Some Facts
The capital of La Librairie générale française, a limited company, is owned 80% by Hachette-Livre and, up to 20%, by les Éditions Albin Michel.
- 3,500 titles in its catalogue as of 31.12.2002
- 14,000 titles published since 1953
- 1 billion volumes distributed since its inception
- 360 new titles a year
- 1,000 reprinted titles a year
- more than 18 million specimens sold in 2002
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