share in De Fallois, who are perhaps best known for being 70 Amphora B. Dubois F 2 760 3 120 - 11,5 335 the French publisher of the bestselling Swiss 71 Sauramps Médical Dominique Torreilles F 2 672 2 833 - 5,7 45 9 author Joël Dicker. 72 Groupe Piktos DG Diffusion F 2 598 2 439 6,5 573 8 Lito (No. 37) - Kero Hachette Livre F 2 533 3 515 - 27,9 8 Lito is an independent publisher of - Editions du Rocher Artège F 2 523 3 337 - 24,4 337 1 children’s/YA books. - Phaidon France Phaidon Press GB - 2 507 NS L’Harmattan (No. 38) - Rollin Publications Groupe du 27 F 2 446 2 492 - 1,8 217 10 This independent publishing house initially - Audiolib LGF/Hachette Livre F 2 442 2 208 10,6 5 focussed on the humanities, but now has a dozen imprints, including L’Harmattan, Micha- 73 Berger-Levrault éditions Berger-Levrault F 2 417 2 813 - 14,1 lon, Téraèdre and Odin, and around fifteen 74 Sarbacane F 2 406 2 150 11,9 8 international offices and subsidiaries, mainly 75 Carpentier F 2 390 1 966 21,6 12 7 in Africa. It publishes over 2,500 new titles a 76 Fontaine Picard F 2 381 2 578 - 7,6 139 year and owns the digital multimedia platform Harmatheque.com, and L’Harmattan Vidéo. 77 Somogy LBM F 2 337 2 873 - 18,7 - 206 10 L’Harmattan owns a number of specialized - Anne-Marie Métailié Seuil F 2 333 2 154 8,3 419 10 bookshops in Paris, as well as Le Lucernaire, a - Autrement Madrigall F 2 287 2 707 - 15,5 - 337 8 cinema/theatre/bookshop/restaurant. 78 Alpen F 2 250 2 900 - 22,4 4 SED (No. 39) 79 La Plage F 2 239 1 718 30,3 209 5 This independent publisher focuses - Bertrand Lacoste F - 2 193 NS on nursery school, primary school and specia- lized education. - Michel Lafon Education Michel Lafon Publishing F 2 134 8 313 - 74,3 80 Le Dilettante F 2 089 7 802 - 73,2 40 5 Artège Groupe (No. 40) This publisher of religious and general books, 81 HC éditions Hervé Chopin F 2 055 1 850 11,1 28 4 which features for the first time in the ranking - P.O.L Madrigall F 2 050 4 410 - 53,5 in consolidated form, comprises the imprints - Desclée de Brouwer Artège F 2 047 2 260 - 9,4 139 Artège, DDB, Zodiaque, Le Rocher and Motifs. - National Geographic Prisma Media F 2 037 2 220 - 8,2

Faton (No. 41) NS : NO SIGNIFICANCE. © LIVRES HEBDO 2016. >>> This independent publisher based in Dijon produces coffee-table books on art history, children’s/YA books (Zethel). It created the Ki-oon (No. 49) archaeology, history and general culture, as Eddison imprint for the international market. Over the last ten years, Ki-oon has become the well as children’s/YA books. They also publish main independent publisher of manga. magazines and periodicals on the same sub- Dila (No. 46) jects. The Department for Legal and Administrative Allary (No. 51) Information (DILA) is an arm of the French Le Cerf (No. 42) This publisher of general literature was esta- state’s central administrative division incorpo- blished by Guillaume Allary in 2013 and has This religious publisher is owned by the Domi- rating La Documentation Française and the nican Order and the Le Monde group. gained some renown for publishing several Journaux Officiels (official gazettes of the titles by Matthieu Ricard and Riad Sattouf. Groupe Archipel (No. 43) French Republic). Terre Vivante (No. 53) Jean-Daniel Belfond’s publishing group Pearson France (No. 47) includes L’Archipel, Écriture, Presses du Châ- Founded in 1979, Terre Vivante is the oldest This subsidiary of the British publishing group telet and Archipoche. practical ecology publisher in France. Pearson – the biggest publishing group in the RMN-Grand Palais (No. 44) world, and a leader in education publishing – Sand (No. 56) The Réunion des Musées Nationaux (the state produces university textbooks as well as books This independent publisher comprises Men- body that manages many of France’s most pro- for companies, and books on practical subjects gès (see below), Tchou and Place des Victoires. minent national museums) is the main public and photographic techniques. art/heritage publisher. Springer Verlag France (No. 57) Ouest-France Éditions (No. 48) Springer Verlag France is a subsidiary of the Leduc.s (No. 45) This subsidiary of the regional daily newspa- German scientific publisher Springer – ranked This independent publisher of books on prac- per Ouest-France publishes illustrated books, 20th in the world – who also owns Codes Rous- tical subjects, wellbeing and personal develop- including by the imprint Éditions du Chasse- seau (No. 28). ment also publishes popular literature (Char- Marée. It has a 67% shareholding of the sales leston, Diva), human-resources management and distribution company Cap Diffusion Frémeaux & Associés (No. 58) titles (Alisio), humour (Tut-tut) and alongside Éditions Sud-Ouest (No. 96). Audio book specialist. >>>

26 Special - October 2016 Profitability: an Effort Over the Long-Term

Publisher Turnover 2015 (€k) 2015 net profit (€k) Profitabily (%) Les Éditions du Jaguar, who publish African- related travel guides and coffee-table books, 1 Editions du Jaguar 1 556 650 41,8% once more appear among the most profitable 2 Springer Verlag France 4 141 987 23,8% outfits in publishing, this time in the lead. In 3 Editions législatives 87 083 19 813 22,8% their wake come eleven other publishers who 4 Groupe Piktos 2 598 573 22,1% already featured in the previous year’s rankings of the most profitable publishers: 5 Le Courrier du livre 5 649 1 205 21,3% Lefebvre Sarrut and its subsidiary Éditions 6 Allary éditions 5 265 1 016 19,3% Législatives, Trédaniel and its subsidiaries Le 7 Anne-Marie Métailié 2 333 419 18,0% Courrier du Livre and Dervy-Médicis, Springer, Piktos, Labussière, Revue Fiduciaire, 8 Hugo & Cie 28 930 5 066 17,5% L’Iconoclaste and Les Classiques Garnier. By 9 Alain Labussière 1 476 253 17,1% contrast, the publishers whose good results 10 Groupe Trédaniel 15 946 2 705 17,0% derive mainly from the more or 11 Groupe Revue fiduciaire 33 755 5 678 16,8% less lasting success of this or that bestseller hardly feature in the list, 12 Dervy-Médicis 1 702 278 16,3% even though we do find Allary, the 13 L'Iconoclaste 3 104 472 15,2% publisher of Riad Sattouf, and 14 Archipoche 1 839 276 15,0% Hugo & Cie (After). Publishers of

ERIC LARRAYADIEU/JEUNE AFRIQUE LARRAYADIEU/JEUNE ERIC general literature feature relatively 15 Editions Sud-Ouest 1 339 197 14,7% little in a ranking dominated by 16 Trédaniel 10 297 1 500 14,6% specialized publishers, but we note 17 Editions Lefebvre Sarrut 396 162 57 640 14,5% the presence of Allary, Hugo & Cie, Les Éditions Métailié and 18 Edilivre 3 206 450 14,0% L’Iconoclaste. d 19 Classiques Garnier 1 514 206 13,6% 20 Leduc.s 6 077 818 13,5% Danielle Ben Yahmed, managing director of © Livres Hebdo 2016 Les Éditions du Jaguar. Foreign Publishers: Nearly all European

Two companies who appeared a year ago in Publisher Majority shareholder Country Turnover 2015 (€k) the table of the main foreign publishers and 1 Editis Grupo Planeta E 721 500 publishing groups with a base in France have dropped out this year: France Loisirs finds 2 Média-Participations Média-Participations B 340 440 itself flying the French colours following the 3 LexisNexis RELX Group NL - sale of its parent company, Actissia, by the 4 Dargaud Média-Participations B 104 905 American investment fund Najafi; as for Lamy, 5 Panini France Panini I 58 736 whose activities now lie 6 Elsevier-Masson RELX Group NL57 295 very far from publishing, MICHEL COMBE/LH it no longer appears in 7 Editions Atlas De Agostini I- our ranking of the main 8 Dargaud-Lombard Dargaud B 38 585 publishers. Phaidon, however, nips onto the 9 Harlequin Collins USA 23 600 bottom rung of the list. 10 Codes Rousseau Springer Sbm D 13 863 The Editis stand at the Paris Book Editis, a subsidiary of Fair. the Spanish Planeta 11 Taschen France Taschen D- group, remains the biggest foreign company in 12 Pearson France Pearson GB 5 746 France. With the exception of Harlequin – 100% owned by the American HarperCollins 13 Springer Verlag France Springer SBM D 4 141 group after Hachette sold its 50% share in 14 Eugen Ulmer Verlag Eugen Ulmer D 3 459 April – all foreign-owned publishers in France belong to European publishing groups. d 15 Phaidon France Phaidon Press GB - © Livres Hebdo 2016

Special - October 2016 27 Publisher Parent Turnover Turnover Var. Net RANKING company Country 2015 (€k) 2014 (€k) (%) result Staff 2016 82 Erès F 1 963 2 158 - 9,0 118 9 83 La Musardine F 1 876 1 905 - 1,5 24 7 84 Philippe Rey F 1 841 1 166 57,9 182 3 - Archipoche Groupe Archipel F 1 839 1 636 12,4 276 5 - Editions du Moniteur Groupe Moniteur/Infopro F - 1 830 NS Methodology 85 Economica Jean Pavlevski F 1 756 1 820 - 3,5 53 9 - Thierry Magnier Actes Sud F 1 737 1 667 4,2 76 This 20th edition of the ranking of the - Christian Bourgois F - 1 713 NS top 200 publishers and publishing 86 Jean-Paul Gisserot F 1 711 1 845 - 7,3 12 groups in France is based, as were 87 Hermann F 1 711 1 853 - 7,6 the previous editions, on data collec- - Dervy-Médicis Groupe Trédaniel F 1 702 1 654 2,9 278 ted from surveys, legal databases, - L'Atalante F - 1 640 NS annual reports and registers of the 88 Celse F 1 631 1 677 - 2,7 190 7 commercial courts. It was produced - Nouveau Monde F - 1 595 NS with the collaboration of Stéphane Demazure (Issue de Secours agency) - La Table ronde Madrigall F 1 565 1 540 1,6 and using online databases compiled 89 Editions du Jaguar F 1 556 1 545 0,7 650 3 from companies’ accounts (corporate 90 Classiques Garnier F 1 514 1 486 1,9 206 7 income tax returns). 91 Budo Editions de l’Eveil F 1 484 1 154 28,6 6 92 Technip F 1 479 1 665 - 11,2 - 69 6 The figure used to establish the ran- 93 Alain Labussière F 1 476 1 754 - 15,9 253 king was the gross turnover recorded 94 Kaléidoscope F 1 451 1 502 - 3,4 44 for the financial year 2015. Only inde- 95 Le Souffle d’or F 1 425 1 337 6,6 18 6 pendent publishers or publishing - Publibook Aparis F 1 388 1 578 - 12,0 26 15 groups, or those with parent compa- 96 Editions Sud-Ouest Groupe Sud-Ouest F 1 339 1 564 - 14,4 197 6 nies based abroad, were eligible for 97 Philippe Picquier Harmonia Mundi F 1 310 1 372 - 4,5 - 89 7 inclusion in the ranking. Subsidiaries 98 Editions Privat F 1 284 1 193 7,6 10 are shown but are not given a ran- 99 Parole et Silence Interface communication F 1 220 1 172 4,1 15 3 king. Subsidiaries, as well as sales 100 CNRS éditions CNRS F 1 215 1 121 8,4 27 14 and marketing or distribution depart- 101 Equinoxe Bertrand Roullier F 1 207 1 014 19,0 3 ments which some publishing groups 102 Zulma F 1 207 2 213 - 45,5 - 37 6 or independent publishers own, were 103 Liana Levi Liana Levi F 1 200 1 197 0,3 - 88 5 included in the calculation of the 104 La Nuée bleue Editions du Quotidien F 1 184 1 144 3,5 7 consolidated turnovers. - Blanche Hugo & Cie F 1 117 708 57,6 62 5 If a company didn’t respond to the - Artlys RMN-Grand Palais F 1 116 1 273 - 12,3 8 survey, it was listed, without a ran- 105 Presses univ. de Grenoble F 1 084 964 12,4 67 king, using the turnover for the pre- 106 Au Diable vauvert F 1 047 1 855 - 43,6 2 vious year. Some publishers, whose 107 Quae F 1 034 1 034 =7 accounts were not registered with 108 Editions du Moment F 1 015 1 327 - 23,5 - 223 4 the commercial court and who didn’t - Les Grandes Personnes Madrigall F 1 015 1 320 - 23,1 wish to communicate them, have 109 Cépaduès F 1 012 1 036 - 2,3 55 6 been left off the ranking. 110 Karthala F 1 002 959 4,5 - 17 11

NS : NO SIGNIFICANCE. © LIVRES HEBDO 2016.

