Founded: 1949
Marabout, which was a paperback pioneer in French-speaking countries when it was founded, continues to innovate and reinvent itself. Today it focuses on how-to guides and self-help. Marabout quickly became the market leader in this genre thanks to its ability to combine trendy topics with appealing graphic design and affordable prices. Its catalogue spans a wide range of categories from cooking to health, education, well-being, nature, gardening, arts & crafts, games and sports, and regularly incorporates innovative concepts to draw a wide readership worldwide. Marabout has also expanded to include comics (with its Marabulles collection), crime fiction (with its BlackLab imprint) and fiction (with the La Belle Étoile imprint).