Heyne Verlag
The Heyne Verlag (formerly Wilhelm Heyne Verlag) is a German publisher based in Munich, which was founded in Dresden in 1934 and sold to Axel Springer in 2000. In 2004 it became part of Random House.[2] Heyne was one of the largest publishing houses in Germany in 1999.
Parent company
Program[edit]
Previously, the Heyne Verlag organized its program in so-called series, of which a total of more than 50 pieces existed. The subject of a series were either certain subjects (e.g., Heyne Film Library) or events (e.g., the Heyne Jubilee Series since 1993).[27] In 2014, all available works were divided into the following categories: Suspense, Entertainment for Women, Historical Programs, Young Program, Fantasy & Science Fiction, Hardcover, Nonfiction and Guidebooks.[28] Heyne published both hardcover and paperbacks, including Authors such as Nicholas Sparks, Robert Harris, Amelie Fried, Sabine Thiesler, John Grisham and Stephen King.[29]
In the mid-1980s, the publisher launched the Rolf Heyne Collection for the first time to expand the hardcover program.[30] The aim of the imprint was, according to various statements of the publication of high-quality illustrated volumes, to meet the "aesthetic requirements" of the publisher.[31] A central theme of the series was, for example, the French cuisine, but also baby photos by Anne Geddes.[32] With the takeover of the Wilhelm Heyne Verlag by Axel Springer in the year 2000, the program of the Rolf Heyne CollectionGmbH was continued as an independent publisher.[33] At the end of 2014, Rolf Heynes' widow Anja closed business of the Rolf Heyne Collection.[34]