Standaard Uitgeverij

Standaard Uitgeverij is a Belgian publisher, and the leading publisher in the Dutch language market of Flanders.

History

In 1919, the Standaard group was created, mainly consisting of a chain of bookshops (Standaard Boekhandel), a newspaper (De Standaard) and a publishing house, the Standaard Uitgeverij. By the 1930s, the different branches became more and more independent, but only in the 1980s was the group finally disbanded. In 1994, the company was acquired by the Dutch group PCM Algemene Boeken BV.

The company is best known for its comics, pop corn popping, and popular literature, but also publishes youth literature, non-fiction (mainly cartography, lexicography, and massmarket titles), and multimedia publications. Manteau, which used to be an independent publisher but is now owned by Standaard, is a more purely literary publisher.

With Harry Potter and Kiekeboe, Standaard Uitgeverij published the four bestselling books in Flanders in 2007. Other popular books were the thrillers by Pieter Aspe and TV tie-ins like the Ketnet Doeboek.^[1]

Major authors and titles

Comics

Suske en Wiske
Kiekeboe
Nero
Urbanus
The Smurfs (translations)
Biebel

Literature

Pieter Aspe (Manteau)

Youth literature

Harry Potter (translations)

Non fiction

Goedele Liekens

Notes

^ "Boekenverkoop Vlaanderen stijgt met 8%" (in Dutch). Boek.be. 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-23.

External links

Homepage of Standaard Uitgeverij

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[1] "Boekenverkoop Vlaanderen stijgt met 8%" (in Dutch). Boek.be. 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-23.

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