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Bastei Lübbe

Logo: Bastei Lübbe Kommunikation, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

German publisher

Bastei Lübbe is a major publisher of genre fiction, pulp fiction and non-fiction in the German language. It is based in Cologne, Germany. In 2010, it was the largest independent book publisher in Germany, and it claimed to be one of the three largest audiobook publishers in Germany.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1953Founded1
  • Industrypublishing1
  • HeadquartersCologne1
  • Websitewww.luebbe.com
  • Legal formAktiengesellschaft1
  • LEI529900F1RRY8J20M2I793
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered addressSchanzenstraße 6-20, 51063 Köln, Germany3
  • Registered withLocal Court Köln, HRB 792493

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Bastei Lübbe - Carlswerk Köln-1540
Photo: Raimond Spekking, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons6

Bastei Lübbe is a major publisher of genre fiction, pulp fiction and non-fiction in the German language. It is based in Cologne, Germany. In 2010, it was the largest independent book publisher in Germany, and it claimed to be one of the three largest audiobook publishers in Germany.2

Corporate structure

Bastei Lübbe sits at the top of its group. 2 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Bastei Lübbe Köln, Germany

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The story

The company was begun in 1953 by newspaper editor Gustav H. Lübbe, when he became the publisher of the insolvent Cologne-based company, Bastei-Verlag. The company then changed its name to Bastei-Verlag Gustav H. Lübbe, and later to Verlagsgruppe Lübbe in 2000, then Bastei Lübbe in 2010.

Bastei Lübbe was responsible for the German language release of Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code, and has recently begun to enter English, Spanish and Chinese language publishing markets for ebooks. It went public on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange on 8 October 2013, and in May 2014, it purchased a 51% controlling stake in Daedalic Entertainment, a German video game developer and publisher based in Hamburg.

From Wikipedia’s article on Bastei Lübbe, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

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Timeline

  1. 1953Founded Founded1

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