US EditionHervé de La Martinière, a figure in the world of publishing, died at the age of 78 – The Observatorial
- Hervé de La Martinière, founder of Les Éditions de la Martinière, died on Thursday, with Media-Participations announcing his death in a press release two days later.
- He created his own publishing house in 1992 and expanded it by acquiring the Threshold and associated houses, becoming a major player in French publishing.
- His house specialized in illustrated books and published notable works like Yann Arthus-Bertrand's 1999 bestseller and the Goncourt-winning novel by Jean-Paul Dubois.
- The bestseller sold 3.5 million copies, while he also led litigation against Google from 2006 to 2011 to control book digitization and distribution rights.
- Before his death, Hervé served as vice-president of the Media-Participations group, supporting authors and advocating for a particular publishing philosophy and bookstores.
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The publisher created his own publishing house in 1992, after a remarkable career at Nathan, Grasset and Fayard. He was 78 years old.
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Passionate and eclectic, he was notably editor of the 2019 Goncourt Prize, "Not all men live in the world the same way", by Jean-Paul Dubois and the series of cookbooks "Fait Maison" by chef Cyril Lignac.
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Hervé de La Martinière had published La Terre vue du ciel by Yann Arthus-Bertrand or All men do not live in the world in the same way as Jean-Paul Dubois.
The founder and former patron of the editions La Martinière died on Thursday, announced Saturday the editions and the group Media-Participations On the same subject
He entered the Hachette group at the age of 25, passing through several houses before taking over Nathan's leadership in 1987 and founding his own publishing house five years later.
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