Bastei Lübbe AG, based in Cologne, Germany, is a large, both traditional and modern company in the German publishing industry, specializing in the publication of books, audio books and eBooks with fiction and popular science content. The company's core business also includes periodically published novel books. The product range of the twelve imprints of the media company currently comprises a total of around 3,600 titles from the fiction, non-fiction, children's and youth book sectors. International and national bestselling authors such as Ken Follett, Dan Brown, Jeff Kinney, Andreas Eschbach, Timur Vermes and many more have published their books at the Cologne publishing house, some of them for decades.
Year founded1953
Served areaEurope
Headcount324
HeadquartersSchanzenstraße 6-20, 51063 Köln – Germany
13,300,000
IPOOct. 8, 2013
Designated Sponsor(s)Oddo BHF Corporates & Markets AG
Stock exchange(s)Frankfurt Stock Exchange