>>> Jouvence (No. 59) Amphora (No. 70) diet, ecological living and new mothering. In October 2015, Albin Michel (No. 8) took a Amphora publishes reference, technical, edu- Le Dilettante (No. 80) cational, sports and fitness books. 30% share in this publisher, which produces This literature publisher also owns the Le books on health and wellbeing. Groupe Piktos (No. 72) Dilettante bookshop in Paris. Piktos, owned by the distributor DG Diffusion, Yves Briend Éditeur (No. 60) La Musardine (No. 83) publishes books on health, personal develop- La Musardine, which also owns a bookshop in This company owns the Catholic publisher ment and the occult through eight imprints: Salvator. Dangles, Trajectoire, Chariot d’Or, Oxus, Del- Paris, specializes in erotic literature. Editions du Signe (No. 61) ville, Safran, FJP-Le Diouris, Grancher. Philippe Rey (No. 84) This Strasbourg-based publisher specializes in Sarbacane (No. 74) Philippe Rey is an independent publisher of general literature. religious books. Sarbacane publishes children’s/YA books and comics/graphic novels. Economica (No. 85) Eugen Ulmer (No. 62) This independent university publisher is doing The French subsidiary of the eponymous Ger- Somogy (No. 77) This art publisher specializes in the produc- well in the economics and management sector. man publisher specializes in nature and gar- tion of catalogues for museums and exhibi- dening books. Éditions Sud-Ouest (No. 96) tions. This subsidiary of the regional daily Sud-Ouest Minuit (No. 69) La Plage (No. 79) owns 33% of the sales and distribution com- This literary and humanities publisher owns This independent publisher produces books pany Cap Diffusion alongside Éditions Ouest- the Compagnie bookshop in Paris. on organic and vegetarian cooking, health and France (No. 48). F. P.

28 Special - October 2016 Baptiste BEAULIEU NEW NOVEL - OCTOBER 2016

BY THE INTERNATIONALLY PRAISED AUTHOR OF :

FAYARD - HALL 5.1 - STAND E87. RIGHTS DIRECTOR : Carole Saudejaud - [email protected] 30 Special - October 2016 Special - October 2016 31 TOP SALES

Thanks to Astérix, but also to many bestsellers in all sectors, our GFK/Livres Hebdo 2015 ranking shows a very high increase in book sales, both in turnover and number of copies sold, compared with 2014.

Top Sales 2015 The Magic Potion 1 2 3

Chained Chained Chained to Caesar to Grey to a Stranger It’s an Astérix year, Anastasia the Alice, a young police having ingénue and the officer, and Gabriel, successfully passed shady Christian Grey an American jazz the baton to Jean- are still chained to pianist, wake up Yves Ferri and Didier each other. With handcuffed to each Conrad, and the 624,600 sales, this other on a bench in latest title has sold spin-off of E. L. Central Park. So over 1.6 million James’s S&M trilogy begins Guillaume copies. But the tells the story from Musso’s novel, which famous Astérix and Christian’s point of took third place in Obélix are still view, to the delight of the 2014 rankings. chained to Caesar, in the many female The same ranking is a tale involving one readers who also repeated in 2015 for of the bought the first three the pocket edition, emperor’s memoirs titles in pocket which sold 613,500 he wishes he’d never editions (1.6 million copies. written. copies).

ith 1.6 million de Grey [Fifty Shades of Grey]. Leaving copies sold, the aside the 624,600 copies sold of the 36th Astérix book, latest book, Grey : Cinquante nuances Le papyrus de de Grey par Christian [Grey: Fifty Shades César, hits the of Grey As Told by Christian], we find Wnumber one spot in the GFK/Livres the first three novels on the list in their Hebdo Top 50 bestselling books of 2015, pocket editions. And E. L. James now achieving a higher score than the pre- has an heir in the form of American vious Astérix book in 2013 (1.3 million). writer Anna Todd, whose five volumes Good fortune has smiled on all best- of the After series have sold a total of By Claude sellers. The total turnover of the Top 50 1,079,500 copies. Combet reached 214,749,876 euros, a clear In a Top 50 occupied mainly by fic- with increase on 2014 (174 million euros, tion, readers are above all sticking with Marine Durand, +23%) and 2013 (182.6 million euros). the authors they know, safe bets, literary Hervé Hugueny The Top 50 bestselling titles of last year prize winners and well-established and Anne-Laure represent a total of 15.4 million volumes, successes. Michel Houellebecq’s Sou- Walter compared with 13.3 million in 2014 mission (published in January) is fourth (+15.8%) and 14 million in 2013. The on the list, having attracted over 563,500 top ten books sold a total of 6,252,100 buyers. In imagining a French society volumes between them (including dominated by Islam, the author of Les 1,619,100 Astérix), considerably more particules élémentaires has plugged than the top ten of 2014 (4,792,600). straight into current affairs. Readers The erotic wave lost no momentum have also remained loyal to Guillaume in 2015. British writer E. L. James’s S&M Musso, whose L’instant présent sold quartet continued to do very well for 502,500 copies and appears in 6th posi- bookshops, selling a total of 1,978,300, tion, Marc Levy, whose Elle & Lui achie- thanks in part to the film adaptation ved sales of 382,500 (12th), and Joël

OLIVIER DION OLIVIER of the first novel, Cinquante nuances Dicker, author of La vérité sur >>>

Special - October 2016 33 TOP SALES E-books: a Mixed Offer and Tightly Managed Prices

>>> l’affaire Harry Quebert, whose Le t’s paradoxical, but although it appear less in the essay rankings. The livre des Baltimore (18th) garnered a would be easier from a technical ratio is also lowered by the many (non- healthy 310,100 sales. point of view to create a ranking digital) editions of the papal encyclical for e-book sales as opposed to and the issues of XXI magazine (which Exceptional Score printI sales, it is actually impossible. The appears six times in the ranking). When Yet 2015 had a number of surprises in reason is the lack of cooperation between it comes to comics and graphic novels store, such as Le charme discret de l’in- the companies involved, particularly the rate is even lower (66% availability), testin [Gut: The Inside Story of Our Body’s Amazon (the leader), which refuses to largely owing to the relatively low num- Most Under-Rated Organ] by the young divulge the slightest information. ber of manga available as digital editions. author Giulia Enders, which made a As regards children’s/YA illustrated splash, coming in at 7th place with books, coffee-table books and practical 487,200 copies sold, an exceptional score books, very few of these titles are avai- for a non-fiction book. And then there lable as e-books. This has the result of was the smash hit La fille du train [The reducing to below 60% the average num- Girl on the Train], Paula Hawkins’s ber of digitized versions of the 400 titles thriller (11th place, 385,000 copies). in our GFK/Livres Hebdo ranking of Crime fiction remains as popular as bestsellers. Prices remain very tightly ever with readers: Fred Vargas’s Temps managed. When it comes to novels, the glaciaires achieved 439,300 sales (9th), average price of an e-book is 14 euros, while Millénium 4, Ce qui ne me tue pas compared with nearly 20 euros for the [The Girl in the Spider’s Web] (part four printed version, a difference of 29%. It’s of the Millennium series) by David Lager- certainly an attractive price, but not so Kobo e-reader

crantz (Stieg Larsson’s successor) not- DION OLIVIER much as to be irresistible to readers ched up 405,000 (10th). The average price of a novel in attached to print. When it comes to In these difficult economic times, essays and non-fiction, the average price pocket editions have done very well, e-book version is 14 euros, is 12.32 euros, a difference of 30%. As occupying 19 out of 50 spots, one more compared with nearly 20 euros for children’s/YA novels, the average than in 2014. Pocket remains the leader for the printed version, a price is 11.42 euros, a difference of 25%. with eight titles, just in front of Le Livre E-books remain more expensive than de Poche (seven) and J’ai Lu (three). difference of 29%. It’s an pocket editions. The average price of a Titles in pocket edition include Guillaume attractive price, but not so much title in the Top 50 of pocket editions is Musso (Central Park, 613,500 sales), as to be irresistible to readers. 7.50 euros, compared with 9.33 euros Anna Gavalda (Des vies en mieux, 368,100 for the e-book versions (a difference of sales), Marc Levy (Une Autre Idée du As far as the offer is concerned, the 24.5%). Publishers of large-format edi- Bonheur, 319,700 sales) and Harlan data provided by electre.com do at least tions drop the prices of e-books when Coben (Six ans déjà [Six Years], 313,700 allow us to assess the kind of titles avai- titles come out in pocket editions, but sales). But the winners of literary prizes lable, and their prices. Almost all best- very rarely match them. are being bought in large format:D’après selling print titles in adult and This pricing policy may be explained une histoire vraie by Delphine de Vigan, children’s/YA literature are available by the measured growth of the e-book Prix Renaudot (364,600 sales); Boussole as e-books (95 out of 100 adult novels, market in France, with the goal of publi- by Mathias Énard, (203,100 23 out of 25 children’s/YA titles). In 2013, shers of general literature still being to sales); 2084, La fin du mondeby Boualem the figure was less than 90%. When it preserve a diversified network of books- Sansal, Grand Prix du Roman de l’Aca- comes to non-fiction and essays, 80 titles hops and not having to deal with an oli- démie Française (188,200 sales). out of 100 are available as e-books. This gopoly of digital retailers who could When it comes to comics and graphic small difference might be explained by impose their own conditions. H.H. novels, Astérix is joined by the 14thTiteuf the fact that the larger publishing groups With the collaboration of François Thévenet (electre.com). (Bienvenue en adolescence!) by Zep (273,900 sales), the two volumes of Riad Sattouf’s L’Arabe du futur (343,300 sales) and 20 Secondes, the 20th Largo Winch Methodology (158,400 sales). 2015 also saw the emer- The ranking of the bestsellers of the share includes all retail distribution gence of authors who started out on the year was carried out by GFK for channels: first and second-level internet, such as Marie Lopez with Livres Hebdo. The figures given are bookshops, newsagents, large #EnjoyMarie, which provides tips to teen- estimations based on actual sales of culture retailers, supermarkets, physical books (recorded at the tills online shops, large retailers of games agers (191,700 sales, 32nd) and Natoo, of bookshops) in mainland France and toys, and DIY and decoration. It whose Icônne parodies women’s maga- from 29th December 2014 to 27th does not include export sales, sales zines (167,300 sales, 42nd). Finally, when December 2015, using a to France’s overseas departments, it comes to cookery, Jean-François Mallet representative panel of nearly 4,500 sales to wholesalers, sales to clubs, scored a hit with Simplissime (160,100 points of sale. This ranking by market and mail-order sales. sales, 47th). d

