Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group is a Stuttgart-based publishing holding company which owns publishing companies worldwide. Holtzbrinck has published everything from Salman Rushdie's Satanic Verses to classics by Agatha Christie, Jean-Paul Sartre, Ernest Hemingway and John Updike. Coordinates: Time zone: CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Administration Country: Germany State: Baden-Württemberg Administrative region: Stuttgart District: Urban district City subdivisions: 23 districts Lord Mayor: Wolfgang Schuster (CDU) Basic Statistics Area: 207. ... This article is concerned with the production of books, magazines, and other literary material (whether in printed or electronic formats). ... Salman Rushdie (born Ahmed Salman Rushdie, on June 19, 1947, in Bombay, India) is a British-Indian essayist and author of fiction, most of which is set on the Indian subcontinent. ... Satanic Verses is an expression coined by the historian Sir William Muir in reference to several verses allegedly interpolated into an early version of the Qurān and later expunged. ... Agatha Mary Clarissa, Lady Mallowan, DBE (15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976), also known as Dame Agatha Christie, was an English crime fiction writer. ... Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre (June 21, 1905 – April 15, 1980), normally known simply as Jean-Paul Sartre (pronounced: ), was a French existentialist philosopher, dramatist and screenwriter, novelist and critic. ... Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist. ... John Updike John Hoyer Updike (born March 18, 1932) is an American writer born in Shillington, Pennsylvania, where he lived until he was 13. ...

Newspapers owned by this group include: Die Zeit (Germany's largest opinion-oriented newspaper), and Berlin's Der Tagesspiegel. DIE ZEIT (pronounced , in English, literally The Time, more idiomatically The Times) is a German nationwide weekly newspaper that is highly respected for its quality journalism. ... Der Tagesspiegel (The Daily Mirror; motto: rerum cognoscere causas, or to know the causes of things) is a liberal German daily newspaper. ...

Established by Georg von Holtzbrinck in 1948, the group first began as a German book club. In the 1960s, it purchased Droemer, Kindler, Rowohlt and S. Fischer Verlag, two German publishing companies. In 1985, it acquired the retail book division of Holt, Rinehart and Winston, naming it the Henry Holt Book Company. One year later, the company acquired Scientific American magazine for $52.6 million. In 1994, it purchased a majority interest in Farrar, Straus & Giroux from retiring Roger W. Straus, Jr., and just one year later, purchased a 70% majority interest in The Macmillan Group. Year 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... A book club is a club where people usually meet to discuss a book that they have read and express their opinions, likes, dislikes, etc. ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1969, inclusive. ... The German publishing house S. Fischer Verlag (today in Frankfurt am Main) was founded in 1886 by Samuel Fischer in Berlin and is a leading German address for literary publications and fiction. ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Holt, Rinehart and Winston, somethimes abbreviated as HRW or referred to as Holt, is an Austin, Texas based publishing company, that specializes in textbooks for use in secondary schools. ... Scientific American is a popular-science magazine, published (first weekly and later monthly) since August 28, 1845, making it the oldest continuously published magazine in the United States. ... This article is about the magazine as a published medium. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... Majority Interest is a legal term used to represent ownership of stock in a corporation, land, or some other Real, physical or intellectual property. ... Farrar, Straus and Giroux is an American book publishing company, founded in 1946 by Roger W. Straus, Jr. ... Roger Williams Straus, Jr. ... Macmillan Publishers Ltd is an international publishing company. ...

In March 2006, Holtzbrinck forced Tor Publishing, which is owned by Holtzbrinck, to stop making its books available as eBooks via Webscriptions because of concerns regarding the lack of DRM. Tor Books is an imprint of Tom Doherty Associates, LLC which publishes popular fiction, and is particularly noted for its science fiction and fantasy titles. ... A user viewing an electronic page on an eBook reading device An e-book (also: eBook, ebook), sometimes called an electronic book, is an electronic (or digital) equivalent of a conventional printed book. ... Baen Webscriptions is an experiment in electronic publishing. ... Digital Rights Management (generally abbreviated to DRM) is any of several technologies used by publishers (or copyright owners) to control access to and usage of digital data (such as software, music, movies) and hardware, handling usage restrictions associated with a specific instance of a digital work. ...

Among its publishers are:

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• Bedford/St. Martin's
• Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• First Second Books
• Henry Holt and Company
• Palgrave Macmillan
• Picador
• Roaring Brook Press
• St. Martin's Press
• Tor Books
• W.H. Freeman
• Bedford, Freeman and Worth Publishing Group
• Worth Publishers

Germany Bedford/St. ... Farrar, Straus and Giroux is a book publishing company, founded in 1946 by Roger W. Straus, Jr. ... First Second Books First Second Books is an American publisher of graphic novels that are innovative, daring, and entertaining. ... Henry Holt (1840–1926) was a Baltimore, Maryland native book publisher and author. ... Macmillan Publishers Ltd, also known as The Macmillan Group, is a privately-held international publishing company owned by Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group. ... Picador is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers, a publisher owned by Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group. ... Headquartered in the legendary Flatiron Building in New York City, St. ... Tor Books is an imprint of Tom Doherty Associates, LLC which publishes popular fiction, and is particularly noted for its science fiction and fantasy titles. ...

• S. Fischer Verlag
• Wolfgang Krüger
• O.W. Barth
• Fretz & Wasmuth
• Droemer, Kindler, Rowohlt

U.K. The German publishing house S. Fischer Verlag (today in Frankfurt am Main) was founded in 1886 by Samuel Fischer in Berlin and is a leading German address for literary publications and fiction. ... Motto: (Royal3) (French) God and my right Anthem: God Save the Queen 4 Map showing the location of the United Kingdom. ...

• The Macmillan Group - including the Nature Publishing Group

Macmillan Publishers Ltd is an international publishing company. ... Nature Publishing Group (NPG) is an international publishing company that publishes scientific journals. ...

External links

• Bequests of family 'Holtzbrinck' in the archive of 'Märkischer Kreis'
• Holtzbrinck news on readster