Éditions du Seuil
Éditions du Seuil is widely respected in the publishing world maintaining good relations with its authors. Significant tension developed and in 2006 the editor Hervé Hamon (who had a loyal record of 20 publications with Seuil in the capacity of an author) left, declaring that the author was no longer at the centre of the operation. In August 2006, the group announced a new director general, the journalist and writer Denis Jeambar, who had formerly been deputy director of editing for Point, and president of the L Express-L Expansion group, and editing director of L Express.It owes its name to this goal The seuil (threshold) is the whole excitement of parting and arriving. It is also the brand new threshold that we refashion at the door of the Church to allow entry to many whose foot gropes around it (letter of father Plaquevent, 28 December 1934). Éditions du Seuil was the publisher of the Don Camillo series, and of Chairman Mao s Little Red Book.
The house continued its policy of growth, amalgamating the publishers Danger Public and Petit à petit. Éditions du Seuil is a French publishing house created in 1935.
Cherki was replaced by Pascal Flamand (Président-directeur général) and Olivier Cohen (publishing director). Points, a pocket subsidiary of Seuil, became a publisher in its own right.
Olivier took back control of his publishing house L Olivier. In 1979 these two left the direction to Michel Chodkiewicz. The leadership was subsequently ensured by Claude Cherki from 1989.
Seuil has published works by Jacques Lacan, Roland Barthes and Philippe Sollers (in his first period), and later by Edgar Morin, Maurice Genevoix and Pierre Bourdieu. Similarly, Seuil s good relations with book retailers have allowed it to establish significant distribution activity, ensuring the circulation of the works of such publishers as Odile Jacob, Éditions de Minuit, José Corti, and Rivages. Éditions du Seuil has also performed significant activities in children s literature. The latter created a subsidiary called L Olivier.
Numerous logistical problems arose, and several editors left the publishing house. In November 2005, Éditions du Seuil announced the arrival of Laure Adler to oversee its literature detpartment. Towards the end of 2006, Laure Adler was dismissed. .
Six months later he was obliged to resign as a result of his interest in this operation. Cherki was involved in the purchase of Seuil by La Martinière on 12 January 2004.
The large sales which these generated have allowed the house to publish more specialized titles, particularly in the social sciences. Following the purchase by La Martinière, the Volumen distribution company was created.
The house has promoted and published many great French children s authors; in 2005 Éditions du Seuil was the first to offer to the public animated films included in their albums which were produced by the artists themselves, such as À Quai of Sara and Promenade d un distrait, of Béatrice Alemagna). In 1937, Éditions du Seuil was bought by the jewellers Paul Flamand et Jean Bardet.