34 Special - October 2016 Estimation of sales (excluding export) for 2015, Top 50 including on-line sales (c) GFK/Livres Hebdo RANK TITLE AUTHOR PUBLISHER DATE COPIES SOLD* 1 Astérix, 36 : Le papyrus de César Jean-Yves Ferri, Didier Conrad Albert-René 22/10/2015 1 619 100 2 Grey : Cinquante nuances de Grey par Christian E.L. James Lattès 28/07/2015 624 600 3 Central Park Guillaume Musso Pocket 26/03/2015 613 500 4 Soumission Michel Houellebecq Flammarion 07/01/2015 563 500 4 5 Fifty shades, 2 : Cinquante nuances plus sombres E.L. James Le Livre de poche 26/02/2014 520 400 6 L'instant présent Guillaume Musso XO 26/03/2015 502 500 7 Le charme discret de l'intestin Giulia Enders Actes Sud 01/04/2015 487 200 8 Fifty shades, 3 : Cinquante nuances plus claires E.L. James Le Livre de poche 02/04/2014 477 000 9 Temps glaciaires Fred Vargas Flammarion 04/03/2015 439 300 10 Millénium, 4 : Ce qui ne me tue pas David Lagercrantz Actes Sud 27/08/2015 405 000 11 La fille du train Paula Hawkins Sonatine 07/05/2015 385 000 12 Elle & lui Marc Levy Robert Laffont/Versilio 05/02/2015 382 500 5 13 Des vies en mieux Anna Gavalda J'ai lu 20/05/2015 368 100 14 D'après une histoire vraie Delphine de Vigan Lattès 26/08/2015 364 600 15 Fifty shades, 1 : Cinquante nuances de Grey E.L. James Le Livre de poche 05/02/2014 356 300 16 Une autre idée du bonheur Marc Levy Pocket 23/04/2015 319 700 17 Six ans déjà Harlan Coben Pocket 05/03/2015 313 700 18 Le livre des Baltimore Joël Dicker Ed. de Fallois 30/09/2015 310 100 19 After, saison 1 Anna Todd Hugo Roman 02/01/2015 309 700 20 Et soudain, tout change Gilles Legardinier Pocket 05/03/2015 277 100 6 21 Prenez votre santé en main ! Frédéric Saldmann Albin Michel 08/04/2015 274 000 22 Titeuf, 14 : Bienvenue en adolescence ! Zep Glénat 27/08/2015 273 900 23 Fifty shades, 1 : Cinquante nuances de Grey E.L. James Le Livre de poche 28/01/2015 251 600 24 After, saison 2 : After we collided Anna Todd Hugo Roman 05/02/2015 245 100 25 La vérité sur l'affaire Harry Quebert Joël Dicker Ed. de Fallois 28/05/2014 244 300 26 N'oublier jamais Michel Bussi Pocket 07/05/2015 229 700 27 La femme parfaite est une connasse ! 2 A.-S. Girard, M.-A. Girard J'ai lu 22/10/2014 212 400 28 La femme parfaite est une connasse ! A.-S. Girard, M.-A. Girard J'ai lu 13/02/2013 205 200 7 29 Boussole Mathias Enard Actes Sud 19/08/2015 203 100 30 After, saison 3 : After we fell Anna Todd Hugo Roman 12/03/2015 200 600 31 Check-point Jean-Christophe Rufin Gallimard 10/04/2015 196 000 32 #EnjoyMarie Marie Lopez Anne Carrière 15/05/2015 191 700 33 Au revoir là-haut Le Livre de poche 22/04/2015 191 100 34 2084 : la fin du monde Boualem Sansal Gallimard 20/08/2015 188 200 35 L'extraordinaire voyage du fakir… Romain Puértolas Le Livre de poche 18/03/2015 187 700 8 36 Le moment est venu de dire ce que j'ai vu Philippe de Villiers Albin Michel 30/09/2015 184 600 37 Demain est un autre jour Lori Nelson Spielman Pocket 03/04/2014 183 100 38 L'Arabe du futur, 1 : Une jeunesse au Moyen-Orient Riad Sattouf Allary 07/05/2014 177 600 39 After, 4 : After we rise Anna Todd Hugo Roman 02/04/2015 170 000 40 N'éteins pas la lumière Bernard Minier Pocket 12/02/2015 168 300 41 Le chardonneret Donna Tartt Pocket 02/01/2015 167 600 42 Icônne Natoo Privé 09/04/2015 167 300 43 Le collier rouge Jean-Christophe Rufin Folio 10/04/2015 166 300 9 44 L'Arabe du futur, 2 : Une jeunesse au Moyen-Orient Riad Sattouf Allary 11/06/2015 165 700 45 Une chanson douce Mary Higgins Clark Le Livre de poche 02/01/2015 163 500 46 La nuit de feu Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt Albin Michel 02/09/2015 162 800 47 Simplissime : le livre de cuisine le plus facile… Jean-François Mallet Hachette Pratique 02/09/2015 160 100 48 Largo Winch, 20 : 20 secondes P. Francq, J. Van Hamme Dupuis 20/11/2015 158 400 49 La conjugaison pour tous Collectif Hatier 13/06/2012 156 600 50 After, saison 5 : After ever happy Anna Todd Hugo Roman 07/05/2015 154 100 *Rounded to the nearest hundred. 10

Special - October 2016 35 TOP SALES Novels 2015, an Erotic Year Led by the smouldering Grey, the novel ranking reveals the taste for crime and feel-good books. The market leans towards famous or prize-winning authors.

rey: Cinquante nuances de Par Claude Grey par Christian [Grey: Fifty Combet Shades of Grey as Told by Christian], the fourth instal- Gment of E. L. James’s erotic saga, heads the novel ranking with sales of 624,600 copies. All in all, the 100 titles in the GFK/Livres Hebdo 2015 fiction ranking account for a turnover of 218 million euros, considerably more than the 176.5 million euros of 2014 (+23.5%), and also more than that of 2013 (201.6 million).

If one considers the number of copies DION OLIVIER sold, there is an increase of 19.2%, with a total of 10,925,400 volumes, compared with 9,161,900 volumes in 2014, and 10,372,540 volumes in 2013. Readers Hopped Aboard the Train Soumission by Michel Houellebecq The surprise bestseller of them «Jess» and «Jason», dow. But Paula Hawkins (563,500 copies) takes second place in summer 2015 was the and imagines their life. adds depth to her charac- the ranking, followed by regular best- psychological thriller La One day, she reads in the ters, kindling first compas- selling authors such as Guillaume Musso fille du train [The Girl on local newspaper that sion then disgust for alco- (L’instant présent, 502,500 copies), Fred the Train] by the British «Jess» – real name Megan holic Rachel. She plays Vargas (Temps glaciaires, 439,300 copies) writer Paula Hawkins, Hipwell – has disappeared with the secrets (who is and Marc Levy (Elle & lui, 382,500 copies). which was published by Megan really?) and their David Lagercrantz pulled off the chal- Sonatine in May 2015, and ambiguities (is Rachel lenge of taking over the helm from Stieg continued to sell so well innocent or guilty?), pulling Larsson for the Millennium series, with (right through the festive off an addictive thriller. part four, Millénium 4 : Ce qui ne me tue season and beyond) that Things moved very fast pas [The Girl in the Spider’s Web], selling it was reprinted three for La fille du train, whose 405,000 copies, highlighting crime fans’ times in December alone, worldwide sales now attachment to the duo of Lisbeth Salander notching up 6th place in 4.0 BY-SA VAGEN/CC ARILD exceed eight million. The Paula Hawkins and Mikael Blomkvist. The surprise hit the ranking with 385,000 film rights were bought was Paula Hawkins’s first novel, the copies. in mysterious circums- by Steven Spielberg (Emily thriller La fille du train [The Girl on the It all starts like a Hitch- tances, the very night that Blunt stars as Rachel), Train], which sold 385,000 copies (see cock film. Rachel, who she herself returned with a release expected text box). takes the 8:04 train every home covered in blood in the second half of Readers snapped up Joël Dicker’s morning to go to work in with no memory of that 2016. As for Paula Haw- second novel, Le livre des Baltimore London, observes from night. kins, she is working on (310,100 copies), and they also loved her carriage window a Everyone can fantasize her second novel, which Annie Barrow’s second book, Le secret couple in a house beside about other people’s lives Sonatine will publish in de la manufacture de chaussettes inusables the railway line. She calls seen through a train win- spring 2017. C. C. [The Truth According to Us] (77,000

36 Special - October 2016 1 to 50 Estimation of sales (excluding export) for 2015, Novels including on-line sales (c) GFK/Livres Hebdo RANK TITLE AUTHOR PUBLISHER DATE COPIES SOLD* 1 Grey : Cinquante nuances de Grey par Christian E.L. James Lattès 28/07/2015 624 600 2 Soumission Michel Houellebecq Flammarion 07/01/2015 563 500 3 L'instant présent Guillaume Musso XO 26/03/2015 502 500 4 Temps glaciaires Fred Vargas Flammarion 04/03/2015 439 300 5 Millénium, 4 : Ce qui ne me tue pas David Lagercrantz Actes Sud 27/08/2015 405 000 1 6 La fille du train Paula Hawkins Sonatine 07/05/2015 385 000 7 Elle & lui Marc Levy Robert Laffont/Versilio 05/02/2015 382 500 8 D'après une histoire vraie Delphine de Vigan Lattès 26/08/2015 364 600 9 Le livre des Baltimore Joël Dicker Ed. de Fallois 30/09/2015 310 100 10 After, saison 1 Anna Todd Hugo Roman 02/01/2015 309 700 11 After, saison 2 : After we collided Anna Todd Hugo Roman 05/02/2015 245 100 12 Boussole Mathias Enard Actes Sud 19/08/2015 203 100 13 After, saison 3 : After we fell Anna Todd Hugo Roman 12/03/2015 200 600 14 Check-point Jean-Christophe Rufin Gallimard 10/04/2015 196 000 2 15 2084 : la fin du monde Boualem Sansal Gallimard 20/08/2015 188 200 16 After, saison 4 : After we rise Anna Todd Hugo Roman 02/04/2015 170 000 17 After, saison 5 : After ever happy Anna Todd Hugo Roman 07/05/2015 154 100 18 Lontano Jean-Christophe Grangé Albin Michel 09/09/2015 142 400 19 Maman a tort Michel Bussi Presses de la Cité 07/05/2015 131 000 20 Héloïse, ouille ! Jean Teulé Julliard 05/03/2015 129 500 21 Un amour impossible Christine Angot Flammarion 19/08/2015 120 900 22 Tu me manques Harlan Coben Belfond 05/03/2015 116 800 23 Le crime du comte Neville Amélie Nothomb Albin Michel 19/08/2015 111 600 3 24 Vernon Subutex, 1 Virginie Despentes Grasset 07/01/2015 110 300 25 Charlotte David Foenkinos Gallimard 21/08/2014 107 200 26 Quelqu'un pour qui trembler Gilles Legardinier Fleuve 01/10/2015 105 900 >>> copies), as well as the return 27 Jules Albin Michel 29/04/2015 105 000 of Philippe Delerm with Les eaux troubles du mojito (82,700 28 La vie est facile, ne t'inquiète pas Agnès Martin-Lugand Michel Lafon 23/04/2015 98 800 copies). In general, readers 29 Berezina : en side-car avec Napoléon Sylvain Tesson Guérin 22/01/2015 95 100 plumped for safe bets, buying 30 Que ta volonté soit faite Maxime Chattam Albin Michel 02/01/2015 94 700 books by established writers 31 La septième fonction du langage Laurent Binet Grasset 19/08/2015 93 900 such as Jean-Christophe Rufin 32 Le sixième sommeil Bernard Werber Albin Michel 30/09/2015 92 100 (Check-point, 196,000 copies), Jean-Christophe Grangé (Lon- 33 Mirage Douglas Kennedy Belfond 07/05/2015 90 000 tano, 142,400 copies), Michel 34 Pandemia Franck Thilliez Fleuve 04/06/2015 87 900 Bussi (Maman a tort, 131,000 35 Le jour où j'ai appris à vivre Laurent Gounelle Kero 02/10/2014 87 600 copies), Jean Teulé (Héloïse, 36 La bibliothèque des cœurs cabossés Katarina Bivald Denoël 15/01/2015 84 200 ouille!, 129,500 copies). Meanw- hile, Harlan Coben (Tu me 37 Les eaux troubles du mojito Philippe Delerm Seuil 20/08/2015 82 700 manques [Missing You], 116,800 38 La boîte à musique Mary Higgins Clark Albin Michel 17/06/2015 81 800 copies), Amélie Nothomb (Le 39 Le voyant Jérôme Garcin Gallimard 31/12/2014 77 900 crime du comte Neville, 111,600 40 Nos si beaux rêves de jeunesse Christian Signol Albin Michel 30/09/2015 77 800 copies), Virginie Despentes (Ver- 41 Le secret de la manufacture de chaussettes… Annie Barrows Nil 11/06/2015 77 000 non Subutex 1 and 2, 173,900 copies) and Gilles Legardinier 42 Pour que tu ne te perdes pas dans le quartier Patrick Modiano Gallimard 02/10/2014 75 500 (Quelqu’un pour qui trembler 43 Une putain d'histoire Bernard Minier XO 23/04/2015 73 100 and Ça peut pas rater, 156,800 44 Mr Mercedes Stephen King Albin Michel 28/01/2015 72 700 copies) also demonstrated a 45 Toute la lumière que nous ne pouvons voir Anthony Doerr Albin Michel 29/04/2015 72 500 loyal readership. 46 La mariée était en blanc M. Higgins Clark, A. Burke Albin Michel 25/11/2015 72 400 Prize Rankings 47 Meursault, contre-enquête Kamel Daoud Actes Sud 07/05/2014 69 900 Leading the rankings for literary 48 Dans la ville en feu Michael Connelly Calmann-Lévy 04/03/2015 65 100 prizes, we find D’après une his- 49 Vernon Subutex, 2 Virginie Despentes Grasset 09/06/2015 63 600 toire vraie, the Renaudot win- 50 Le trône de fer : l'intégrale, 1 George R. R. Martin J'ai lu 20/01/2010 63 300 ning book by Delphine de Vigan >>> (364,600 copies, eighth on >>> *Rounded to the nearest hundred.

