Annette Betz Publishing House
The Annette Betz Verlag is an imprint of Ueberreuter publisher of picture books published.
history
The Annette Betz Verlag was founded in 1962 by Anton Betz and his wife Anna Betz in Munich . The publisher's name Annette Betz was chosen as a tribute to both his wife and Annette von Droste-Hülshoff , who was very much admired by Anna Betz. As a literary advisor, James Krüss was involved in the founding; in 1963 he published the picture book 3 × 3 in one day at Annette Betz Verlag. The publishing house was already growing in the autumn of 1962: Annette Betz took over large parts of the Georg Lentz publishing house's production into his own program.
In 1966 the Annette Betz Verlag was acquired by Thomas F. Salzer and continued together with the Carl Ueberreuter Verlag . In January 2014 the publishers Annette Betz and Ueberreuter Kinder- und Jugendbuch were bought by G&G Verlagsgesellschaft mbH. This combined the largest children's book publisher in Austria and the largest children's and young adult book publisher in Berlin.
Since 1991 the publisher has published its own series in the musical picture book program area . The collaboration with Marko Simsa began in 1999 and continues to this day.
program
The program of the Annette Betz Verlag - with around 40 new publications annually - includes, in addition to the musical picture books, narrative and artistically designed picture books, non-fiction picture books for parents and kindergarten, house books and song books. Other series and books by the publisher address socially relevant topics, such as B. Adoption , disability or Alzheimer's , like the titles of Franz-Joseph Huainigg / Lucy Scharenberg and Verena Ballhaus ( My feet are the wheelchair , you belong to us ), which have received multiple awards.
The publications that the publisher has in the long-term program include Das große Kinderliederbuch by Monika Laimgruber and Roswitha Weixelbaumer or Lebwohl, liebe Dachs by Susan Varley. A modern classic is Marlene Reidels Kasimirs Weltreise , a picture book that was ranked among the 10 best books by the New York Times and won the German Youth Book Prize.
Web links
- Official publishing website
- Website of the musical picture books
- Entry on Annette Betz Verlag in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )