Ruhland publishing house

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The Ruhland Verlag is an independent fiction and non-fiction book publisher founded in 1971 in Frankfurt am Main .

history

Erich Ruhland (1926–2017) founded the specialist publisher Erich Ruhland in Frankfurt am Main in 1971 . The publisher started with 14 specialist books for professional training and has since been represented at the Frankfurt Book Fair. In 1987 the publishing house achieved a bestseller in the field of commercial literature with the title of successful secretary . In 1988 the publishing house established itself as a mail order book trade for schools, banks, educational companies, law firms and auditing companies. In 2004 Kaarina Kyröläinen took over the management and switched the program to the areas of non-fiction and fiction.

Publishing program

From 2008 novels and short stories, children's books and fairy tales as well as specialist and non-fiction books will be published by Ruhland Verlag. The publishing program includes Christian literature, non-fiction books on religious, economic, political and social issues as well as literature translated from Finnish and English. The imprint Lichtwerck publishes books on the subjects of entertainment, encounters and adventure. The titles investigate fundamental questions about being human and, according to the publisher, are “books against the grain” or, as the cover design wants to illustrate, “books that fall out of the ordinary”. Well-known authors include Beile Ratut , Tapio Puolimatka , Shelley Lubben , Inken Weiand and Klaus Lippmann.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ DNB, catalog of the German National Library: Successful job secretary, Ruhland Verlag. Retrieved July 16, 2018 .
  2. ^ Historical development of the publisher. Retrieved July 16, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Börsenblatt, December 18, 2013. Accessed July 16, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Börsenblatt, June 29, 2018. Accessed July 16, 2018 .
  5. ↑ ARD Mediathek, Deutschlandfunk, interview with Beile Ratut, April 19, 2018. Retrieved July 16, 2018 .
  6. ^ Carlsen Verlag, Inken Weiand August 29, 2016. Accessed July 16, 2018 .