Special - October 2016 37 TOP 51 to 100 Estimation of sales (excluding export) for 2015, SALES Novels including on-line sales (c) GFK/Livres Hebdo RANK TITLE AUTHOR PUBLISHER DATE COPIES SOLD* 51 Les quatre saisons de l'été Grégoire Delacourt Lattès 29/04/2015 63 200 >>> the list), followed by the 52 Pas pleurer Seuil 21/08/2014 62 800 Goncourt winning Boussole by Mathias Énard (203,100 copies, 53 Le second quatuor de Los Angeles, 1 : Perfidia James Ellroy Rivages 06/05/2015 61 700 12th place), the Grand Prix du 54 La dernière nuit du Raïs Yasmina Khadra Julliard 20/08/2015 61 600 Roman de l’Académie Fran- 55 Le secret du mari Liane Moriarty Albin Michel 01/04/2015 61 300 çaise shared by Boualem San- 56 Revival Stephen King Albin Michel 30/09/2015 60 000 sal’s 2084 : la fin du monde (188,200 copies) and Hédi Kad- 57 Le Royaume Emmanuel Carrère P.O.L 28/08/2014 59 400 dour’s Les prépondérants (42,400 58 Danser les ombres Laurent Gaudé Actes Sud 07/01/2015 55 200 copies). Kamel Daoud’s Meur- 59 Crossfire, 4 : Fascine-moi Sylvia Day J'ai lu 18/02/2015 55 200 sault, contre-enquête (published 60 Nicolas Le Floch, 13 : L'inconnu du pont Notre-DameJean-François Parot Lattès 14/10/2015 54 400 in 2014) won the Goncourt du Premier Roman 2015, selling 61 Matin brun Franck Pavloff Cheyne 31/12/1998 52 500 69,900 copies in 2015, while 62 La cache Christophe Boltanski Stock 19/08/2015 52 000 Valérie Zenatti’s Jacob, Jacob 63 Les dieux du verdict Michael Connelly Calmann-Lévy 30/09/2015 52 000 (also published in 2014) won 64 Vie de Jude, frère de Jésus Françoise Chandernagor Albin Michel 01/04/2015 51 400 the Prix du Livre Inter 2015, 65 Au nom du père Françoise Bourdin Belfond 17/09/2015 51 300 selling 42,400 copies. Svetlana Alexievitch’s La fin de l’homme 66 Ça peut pas rater ! Gilles Legardinier Fleuve 02/10/2014 50 900 rouge [Second-hand Time] 67 Le trône de fer : l'intégrale, 5 George R. R. Martin J'ai lu 08/04/2015 50 600 (published in French translation 68 Département V, 5 : L'effet papillon Jussi Adler-Olsen Albin Michel 02/01/2015 50 300 in 2013) sold 39,400 opies fol-  69 La gaieté Justine Lévy Stock 02/01/2015 47 900 lowing her winning of the Nobel Prize for Literature 2015, while 70 Amours Léonor de Récondo Sabine Wespieser 08/01/2015 47 400 Patrick Modiano’s Pour que tu 71 La vie des elfes Muriel Barbery Gallimard 12/03/2015 47 000 ne te perdes pas dans le quartier 72 Les gens dans l'enveloppe Isabelle Monnin, Alex BeaupainLattès 02/09/2015 43 600 sold 75,000 copies following 73 Les prépondérants Hédi Kaddour Gallimard 20/08/2015 42 400 his winning of the Nobel Prize 74 Jacob, Jacob Valérie Zenatti Ed. de l'Olivier 21/08/2014 42 400 for Literature 2014. 75 Americanah Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Gallimard 31/12/2014 42 200 Eroticism and Surprises 76 Numéro zéro Umberto Eco Grasset 13/05/2015 41 900 In addition to Grey, this deci- 77 J'ai construit la grande pyramide Christian Jacq XO 15/10/2015 41 600 dedly erotic list also features: 78 Titus n'aimait pas Bérénice Nathalie Azoulai P.O.L 20/08/2015 41 600 the five volumes of After, a fan- fiction series (by the American 79 Un membre permanent de la famille Russell Banks Actes Sud 07/01/2015 40 200 writer Anna Todd) based on 80 Le siècle, 3 : Aux portes de l'éternité Ken Follett Robert Laffont 25/09/2014 40 100 one of the members of the band 81 Soudain, seuls Isabelle Autissier Stock 06/05/2015 39 900 One Direction (1,079,500 82 Beautiful secret Christina Lauren Hugo Roman 02/04/2015 39 800 copies); Crossfire 4 : Fascine- 83 La fin de l'homme rouge Svetlana Alexievitch Actes Sud 04/09/2013 39 400 moi [Captivated by You] by Sylvia Day (55,200 copies); Beautiful 84 Le principe Jérôme Ferrari Actes Sud 04/03/2015 39 100 Secret and Beautiful Beloved by 85 Profession du père Sorj Chalandon Grasset 19/08/2015 38 400 Christina Lauren (76,100 copies 86 Trilogie de L'emprise, 2 : Quinquennat Marc Dugain Gallimard 19/03/2015 38 000 in total). 2015 also saw some 87 Va et poste une sentinelle Harper Lee Grasset 07/10/2015 37 100 lovely surprises, such as La bibliothèque des cœurs cabossés 88 Beautiful beloved Christina Lauren Hugo Roman 05/02/2015 36 300 [The Readers of Broken Wheel 89 Délivrances Toni Morrison Bourgois 20/08/2015 35 800 Recommend] by Katarina Bivald 90 Baronne Blixen Dominique de Saint Pern Stock 02/01/2015 35 700 (84,200 copies), Toute la lumière 91 L'intérêt de l'enfant Ian McEwan Gallimard 01/10/2015 35 500 que nous ne pouvons voir [All 92 La Camarguaise Françoise Bourdin Belfond 12/03/2015 35 400 the Light We Cannot See], Anthony Doerr’s first novel 93 Les nuits de Reykjavik Arnaldur Indridason Métailié 05/02/2015 35 300 (72,500 copies), Les gens dans 94 Coup de foudre Danielle Steel Presses de la Cité 07/05/2015 35 200 l’enveloppe by Isabelle Monnin 95 Kay Scarpetta : Monnaie de sang Patricia Cornwell Ed. des 2 terres 25/03/2015 35 000 and Alex Beaupain (43,600 96 Brunetti : Le garçon qui ne parlait pas Donna Leon Calmann-Lévy 18/02/2015 34 700 copies). There was also another lease of life for Franck Pavloff’s 97 Famille parfaite Lisa Gardner Albin Michel 30/09/2015 34 700 novel about fascism, Matin 98 La petite fille qui avait avalé un nuage… Romain Puértolas Dilettante 07/01/2015 34 000 Brun, originally published in 99 L'affaire Cendrillon Mary Higgins Clark Albin Michel 13/11/2014 34 000 1998, but which sold 52,500 100 Le trône de fer : l'intégrale, 2 George R. R. Martin J'ai lu 14/01/2010 33 900 copies last year. d *Rounded to the nearest hundred.

38 Special - October 2016 Essays France and Me The top-ranking essays focussed on the themes of wellbeing and personal health, as well as issues raised by the state of France and the terrorist attacks of 2015.

e charme discret de l’intestin By Claude [Gut: The Inside Story of Our Combet Body’s Most Under-rated Organ] by the German writer LGiulia Enders was a surprise hit, selling 487,200 copies in 2015, taking top spot in the essay ranking (see text box). In second place on our GFK/Livres Hebdo ranking was Prenez votre santé en main! (274,000 copies) by Frédéric Saldmann, author of Le meilleur médicament, c’est

vous ! – the bestseller of 2013 and still DION OLIVIER doing well (32,000 copies in 2015). Other health books include Changez d’alimen- tation by Henri Joyeux (61,500 copies), On est foutu, on pense trop ! by Serge A Gutsy Performance Marquis (60,400 copies), and other life As incredible as it may year-old postdoctoral stu- cal textbook» and faux- tips from Christophe André (Je médite seem, Le charme discret dent, has been a success naïf drawings by her sister jour après jour) and Eline Snel (Calme de l’intestin [Gut: The story. Suffering from a skin Jill, a graphic designer, et attentif comme une grenouille [Sitting Inside Story of Our Body’s disease when she was revealing the roles played Still Like a Frog: Mindfulness Exercises Most Under-rated Organ], seventeen, Giulia Enders by hormones, enzymes for Kids (and Their Parents)]). And then by the German writer Giu- cured it by changing her and bacteria. The author there was the international bestseller lia Enders, was the hit of diet. She made it the sub- encourages us to change La magie du rangement [The Life-Chan- summer 2015, to such an ject of her studies, and our diets, to avoid certain ging Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese extent that TF1 television then a book, in order to medicines and to adhere Art of Decluttering and Organizing] by channel filmed a report answer the questions she to a number of rules to the Japanese writer Marie Kondo, which about holidaymakers rea- often got from her friends. digest properly. The univer- sold 77,100 copies in France. ding it on the beach. It She explains that the sal nature of the book’s continued to sell well human gastro-intestinal subject matter is no doubt Politics and Charlie through the holiday tract, which is roughly one of the reasons for its Among the politics titles, Philippe season, hitting top nine metres long and has success – it has shifted de Villiers’s Le moment est venu de dire spot in the ranking, 200 million neurones, is over 1.5 million copies in ce que j’ai vu garnered unexpected suc- with 487,200 nicknamed «the second Germany, with rights sold cess, selling 184,600 copies, and reaching copies sold. brain because it is simi- to over thirty-five coun- third place in the ranking. Le suicide The publication of larly extensive and has the tries. But Giulia Enders français by Eric Zemmour – the second this scientific book same chemical com- remains modest. After Giulia bestselling title of 2014 – continued to Enders full of humour, writ- plexity». She analyzes completing her medical do well (112,100 copies), while François ten by a each stage of digestion, internship last November, Fillon’s Faire notched up 75,700 sales. twenty- ingestion and defecation, she went off to Japan for a But last year was above all marked by four- supported by a «scatologi- six-month course. C. C. the terrorist attacks of January and FORIS VAN

Special - October 2016 39 TOP 1 to 50 Estimation of sales (excluding export) for 2015, SALES Essays including on-line sales (c) GFK/Livres Hebdo RANK TITLE AUTHOR PUBLISHER DATE COPIES SOLD* 1 Le charme discret de l'intestin Giulia Enders Actes Sud 01/04/2015 487 200 2 Prenez votre santé en main ! Frédéric Saldmann Albin Michel 08/04/2015 274 000 >>> November. : Liberté, j’écris tes mots, a collec- 3 Le moment est venu de dire ce que j'ai vu Philippe de Villiers Albin Michel 30/09/2015 184 600 tion of writings and quotes by 4 Icônne Natoo Privé 09/04/2015 167 300 multiple authors, sold 43,800 5 La nuit de feu Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt Albin Michel 02/09/2015 162 800 copies, while Et si on aimait la 6 Cosmos Michel Onfray Flammarion 18/03/2015 133 000 France, the final writings of Ber- nard Maris, slain on 7th January, 7 La puissance de la joie Frédéric Lenoir Fayard 14/10/2015 127 500 also did well. Related titles that 8 L'homme qui ment Marc Lavoine Fayard 14/01/2015 119 200 appear in the ranking include 9 Le suicide français Eric Zemmour Albin Michel 01/10/2014 112 100 Emmanuel Todd’s Qui est Char- 10 Hippocrate aux enfers Michel Cymes Stock 14/01/2015 110 900 lie?, ’s posthumous text Lettre aux escrocs de l’islamo- 11 Dieu, les affaires et nous Jean d'Ormesson Robert Laffont 20/08/2015 89 600 phobie qui font le jeu des racistes, 12 Richie Raphaëlle Bacqué Grasset 15/04/2015 85 700 Gilles Kepel’s Terreur dans 13 Manderley for ever Tatiana de Rosnay Albin Michel/Ormesson 25/02/2015 82 700 l’Hexagone, Caroline Fourest’s 14 Palmyre : l'irremplaçable trésor Paul Veyne Albin Michel 28/10/2015 82 200 Éloge du blasphème, and Natacha 15 Ce que j'ai appris de moi Sophie Davant Albin Michel 11/03/2015 79 300 Polony’s Nous sommes la France. And we also find Dans la peau 16 La magie du rangement Marie Kondo First 26/02/2015 77 100 d’une djihadiste by Anna Erelle, 17 Le livre de la jongle Stéphane De Groodt Plon 05/11/2015 76 100 and Le piège Daech by Pierre- 18 Faire François Fillon Albin Michel 16/09/2015 75 700 Jean Luizard, while the war in 19 Marion, 13 ans pour toujours Nora Fraisse Calmann-Lévy 21/01/2015 73 800 Syria found an echo in Paul e Veyne’s Palmyre, l’irremplaçable 20 Le capital au XXI siècle Thomas Piketty Seuil 05/09/2013 67 400 trésor (82,200 copies). 21 Loué sois-tu : encyclique Pape François Cerf/Bayard/Mame 16/06/2015 66 100 22 Calme et attentif comme une grenouille Eline Snel Les Arènes 15/03/2012 65 800 Authors From the Web 23 Et tu n'es pas revenu Marceline Loridan-Ivens Grasset 04/02/2015 63 900 Icônne (167,300 copies, 4th on 24 Changez d'alimentation Henri Joyeux Rocher 24/10/2013 61 500 the list), a parody of women’s magazines by the YouTuber 25 500 questions que personne ne se pose Laurent Baffie Kero 25/09/2014 61 100 Natoo, embodies the new publi- 26 Avis non autorisés... Françoise Hardy Ed. des Equateurs 05/03/2015 60 400 shing trend of seeking out 27 On est foutu, on pense trop ! Serge Marquis La Martinière 02/04/2015 60 400 authors on the web. This is also 28 On va dans le mur... Agnès Verdier-Molinié Albin Michel 25/02/2015 59 800 the case of Bruce Benamran, who explains quantum physics 29 Et si on aimait la France Grasset 22/04/2015 59 100 to internet users, and whose 30 A cœur ouvert Ingrid Chauvin Plon 12/03/2015 55 600 Prenez le temps d’e-penser sold 31 Sapiens : une brève histoire de l'humanité Yuval Noah Harari Albin Michel 02/09/2015 54 600 49,600 copies. But readers also 32 Cette nuit, la mer est noire Florence Arthaud Arthaud 19/03/2015 52 800 remained faithful to Eric-Emma- 33 Je médite, jour après jour Christophe André L'Iconoclaste 14/01/2015 51 700 nuel Schmitt (La nuit de feu), Michel Onfray (Cosmos) and 34 200 drôles d'expressions que l'on utilise… Alain Rey Le Robert 08/10/2015 49 900 Frédéric Lenoir (La puissance 35 Prenez le temps d'e-penser, 1 Bruce Benamran Marabout 04/11/2015 49 600 de la joie), which attained high 36 La vie, la mort, la vie : Louis Pasteur, 1822-1895 Erik Orsenna Fayard 16/09/2015 49 400 rankings (5th, 6th, and 7th). 37 Au fil de l'autre : voir la vie autrement Véronique Jannot Michel Lafon 15/10/2015 48 900 L’homme qui ment, by singer and actor Marc Lavoine, achie- 38 Mémoires Beate et Serge Klarsfeld Flammarion/Fayard 25/03/2015 47 400 ved sales of 119,200. Gérard 39 Innocent Gérard Depardieu Le Cherche Midi 19/11/2015 46 200 Depardieu also did well with 40 L'Univers à portée de main Christophe Galfard Flammarion 03/06/2015 44 000 Innocent (46,200 copies). Other 41 Je suis Charlie : liberté, j'écris tes mots Collectif First 26/02/2015 43 800 readers’ favourites included 42 Les tueurs de la République Vincent Nouzille Fayard 21/01/2015 42 700 Raphaëlle Bacqué’s biography of the former director of the 43 Le voleur de brosses à dents Eglantine Eméyé Robert Laffont 24/09/2015 42 500 Paris Institute of Political Studies, 44 Vivre sans pourquoi Alexandre Jollien L'Iconoclaste/Seuil 05/03/2015 42 100 who died suddenly in 2012 45 Qui est Charlie ? sociologie d’une crise religieuse Emmanuel Todd Seuil 07/05/2015 41 200 (Richie, 85,700 copies), and the 46 La grande course Nicolas Vanier XO 29/10/2015 40 700 biography of Daphné Du Mau- rier by the novelist Tatiana de 47 La seule exactitude Alain Finkielkraut Stock 30/09/2015 39 800 Rosnay (Manderley for ever, 48 Les Chirac : les secrets du clan Béatrice Gurrey Robert Laffont 15/01/2015 39 300 82,700 copies). 49 Une vie de Coffe Jean-Pierre Coffe Stock 06/05/2015 37 600 People still love history, jud- 50 Une année pas comme les autres Michel Drucker Robert Laffont 08/10/2015 37 600 ging by the sales of Michel >>> >>> *Rounded to the nearest hundred.

40 Special - October 2016 51 to 100 Estimation of sales (excluding export) for 2015, Essays including on-line sales (c) GFK/Livres Hebdo RANK TITLE AUTHOR PUBLISHER DATE COPIES SOLD* 51 Retour en absurdie : chroniques Stéphane De Groodt Plon 30/10/2014 37 500 52 Laudato si' : lettre encyclique Pape François Parole et silence 18/06/2015 37 000 53 Vouloir toucher les étoiles Mike Horn XO 01/10/2015 35 800 54 Assise : une rencontre inattendue François Cheng Albin Michel 29/10/2014 34 900 55 Entre deux mers, voyage au bout de soi Axel Kahn Stock 08/04/2015 33 600 1 56 Je tape la manche : une vie dans la rue J.-M. Roughol, J.-L. Debré Calmann-Lévy 07/10/2015 33 600 57 Cette année, les pommes sont rouges Georges Gerra, Laurent Gerra Flammarion 14/10/2015 33 300 58 Loué sois-tu : Laudato si' Pape François Salvator 19/06/2015 33 100 59 Discours à l'Académie suédoise Patrick Modiano Gallimard 19/02/2015 32 100 60 Ta deuxième vie commence quand… Raphaëlle Giordano Eyrolles 17/09/2015 32 100 61 Le meilleur médicament, c'est vous ! Frédéric Saldmann Albin Michel 15/05/2013 32 000 62 Je suis le footballeur masqué Anonyme Hugo Sport 22/01/2015 31 900 63 Lettre aux escrocs de l'islamophobie… Charb Les Echappés 16/04/2015 31 500 64 Terreur dans l'Hexagone… Gilles Kepel, Antoine Jardin Gallimard 15/12/2015 30 900 2 65 Le bouquin des méchancetés… François Xavier Testu Robert Laffont 13/11/2014 30 800 66 La puissance de la modération Pierre Rabhi Hozhoni 15/10/2015 30 600 67 Jamais sans elles : des femmes d'influence… P. Duhamel, J. Santamaria Plon 08/10/2015 30 500 68 Peut-on prévoir l'avenir ? Jacques Attali Fayard 26/08/2015 29 800 69 Devenir soi : prenez le pouvoir sur votre vie ! Jacques Attali Fayard 01/10/2014 29 600 70 Dans la peau d'une djihadiste Anna Erelle Robert Laffont 08/01/2015 29 300 71 Eloge du blasphème Caroline Fourest Grasset 29/04/2015 29 000 72 Mélanie, française et musulmane Mélanie Georgiadès Don Quichotte 21/05/2015 28 900 73 Les pourquoi de l'histoire, 2 Stéphane Bern Albin Michel 27/05/2015 28 800 3 74 Nous sommes la France Natacha Polony Plon 22/10/2015 28 700 75 Le monde est clos et le désir infini Daniel Cohen Albin Michel 26/08/2015 28 500 76 Jean, un homme qui chante dans mon cœur Colette Ferrat Michel Lafon 26/02/2015 28 300 77 T'as une tache, pistache ! Jean-Luc Reichmann Michel Lafon 05/11/2015 28 100 >>> Cymes’s Hippocrate aux enfers. Les médecins des camps 78 Voyages en absurdie : chroniques Stéphane De Groodt Plon 07/11/2013 26 700 de la mort (110,900 copies), Et 79 La pensée du jour Pierre Desproges Seuil 05/11/2015 26 500 tu n’es pas revenu, Marceline 80 Le piège Daech Pierre-Jean Luizard La Découverte 19/02/2015 26 400 Loridan-Ivens’s moving letter 81 Je pense trop Christel Petitcollin Guy Trédaniel 30/11/2010 26 400 to her father who perished in 82 WC book 2016 Pascal Petiot-Cortes Sand 27/08/2015 26 300 Auschwitz (63,900 copies), and Mémoires by Beate and Serge 83 Loué sois-tu : lettre encyclique, Laudato si' Pape François Artège 18/06/2015 25 900 Klarsfeld (47,400 copies). In 84 Tout peut changer Naomi Klein Actes Sud/Lux 18/03/2015 25 900 the sphere of economics, Tho- 85 La France à quitte ou double François de Closets Fayard 18/02/2015 25 400 mas Piketty’s Le capital au XXIe 86 Les pensées de Pierre Dac illustrées par Pierre Dac, Cabu Le Cherche Midi 22/01/2015 25 300 siècle (published in 2013) conti- nued its success, selling 67,400 87 Winston : comment un seul homme a fait l'histoire Boris Johnson Stock 02/09/2015 24 700 copies in 2015. Finally, Pope 88 Le grand dictionnaire des malaises… Jacques Martel Quintessence 30/10/2007 24 400 Francis’s encyclical on ecology 89 American Sniper C. Kyle, S. McEwen, J. DeFelice Nimrod 15/01/2015 24 400 (Loué sois-tu [Praise Be To You]) 90 Petit traité de manipulation à l'usage… R.-V. Joule, J.-L. Beauvois Pug 27/03/2014 24 200 – published to coincide with 91 Les grandes pointures de l'histoire Pierre Perret Le Cherche Midi 12/11/2015 24 100 the COP 21 conference on cli- mate change – did very well, 92 XXI, n° 31 : La France au village Collectif XXI 01/07/2015 24 000 selling 162,200 copies, 66,100 93 L'homme de ma vie Yann Queffélec Guérin 01/10/2015 23 700 of which were the edition co- 94 Je rigolerais qu'il pleuve François Morel Denoël/France Inter 24/09/2015 23 500 published by Bayard, Le Cerf 95 Toujours là, toujours prêt Patrick Pelloux Le Cherche Midi 12/11/2015 23 400 and Mame. All in all, 2015 was a good 96 Richelieu : la foi dans la France Max Gallo XO 17/09/2015 23 100 year for essays and documents: 97 Merci pour ce moment Valérie Trierweiler Les Arènes 04/09/2014 22 900 the 100 titles on our list achieved 98 XXI, n° 29 : Des scientifiques et des hommes Collectif XXI 14/01/2015 22 900 combined sales of 5.6 million 99 Trop intelligent pour être heureux ? Jeanne Siaud-Facchin Odile Jacob 13/03/2008 22 300 copies (+24.4% compared with 100 XXI, n° 32 : Le monde russe Collectif XXI 14/10/2015 22 300 2014) for a turnover of 102.3 >>> million euros (+27.4%). d *Rounded to the nearest hundred.

Special - October 2016 41 TOP SALES A Year of Comics and Graphic Novels

Estimation of sales (excluding export) for 2015, including on-line sales (c) GFK/Livres Hebdo RANK TITLE Comics/GraphicAUTHOR NovelsPUBLISHER DATE COPIES SOLD* 1 Astérix, 36 : Le papyrus de César Jean-Yves Ferri, Didier Conrad Albert-René 22/10/2015 1 619 100 2 Titeuf, 14 : Bienvenue en adolescence ! Zep Glénat 27/08/2015 273 900 3 L'Arabe du futur, 1 Riad Sattouf Allary 07/05/2014 177 600 4 L'Arabe du futur, 2 Riad Sattouf Allary 11/06/2015 165 700 5 Largo Winch, 20 : 20 secondes P. Francq, J. Van Hamme Dupuis 20/11/2015 158 400 1 6 Le Chat fait des petits Philippe Geluck Casterman 07/10/2015 143 500 he release of any 7 Les Légendaires, 18 : La fin de l'histoire ? Patrick Sobral Delcourt 07/10/2015 116 500 new title in the mas- 8 Les vieux fourneaux, 1 : Ceux qui restent Lupano, Cauuet Dargaud 11/04/2014 111 800 sively popular series 9 La BD est Charlie Collectif Glénat 05/02/2015 104 100 Astérix has a deci- 10 Corto Maltese, 13 : Sous le soleil de minuit J. Diaz Canales, R. Pellejero Casterman 30/09/2015 99 900 Tsive impact on global sales in 11 One piece, 73 : L'opération Dressrosa S.O.P. Eiichiro Oda Glénat 07/01/2015 98 000 the sector. Total sales (excluding 12 Les vieux fourneaux, 3 : Celui qui part Lupano, Paul Cauuet Dargaud 13/11/2015 94 100 export) for all titles in the GFK/Livres Hebdo ranking of 13 Les Minions, 1 : Banana ! Didier Ah-Koon, Renaud Collin Dupuis 19/06/2015 91 900 comics and graphic novels grew 14 Les vieux fourneaux, 2 : Bonny and Pierrot Lupano, Cauuet Dargaud 23/10/2014 90 200 in 2015 to 5.4 million copies 15 One piece, 74 : Je serai toujours à tes côtés Eiichiro Oda Glénat 01/04/2015 88 200 (+39%) for a turnover of €63.2 16 Blake et Mortimer, 23 : Le bâton de Plutarque , André Juillard Blake et Mortimer 05/12/2014 84 100 M (+43%). But even if we were 17 One piece : édition originale, 75 : Ma gratitude Eiichiro Oda Glénat 01/07/2015 79 200 to exclude the latest Astérix (Le 18 Naruto, 66 Masashi Kishimoto Kana 06/03/2015 77 100 papyrus de César), the number 19 Les nombrils, 7 : Un bonheur presque parfait Maryse Dubuc, Delaf Dupuis 04/09/2015 73 100 of copies sold would rise by 20 One piece, 76 : Poursuis ta route ! Eiichiro Oda Glénat 02/09/2015 72 900 15.1%, and the turnover by 6.6%. Titeuf, placed second, leads 21 Walking dead, 22 : Une autre vie R. Kirkman, C. Adlard et al. Delcourt 21/01/2015 67 100 the usual string of blockbusters: 22 Les Légendaires : origines, 4 : Shimy Patrick Sobral, Nadou Delcourt 25/11/2015 65 300 Largo Winch, Le Chat, Les 23 Largo Winch, 19 : Chassé-croisé P. Francq, J. Van Hamme Dupuis 14/11/2014 64 100 Légendaires, One Piece, Naruto, 24 Naruto, 67 Masashi Kishimoto Kana 03/07/2015 62 500 Fairy Tail, Walking Dead and 25 Fairy tail, 42 Hiro Mashima Pika 07/01/2015 60 200 Corto Maltese. Occupying the 26 Les carnets de Cerise, t. 1 : Le zoo pétrifié J. Chamblain, A. Neyret Soleil 26/09/2012 58 800 third and 4th places, L’Arabe 27 Seuls, 9 : Avant l'Enfant-Minuit F. Vehlmann, B. Gazzotti Dupuis 16/10/2015 58 100 du futur (volumes 1 and 2) sym- 28 Undertaker, 1 : le mangeur d'or Xavier Dorison, Ralph Meyer Dargaud 30/01/2015 57 800 bolizes the rise of recent series such as Les vieux fourneaux or 29 Fairy tail, 43 Hiro Mashima Pika 04/03/2015 57 400 Les Minions 1 (13th) and 30 Walking dead, 23 : Murmures R. Kirkman, C. Adlard, et al. Delcourt 16/09/2015 56 000 Undertaker 1 (28th). The ran- 31 Naruto, 68 Masashi Kishimoto Kana 11/09/2015 54 900 king also bears the stigmata 32 Les sisters, 10 : Survitaminées ! C. Cazenove, M. William Bamboo 30/09/2015 54 600 of the terrorist attacks with La 33 Les profs, t. 17 : Sortie scolaire Pica, Erroc Bamboo 27/05/2015 53 800 BD est Charlie (9th), Catharsis 34 One piece : édition originale, 77 : Smile Eiichiro Oda Glénat 18/11/2015 53 400 (35th) and Peut-on encore rire 35 Catharsis Futuropolis 21/05/2015 53 100 de tout ? (46th). 36 Margaux Motin rencontre La femme parfaite… M. Motin, A.-S. Girard, et al. Fluide-Audie/J'ai lu 20/05/2015 52 700 Seventeen publishers appear in the ranking, which is 37 The lapins crétins, 7 : Crétin style Thitaume, Romain Pujol Les Deux Royaumes 12/06/2015 51 700 dominated by the publishing 38 Fairy tail, 44 Hiro Mashima Pika 06/05/2015 51 500 groups Média-Participations 39 Le chat du rabbin, 6 : Tu n'auras pas d'autre dieu… Joann Sfar Dargaud 28/08/2015 51 100 (19 titles – Dargaud with nine, 40 XIII mystery, 8 : Martha Shoebridge Frank Giroud, Colin Wilson Dargaud 05/06/2015 50 800 Dupuis with six, Kana with three, 41 Antarès : les mondes d'Aldébaran, 3, épisode 6 Léo Dargaud 28/08/2015 50 800 Blake et Mortimer with one) 42 Les Tuniques bleues, 59 : Les quatre évangélistes , Willy Lambil Dupuis 30/10/2015 50 200 and Glénat (eight titles – Glénat 43 Le rapport de Brodeck, 1 : L'autre Manu Larcenet Dargaud 10/04/2015 49 700 with seven, Vents d’Ouest with 44 Joe Bar team, 8 Collectif Vents d'ouest 22/10/2014 49 500 one). Hachette has six titles (Pika with four, Albert-René 45 Cher pays de notre enfance B. Collombat, E. Davodeau Futuropolis 08/10/2015 49 300 with two), Delcourt has five 46 Peut-on encore rire de tout ? Cabu Le Cherche Midi 08/03/2012 49 000 (Delcourt with four, Soleil with 47 Astérix, 35 : Astérix chez les Pictes Jean-Yves Ferri, Didier Conrad Albert-René 24/10/2013 47 800 one), as has Madrigall (Caster- 48 Fairy tail, 45 Hiro Mashima Pika 01/07/2015 47 200 man with two, Futuropolis with 49 XIII mystery, 9 : Felicity Brown Matz, C. Rossi Dargaud 09/10/2015 46 800 two, Fluide Glacial with one). 50 Les sisters, 9 : Toujours dans les pattes ! C. Cazenove, W. Maury Bamboo 29/10/2014 46 000 A.-L. W. *Rounded to the nearest hundred.

42 Special - October 2016 Children’s/YA: Enjoy YouTube

Estimation of sales (excluding export) for 2015, Children’s/YA including on-line sales (c) GFK/Livres Hebdo RANK TITLE AUTHOR PUBLISHER DATE COPIES SOLD* 1 #EnjoyMarie Marie Lopez Anne Carrière 15/05/2015 191 700 2 La face cachée de Margo John Green Gallimard Jeunesse 21/08/2014 149 900 3 L'épreuve, 2 : La terre brûlée James Dashner Pocket Jeunesse 14/08/2013 105 200 4 Nos étoiles contraires John Green Nathan Jeunesse 21/02/2013 102 600 5 L'épreuve, 3 : Le remède mortel James Dashner Pocket Jeunesse 05/06/2014 99 900 6 L'épreuve, 1 : Le labyrinthe James Dashner Pocket Jeunesse 04/10/2012 98 700 1 7 L'épreuve : préquel, avant le labyrinthe : l'ordre… James Dashner Pocket Jeunesse 02/04/2015 73 100 8 Divergente, 3 Veronica Roth Nathan Jeunesse 15/05/2014 69 700 #EnjoyMarie by Marie 9 Divergente Veronica Roth Nathan Jeunesse 03/04/2014 66 400 Lopez was the pheno- 10 Un amour de jeunesse Margot Malmaison Michel Lafon 11/06/2015 63 900 menon of the year, top- ping the children’s/YA 11 Divergente raconté par Quatre Veronica Roth Nathan Jeunesse 02/04/2015 61 900 # fiction ranking, with 191,700 12 Le théorème des Katherine John Green Nathan Jeunesse 02/01/2015 61 500 sales. The author comes from 13 Héros de l'Olympe, 5 : Le sang de l'Olympe Rick Riordan Albin Michel Jeunesse 11/03/2015 61 000 YouTube, where she provides 14 Journal d'un dégonflé, 1 : Carnet de bord de … Jeff Kinney Seuil Jeunesse 20/08/2009 52 600 fashion and beauty tips. Ano- 15 Journal d'un dégonflé, 8 : Pas de bol ! Jeff Kinney Seuil Jeunesse 08/01/2015 49 300 ther author who started out 16 Divergente, 2 : L'insurrection Veronica Roth Nathan Jeunesse 19/02/2015 48 200 on the net is Margot Malmai- 17 Qui es-tu Alaska ? John Green Gallimard Jeunesse 21/08/2014 43 200 son. In her book Un amour de 18 Expérience Noa Torson, 1 : Ne t'arrête pas Michelle Gagnon Nathan Jeunesse 29/01/2015 36 300 jeunesse (63,900 sales) she des- 19 Journal d'un dégonflé, 2 : Rodrick fait sa loi Jeff Kinney Seuil Jeunesse 20/08/2009 34 500 cribes her relationship with 20 Les filles au chocolat, 5 : Cœur sucré Cathy Cassidy Nathan Jeunesse 05/03/2015 34 200 the singer Maxence (known 21 Eux, c'est nous Daniel Pennac Gallimard 20/11/2015 34 100 as MA2X). 22 Will & Will John Green, David Levithan Gallimard Jeunesse 21/08/2014 33 200 Just like in 2014, the ran- 23 L'île de l'oubli : dans l'univers de Descendants Melissa De la Cruz Hachette Romans 01/07/2015 32 800 king has plenty of titles that 24 Les filles au chocolat, 6 : Cœur cookie Cathy Cassidy Nathan Jeunesse 02/07/2015 32 500 have been made into films. 25 Les royaumes de feu, 1 : La prophétie Tui T. Sutherland Gallimard Jeunesse 08/01/2015 31 700 With La face cachée de Margo *Rounded to the nearest hundred. (149,900 copies) as well as Nos étoiles contraires (102,600 Estimation of sales (excluding export) for 2015, copies), Le théorème des Kathe- including on-line sales (c) GFK/Livres Hebdo Illustrated Books rine (61,500 copies), Qui es-tu RANK TITLE AUTHOR PUBLISHER DATE COPIES SOLD* Alaska ? (43,200 copies) and 1 Mon histoire du soir : La reine des neiges Walt Disney company Hachette Jeunesse-Disney 12/03/2014 78 300 Will & Will (33,200 copies), John 2 Saccage ce carnet !!! Keri Smith Larousse 14/01/2015 76 800 Green remains the star author 3 Peppa va à la piscine Collectif Hachette Jeunesse 11/02/2015 69 300 for young adults (390,400 4 T'choupi va sur le pot Thierry Courtin Nathan Jeunesse 04/03/2010 60 300 copies sold in total in 2015). 5 Le loup qui découvrait le pays des contes O. Lallemand, E. Thuillier Auzou 15/01/2015 57 700 Le labyrinthe 2. La terre brûlée, 6 Mes comptines : 6 comptines à écouter… Elsa Fouquier Gallimard Jeunesse Musique 20/05/2014 53 900 which hit French screens in 7 Peppa va à l'école Collectif Hachette Jeunesse 01/07/2015 52 200 October, had copies of James 8 La reine des neiges Walt Disney company Hachette Jeunesse-Disney 06/11/2013 50 300 Dashner’s L’épreuve quartet 9 Le loup qui voulait faire le tour du monde O. Lallemand, E. Thuillier Auzou 14/02/2013 49 500 flying off the shelves (376,900 10 La reine des neiges Walt Disney company Hachette Jeunesse-Disney 06/11/2013 46 000 copies), while the film Diver- 11 Le loup qui voulait changer de couleur O. Lallemand, E. Thuillier Auzou 10/09/2009 45 100 gente 2 helped to sell Veronica 12 Peppa part en vacances Collectif Hachette Jeunesse 27/05/2015 45 000 Roth’s four titles (246,200 13 Mme Câlin Roger Hargreaves Hachette Jeunesse 30/04/2014 44 900 copies). 14 T'choupi et le père Noël Thierry Courtin Nathan Jeunesse 10/10/2013 44 700 When it comes to illustra- 15 Le loup qui fêtait son anniversaire O. Lallemand, E. Thuillier Auzou 20/02/2014 43 600 ted books, the Peppa Pig series 16 Mes comptines, 2 : 6 comptines à écouter… Elsa Fouquier Gallimard Jeunesse Musique 13/05/2015 42 300 overtakes the La reine des 17 T'choupi rentre à l'école Thierry Courtin Nathan 25/09/1998 40 700 neiges [Frozen] series for a 18 La reine des neiges : mon livret de gommettes Walt Disney company Hemma 22/01/2015 40 400 number of titles that appear 19 T'choupi à l'école Thierry Courtin Nathan Jeunesse 09/02/2012 40 300 in the ranking (six for Peppa 20 Peppa : ma maman Collectif Hachette Jeunesse 11/03/2015 40 300 Pig, five for La reine des neiges). 21 La reine des neiges : coloriage avec stickers Walt Disney company Hemma 07/11/2013 39 900 Peppa’s fun yet educational adventures have been adapted 22 Peppa : 200 stickers & activités Collectif Hachette Jeunesse 15/04/2015 39 200 into a cartoon shown on 23 La Pat' Patrouille, super pompier Nickelodeon productions Hachette Jeunesse 08/04/2015 38 800 France 4. T’choupi and Le Loup 24 Mme Princesse Roger Hargreaves Hachette Jeunesse 02/03/2011 38 500 (four titles each) are still selling 25 Peppa : mon papa Collectif Hachette Jeunesse 11/03/2015 38 200 strongly. C. C. *Rounded to the nearest hundred.

Special - October 2016 43 TOP SALES Pocket Editions: Same Again

Estimation of sales (excluding export) for 2015, Pocket Editions including on-line sales (c) GFK/Livres Hebdo RANK TITLE AUTHOR PUBLISHER DATE COPIES SOLD* 1 Central Park Guillaume Musso Pocket 26/03/2015 613 500 2 Fifty shades, 1 : Cinquante nuances de Grey E.L. James Le Livre de poche 05/02/2014 607 900 3 Fifty shades, 2 : Cinquante nuances plus sombres E.L. James Le Livre de poche 26/02/2014 520 400 4 Fifty shades, 3 : Cinquante nuances plus claires E.L. James Le Livre de poche 02/04/2014 477 000 5 Des vies en mieux Anna Gavalda J'ai lu 20/05/2015 368 100 1 6 Une autre idée du bonheur Marc Levy Pocket 23/04/2015 319 700 he ranking of the 7 Six ans déjà Harlan Coben Pocket 05/03/2015 313 700 Top 50 pocket edi- 8 Et soudain, tout change Gilles Legardinier Pocket 05/03/2015 277 100 tions is very similar 9 La vérité sur l'affaire Harry Quebert Joël Dicker Ed. de Fallois 28/05/2014 244 300 to last year’s. Where 10 N'oublier jamais Michel Bussi Pocket 07/05/2015 229 700 Tthe Fifty Shades trilogy (publi- 11 La femme parfaite est une connasse ! 2, Le retour A.-S. Girard, M.-A. Girard J'ai lu 22/10/2014 212 400 shed by Livre de Poche) took 12 La femme parfaite est une connasse ! A.-S. Girard, M.-A. Girard J'ai lu 13/02/2013 205 200 first, 4th and 5th place in the 2014 ranking, they now take 13 Au revoir là-haut Pierre Lemaitre Le Livre de poche 22/04/2015 191 100 second, third and 4th place in 14 L'extraordinaire voyage du fakir… Romain Puértolas Le Livre de poche 18/03/2015 187 700 this year’s ranking. With a total 15 Demain est un autre jour Lori Nelson Spielman Pocket 03/04/2014 183 100 of 1,605,300 copies sold across 16 N'éteins pas la lumière Bernard Minier Pocket 12/02/2015 168 300 the trilogy in 2015, sales are 17 Le chardonneret Donna Tartt Pocket 02/01/2015 167 600 even better than in 2014 18 Le collier rouge Jean-Christophe Rufin Folio 10/04/2015 166 300 (1,392,000 copies). 19 Une chanson douce Mary Higgins Clark Le Livre de poche 02/01/2015 163 500 Once again, Pocket domi- 20 Réparer les vivants Maylis de Kerangal Folio 13/05/2015 153 800 nates our GFK/Livres Hebdo ranking of the bestselling 21 Un avion sans elle Michel Bussi Pocket 07/03/2013 151 000 pocket editions, with 21 titles 22 Juste avant le bonheur Agnès Ledig Pocket 02/10/2014 150 800 out of the 50 listed, and pro- 23 13 à table ! 2016 Françoise Bourdin Pocket 05/11/2015 148 700 pelling Guillaume Musso to 24 Antigone Jean Anouilh Table ronde 13/03/2008 148 500 top spot on the podium – he 25 Demain j'arrête ! Gilles Legardinier Pocket 04/04/2013 144 100 was in third place last year. 26 Je suis Pilgrim Terry Hayes Le Livre de poche 01/04/2015 143 500 Michel Bussi’s five titles (total 27 Les gens heureux lisent et boivent du café Agnès Martin-Lugand Pocket 05/06/2014 141 500 sales of 738,600) contribute 28 Ceux qui tombent Michael Connelly Le Livre de poche 25/02/2015 136 900 heavily to that figure. Next comes Le Livre de Poche with 29 Nous sommes Charlie : 60 écrivains unis… Collectif Le Livre de poche 05/02/2015 134 700 15 titles, followed by Folio, 30 Complètement cramé ! Gilles Legardinier Pocket 13/03/2014 131 100 which increases its number 31 Un goût de cannelle et d'espoir Sarah McCoy Pocket 02/04/2015 129 400 of titles on the list from four 32 L'étranger Albert Camus Folio 01/01/1972 127 600 to six, thanks mainly to its 33 Paris est une fête Ernest Hemingway Folio 06/09/2012 125 400 back catalogue (Camus, 34 Gravé dans le sable Michel Bussi Pocket 01/10/2015 122 800 Hemingway, Voltaire). J’ai Lu 35 Petit traité d'intolérance Charb Librio 17/10/2012 122 200 puts up a good show with its 36 Nymphéas noirs Michel Bussi Pocket 05/09/2013 121 100 three titles, including both volumes of La femme parfaite, 37 Le liseur du 6h27 Jean-Paul Didierlaurent Folio 27/08/2015 118 100 but slips out of the top ten. 38 Un soupçon d'interdit Françoise Bourdin Pocket 05/03/2015 115 400 But Points is only able to place 39 Ne lâche pas ma main Michel Bussi Pocket 07/05/2014 114 000 Arnaldur Indridason in the 40 Entre mes mains le bonheur se faufile Agnès Martin-Lugand Pocket 07/05/2015 111 400 ranking (41st) compared with 41 Le duel Arnaldur Indridason Points 07/05/2015 110 600 two titles in 2014. And Babel 42 Muchachas, 1 Katherine Pancol Le Livre de poche 02/09/2015 109 200 – Actes Sud’s pocket imprint 43 Une vie entre deux océans M.L. Stedman Le Livre de poche 01/10/2014 108 800 – disappears from this year’s 44 Traité sur la tolérance Voltaire Folio 15/05/2003 108 600 list entirely. Our ranking also confirms 45 Les derniers jours de nos pères Joël Dicker Ed. de Fallois 11/03/2015 108 100 the growing market share of 46 Une dernière danse Victoria Hislop Le Livre de poche 06/05/2015 107 100 pocket editions: with a total 47 Yeruldelgger Ian Manook Le Livre de poche 02/01/2015 100 300 of 9,457,900 copies, the top 48 Ne tirez pas sur l'oiseau moqueur Harper Lee Le Livre de poche 15/11/2013 99 800 fifty bestselling pocket editions 49 Demain Guillaume Musso Pocket 27/03/2014 98 500 of 2015 have sold 4.2% more 50 On ne voyait que le bonheur Grégoire Delacourt Le Livre de poche 02/09/2015 98 300 than in 2014. M. D. *Rounded to the nearest hundred.

44 Special - October 2016 Children’s/YA Pocket Editions: a Return to the Classics

Estimation of sales (excluding export) for 2015, Children’s/YA Pocket Editions including on-line sales (c) GFK/Livres Hebdo RANK TITLE AUTHOR PUBLISHER DATE COPIES SOLD* 1 Le Petit Prince Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Folio Jeunesse 15/03/2007 144 800 2 Vendredi ou La vie sauvage Folio Jeunesse 02/11/2012 93 000 3 Harry Potter à l'école des sorciers J. K. Rowling Folio Jeunesse 10/10/2013 75 700 4 La reine des neiges, 1 : Un nouvel ami Walt Disney company Hachette Jeunesse 01/10/2014 65 700 5 Hunger games, 1 Suzanne Collins Pocket Jeunesse 04/06/2015 61 900 6 16 métamorphoses d'Ovide Françoise Rachmühl Flammarion 21/08/2010 54 700 1 7 Les Minions : le roman du film Collectif Hachette Jeunesse 17/06/2015 51 200 ilm versions of chil- 8 La cabane magique, 1 : La vallée des dinosaures Mary Pope Osborne Bayard Jeunesse 17/08/2005 50 900 dren’s/YA books have 9 Le roi Arthur Michael Morpurgo Folio Jeunesse 15/03/2007 49 600 had a major impact on sales of pocket 10 Qui es-tu Alaska ? John Green Gallimard Jeunesse 17/03/2011 49 200 Feditions of those titles. The adap- 11 Harry Potter et la chambre des secrets J. K. Rowling Folio Jeunesse 29/09/2011 48 100 tation of Le Petit Prince sent 12 Les filles au chocolat, 1 : Cœur cerise Cathy Cassidy Pocket Jeunesse 06/03/2014 47 400 Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s 13 La reine des neiges, 2 : Le festival de l'hiver Walt Disney company Hachette Jeunesse 03/12/2014 46 000 book (Folio Junior) to the top of 14 Hunger games, 2 : L'embrasement Suzanne Collins Pocket Jeunesse 04/06/2015 44 700 our GFK/Livres Hebdo 2015 15 Hunger games, 3 : La révolte Suzanne Collins Pocket Jeunesse 04/06/2015 44 300 ranking, in which we also find 16 Le royaume de Kensuké Michael Morpurgo Folio Jeunesse 15/03/2007 43 700 La reine des neiges [Frozen] (six 17 Louison et monsieur Molière Marie-Christine Helgerson Flammarion 25/08/2010 41 000 titles), the Hunger Games trilogy Les Minions 18 Harry Potter et le prisonnier d'Azkaban J. K. Rowling Folio Jeunesse 29/09/2011 38 900 and . 19 La reine des neiges, 3 : Une nuit chez les trolls Walt Disney company Hachette Jeunesse 21/01/2015 38 600 The Classics 20 La rencontre des Kinra girls, 1 Moka Play Bac 14/09/2011 38 200 The ranking shows a strong 21 La cabane magique, 2 : Le mystérieux chevalier Mary Pope Osborne Bayard Jeunesse 01/09/2005 37 600 swing back to the classics, such 22 Les filles au chocolat, 2 : Cœur guimauve Cathy Cassidy Pocket Jeunesse 06/03/2014 37 400 as Le Petit Prince, Vendredi ou 23 Retour à l'état sauvage (La guerre des clans, 1) Erin Hunter Pocket Jeunesse 15/03/2007 37 100 La vie sauvage by Michel Tour- 24 Aurélie Laflamme, 1 : Extraterrestre ou presque ! Desjardins Michel Lafon Poche 07/02/2013 35 600 nier, Le roi Arthur [Arthur, High 25 Matilda Roald Dahl Folio Jeunesse 15/03/2007 35 400 King of Britain] by Michael Mor- 26 Les filles au chocolat, 3 : Cœur mandarine Cathy Cassidy Pocket Jeunesse 19/02/2015 35 400 purgo, Matilda by Roald Dahl, La rivière à l’envers by Jean- 27 La sorcière de la rue Mouffetard… Pierre Gripari Folio Jeunesse 15/03/2007 35 200 Claude Mourlevat or L’œil du 28 Tom-Tom et Nana, 5 : Saperlipopette, voilà… J. Cohen, E. Reberg, B. Després Bayard Jeunesse 12/03/2015 34 500 loup by Daniel Pennac. Ever 29 Le Club des Cinq et le trésor de l'île Hachette Jeunesse 15/03/2006 34 400 present on the list are the seven 30 La rivière à l'envers, 1 : Tomek Jean-Claude Mourlevat Pocket Jeunesse 07/10/2009 34 400 volumes of J. K. Rowling’sHarry 31 L'œil du loup Daniel Pennac Pocket Jeunesse 12/06/2002 33 600 Potter series. They have even 32 Cherub, 1 : 100 jours en enfer Robert Muchamore Casterman 04/02/2009 33 600 conquered a new generation 33 Harry Potter et la coupe de feu J. K. Rowling Folio Jeunesse 29/09/2011 32 400 who weren’t even born in 1998, 34 La cabane magique, 3 : Le secret de la pyramide Mary Pope Osborne Bayard Jeunesse 01/09/2005 32 200 when the first title was publi- shed. However, Violetta, the hit 35 Violetta, 1 : Dans mon monde Walt Disney company Hachette Jeunesse 02/10/2013 31 800 of 2014, loses pace, featuring 36 Vendredi ou La vie sauvage Michel Tournier Flammarion Jeunesse 06/04/2011 31 700 just two titles on the list. 37 Percy Jackson, 1 : Le voleur de foudre Rick Riordan Livre de poche jeunesse 16/07/2014 31 700 With 15 titles, Gallimard 38 La reine des neiges : le roman du film Walt Disney company Hachette Jeunesse 02/04/2014 31 400 Jeunesse slightly outstrips 39 La reine des neiges, 5 : Une surprise pour Anna Walt Disney company Hachette Jeunesse 15/04/2015 31 300 Hachette Jeunesse (14 titles). 40 La reine des neiges, 4 : Un voyage extraordinaire Walt Disney company Hachette Jeunesse 25/03/2015 30 900 Along with Pocket Jeunesse (10 41 Harry Potter et l'ordre du Phénix J. K. Rowling Gallimard Jeunesse 29/09/2011 29 700 titles), they form the leading trio 42 La cabane magique, 4 : Le trésor des pirates Mary Pope Osborne Bayard Jeunesse 17/08/2005 29 500 of children’s/YA pocket editions. Bayard (five titles) keeps its 43 Le chevalier au bouclier vert Odile Weulersse Livre de poche jeunesse 13/08/2014 29 400 position thanks to La cabane 44 Pokémon : noir & blanc, 1 : Le problème de Pikachu Natacha Godeau Hachette Jeunesse 12/09/2012 29 400 magique [Magic Tree House]. 45 Charlie et la chocolaterie Roald Dahl Gallimard Jeunesse 15/03/2007 28 900 Just like last year, sales of the 46 La bibliothécaire Gudule Livre de poche jeunesse 13/08/2014 28 500 top 50 titles are up, achieving 47 La petite poule qui voulait voir la mer C. Jolibois, C. Heinrich Pocket Jeunesse 19/05/2005 28 400 2,090,400 volumes sold for a 48 Harry Potter et les reliques de la mort J. K. Rowling Gallimard Jeunesse 29/09/2011 27 800 turnover of 13.9 million euros, 49 Violetta mon journal, 1 : Ma nouvelle vie Walt Disney company Hachette Jeunesse 27/08/2014 26 900 compared with 2,076,300 50 Harry Potter et le prince de Sang-Mêlé J. K. Rowling Gallimard Jeunesse 29/09/2011 26 700 volumes and 12.3 million euros in 2014. C. C. *Rounded to the nearest hundred.

Special - October 2016 45 TOP SALES Coffee-Table Books: Charlie for Ever

Estimation of sales (excluding export) for 2015, Coffee-Table Books including on-line sales (c) GFK/Livres Hebdo RANK TITLE AUTHOR PUBLISHER DATE COPIES SOLD* 1 : tout est pardonné Charlie Hebdo Les Echappés 29/10/2015 29 400 2 Charlie Hebdo, les unes : 1969-1981 Les Echappés 02/10/2014 28 800 3 Charlie Hebdo : les 1 000 unes : 1992-2011 Charlie Hebdo Les Echappés 22/09/2011 27 300 4 Thalassa : 40 ans, la mer et les hommes Gérard Schaller Hugo Image 17/09/2015 26 300 5 Ferrandi : le grand cours de cuisine Collectif Hachette Pratique 15/10/2014 25 000 1 6 Ultimate Collectif Hachette Pratique 30/09/2015 22 700 he terrorist attack 7 Charlotte D. Foenkinos, C. Salomon Gallimard 08/10/2015 22 700 that slew so many of 8 Human : le livre du film Yann Arthus-Bertrand La Martinière 17/09/2015 20 100 the Charlie Hebdo 9 Toujours aussi cons ! Cabu Le Cherche Midi 12/11/2015 19 500 staff provoked an 10 Le grand manuel du pâtissier Mélanie Dupuis Marabout 22/10/2014 18 200 Tenthusiasm for the satirical 11 Pâtisserie ! 210 recettes, 3.200 photos Christophe Felder La Martinière 07/10/2010 18 000 magazine, to such an extent 12 On va déguster François-Régis Gaudry Marabout 25/11/2015 16 700 that three books featuring the front covers of Charlie Hebdo 13 20 ans de Charlie Hebdo Charlie Hebdo Les Echappés 18/10/2012 15 600 hold the top three spots in the 14 Le nouveau beauf : l'intégrale Cabu Michel Lafon 22/10/2015 15 500 ranking of bestselling illustrated 15 Sincères amitiés Jean-Jacques Sempé Denoël/M. Gossieaux 29/10/2015 14 800 books, all of them published 16 L'Equipe raconte L'Equipe : 70 ans de passion Les anciens de L'Equipe Robert Laffont 15/10/2015 13 700 by Les Échappés. This publi- 17 1 kilo de culture générale F. Braunstein, J.-F. Pépin Puf 26/02/2014 12 500 shing house, which is part of 18 Pierre Bonnard Guy Cogeval, Isabelle Cahn Hazan/Musée d'Orsay 18/03/2015 12 400 Charlie Hebdo, also holds 13th 19 Harry Potter : la magie des films Collectif Huginn & Muninn 23/10/2015 12 000 place with 20 ans de Charlie 20 Boucherie Ovalie Collectif Solar 27/08/2015 11 500 Hebdo, and 38th place with Mes années 70 by Georges 21 Le livre de l'année 2015 L'Equipe L'Equipe 04/12/2015 11 100 Wolinski, who was killed in the 22 Tout Cabu F. Pagès, J. Lamalle Les Arènes 21/10/2010 11 000 attack, while three books by 23 Pâtisserie ! Christophe Felder La Martinière 05/11/2015 11 000 Cabu, who was also murdered 24 Les carnets de Julie, 2 : La suite de son tour… Julie Andrieu Alain Ducasse 09/10/2014 10 800 on 7th January, appear in the 25 Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun Collectif RMN-Grand Palais 16/09/2015 10 600 2015 ranking, after being re- 26 Hellfest L. Jimmy Batista, R. Thenadey Hachette Pratique 07/10/2015 10 500 published or re-promoted: Tou- 27 Velazquez : catalogue de l'exposition Collectif RMN-Grand Palais 25/03/2015 10 500 jours aussi cons ! (9th place), 28 Le village préféré des Français : 44 trésors… Stéphane Bern Albin Michel 30/09/2015 10 400 Le nouveau beauf (14th place) and Tout Cabu (22nd place). 29 Les carnets de Julie : Julie cuisine la France... Julie Andrieu Alain Ducasse 17/10/2013 10 400 30 Le catalogue de l'exposition Jean-Paul Gaultier Collectif RMN/Musée Montréal 25/03/2015 10 300 Safe Bets 31 Livre d'or du football 2015 Fabrice Jouhaud, Gérard Ejnès Solar 20/08/2015 10 300 Among the safe bets in this 32 Institut Paul Bocuse, l'école de l'excellence… Institut Paul Bocuse Larousse 28/10/2015 10 200 section are books related to a 33 Le grand Larousse du vin Collectif Larousse 22/09/2010 10 200 particular film, or TV/radio 34 Les animaux en bord de chemin Marc Giraud Delachaux et Niestlé 05/03/2015 10 100 show, and they account for one 35 Retour à Tombouctou Titouan Lamazou Gallimard 29/10/2015 10 100 out of five titles in the list, hea- 36 Street art : poésie urbaine Sophie Pujas Tana 08/10/2015 9 900 ded by Thalassa : 40 ans, la mer et les hommes (4th place). The 37 Les routes du miel E. Tourneret, S. de Saint Pierre Hozhoni 17/09/2015 9 800 sector is still led mainly by coo- 38 Mes années 70 Les Echappés 16/10/2014 9 700 kery books and exhibition cata- 39 Fragile Mylène Farmer, S. Lancrenon Anne Carrière 21/05/2015 9 500 logues. Among this year’s sur- 40 Sardou : 50 années ensemble Bertrand Tessier Fayard 14/10/2015 9 500 prises: Boucherie Ovalie, bout  41 The legend of Zelda Nintendo co. Soleil 04/12/2013 9 400 the world of amateur rugby, 42 Genesis Sebastiao Salgado Taschen 26/04/2013 9 400 places 20th, while the book 43 Les couleurs expliquées en images Michel Pastoureau Seuil 29/10/2015 9 400 about the heavy metal festival 44 Les 100 histoires de légende du rugby Gérard Holtz, Julien Holtz Gründ 28/05/2015 9 200 Hellfest scored well, taking 26th place. All in all, the total 45 Véronique Sanson : les années américaines Laurent Calut, Yann Morvan Grasset 21/01/2015 9 200 sales of titles on the GFK/Livres 46 Michalak masterbook : la référence… Christophe Michalak Alain Ducasse 25/09/2014 8 800 Hebdo ranking of the bestsel- 47 Banksy : vous représentez un niveau… Patrick Potter Alternatives 15/10/2015 8 600 ling coffee-table books grew 48 Visages de paix, terres de sérénité Matthieu Ricard La Martinière 15/10/2015 8 500 to 677,900 copies in 2015 49 L'art d'Hergé : Hergé et l'art Pierre Sterckx Gallimard/Moulinsart 01/10/2015 8 500 (+27.3%) with a turnover up 50 Les records du monde du football 2016 Keir Radnedge Gründ 05/11/2015 8 300 by 33.1%. A.-L. W. *Rounded to the nearest hundred.

46 Special - October 2016 Practical: Stress-Free Cooking

Estimation of sales (excluding export) for 2015, Practical including on-line sales (c) GFK/Livres Hebdo RANK TITLE AUTHOR PUBLISHER DATE COPIES SOLD* 1 Simplissime : le livre de cuisine le plus facile… Jean-François Mallet Hachette Pratique 02/09/2015 160 100 2 Organiseur familial : le Mémoniak 2016 Collectif Ed. 365 17/06/2015 105 900 3 Les quatre accords toltèques Don Miguel Ruiz Jouvence 05/12/2005 103 500 4 Le pouvoir du moment présent… Eckhart Tolle J'ai lu 28/08/2010 90 500 5 La magie du rangement Marie Kondo First 26/02/2015 77 100 6 France, le guide Michelin 2015 : hôtels & restaurants Michelin Cartes et Guides Michelin Cartes et Guides 06/02/2015 75 500 1 7 Larousse poche 2016 Larousse Larousse 17/06/2015 73 900 fter cooking with 8 Almanach Vermot 2016 Vincent Rousselet-Blanc Hachette Pratique 09/09/2015 67 600 chefs, TV presen- 9 Les cinq blessures qui empêchent d'être soi-même Lise Bourbeau Pocket 17/01/2013 66 900 ters, brands and 10 Le petit Larousse illustré 2016 Collectif Larousse 28/05/2015 62 500 organic food, rea- dersA have an appetite for stress- 11 Le Robert junior illustré Collectif Le Robert 28/05/2015 59 000 free cooking. Total sales for the 12 Jardin secret : carnet de coloriage & chasse… Johanna Basford Marabout 27/02/2013 54 700 top practical books reached 2.4 13 Méditer, jour après jour Christophe André L'Iconoclaste 22/09/2011 52 900 million copies (+4.3% on 2014) 14 Le Robert junior poche Collectif Le Robert 27/05/2015 52 000 for a turnover of €31.6 million 15 Le routard : 2015 Philippe Gloaguen Hachette Tourisme 14/01/2015 51 800 (+9.3%). The GFK/Livres Hebdo 16 Je médite, jour après jour Christophe André L'Iconoclaste 14/01/2015 51 700 ranking of the bestselling prac- 17 Le dictionnaire Larousse junior, 7-11 ans, CE-CM Collectif Larousse 09/06/2015 49 400 tical books in 2015 is dominated 18 Le routard : Corse 2015 Philippe Gloaguen Hachette Tourisme 21/01/2015 44 000 by Simplissime, a book that shows how to make relatively 19 La méthode simple pour en finir avec la cigarette Allen Carr Pocket 06/01/2011 43 600 complicated recipes in just five 20 Forêt enchantée : carnet de coloriage… Johanna Basford Marabout 21/01/2015 43 200 or six steps. 21 Mini dictionnaire anglais Collectif Larousse 23/05/2012 41 500 22 Japon : mini coloriage antistress Collectif Marabout 05/11/2014 41 100 Order and Meditation 23 Guinness world records 2016 Guinness world records Hachette Pratique 09/09/2015 41 000 Last year, readers snapped 24 Chat thérapie : 100 coloriages anti-stress Collectif Hachette Pratique 05/11/2014 39 400 up books helping them to bet- 25 Animaux : mini coloriage antistress Collectif Marabout 04/02/2015 38 400 ter organize their lives, as 26 Anglais : dictionnaire de poche Collectif Larousse 17/06/2015 36 200 shown by the success of the Organiseur familial (second 27 Mandala : mini coloriage antistress Collectif Marabout 05/11/2014 36 100 place). In continual search of 28 Papillons : mini coloriage antistress Collectif Marabout 02/01/2015 35 200 peace and serenity, many peo- 29 Jardiner avec la Lune : 2016 Céleste Rustica 21/08/2015 35 200 ple opted for meditation, as 30 Ma bible des huiles essentielles Danièle Festy Leduc.s 16/09/2008 35 100 evidenced by the eight personal 31 Le routard : Rome 2015 Philippe Gloaguen Hachette Tourisme 27/08/2014 35 000 development titles that appear 32 Le Robert de poche 2016 Marie-Hélène Drivaud Le Robert 13/05/2015 34 500 on the ranking, including, in 33 Le code de la route Rousseau : édition 2015 Collectif Codes Rousseau 10/09/2014 33 800 third place, Les quatre accords 34 L'officiel du jeu Scrabble Florian Lévy Larousse 17/06/2015 33 800 toltèques [The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal 35 Dictionnaire Larousse junior poche, 7-11 ans, CE-CM Collectif Larousse 05/06/2013 33 300 Wisdom (A Toltec Wisdom 36 Mettre en pratique le pouvoir du moment présent Eckhart Tolle J'ai lu 26/01/2011 33 100 Book)], the success of which 37 Le routard : Londres 2015 Philippe Gloaguen Hachette Tourisme 27/08/2014 32 500 has not waned in ten years. 38 Le routard : Lisbonne 2015 Philippe Gloaguen Hachette Tourisme 14/01/2015 31 000 Out of all the meditation and 39 Espagnol : dictionnaire de poche Collectif Larousse 17/06/2015 30 800 personal development books 40 Mini dictionnaire espagnol Collectif Larousse 23/05/2012 30 500 that appear in the ranking (in 41 La boîte à quiz L'Equipe Pierre Georges Marabout 30/09/2015 29 900 4th, 9th, 13th, 16th, 36th, 42nd 42 Ho'oponopono : le secret des guérisseurs hawaïens L. Bodin, M.-E. Hurtado-Graciet Jouvence 15/03/2011 29 600 and 46th place), only Chris- tophe André’s Je médite, jour 43 Jardinez avec la Lune 2015 Céleste Rustica 28/08/2014 29 300 après jour was published in 44 Le routard : Andalousie 2015 Philippe Gloaguen Hachette Tourisme 17/12/2014 29 000 2015. The rest are all older, 45 Le petit livre secret des rhums arrangés Frédérique Chartrand Marabout 08/10/2014 28 800 underscoring the importance 46 J'arrête de râler ! Christine Lewicki Pocket 03/04/2014 28 800 of back-catalogue titles in this 47 Le routard : Barcelone 2015 Philippe Gloaguen Hachette Tourisme 04/02/2015 28 800 sector. Finally, relaxing with a 48 Lisbonne en quelques jours Kerry Christiani Lonely planet 27/02/2013 28 700 colouring book remains all the 49 Rome en quelques jours Duncan Garwood Lonely planet 06/03/2014 27 900 rage, with seven of these titles 50 Méthode de musculation, 110 exercices sans matériel Olivier Lafay Amphora 22/04/2004 27 900 in 12th, 20th, 22nd, 24th, 25th, 27th and 28th place. A.-L. W. *Rounded to the nearest hundred.

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