Förlaget Harlequin AB Information

Förlaget Harlequin är en av Europas största utgivare av skönlitteratur med kvinnor som främsta målgrupp. Förlaget startade sin verksamhet i Norden 1979, med utgivning i Sverige, Norge, Finland och Danmark. Förlaget Harlequin ger idag ut ca 1000 titlar varje år på den nordiska marknaden. Försäljningen av böcker sker via detaljhandel, bokklubbar samt e-handel. Under senare år har utgivningen breddats till att förutom romantik också innefatta deckare och non-fiction, där ett aktuellt exempel är kokboken ”Fira!" som ges ut i samarbete med Arla. ****** Harlequin Enterprises Limited is the global leader in series romance and one of the world's leading publishers of books for women. The Toronto-based company publishes over 110 titles a month in 28 languages in 114 international markets on six continents. These books are written by over 1,100 talented authors worldwide, offering women a broad range of reading from romance to psychological thrillers to relationship novels. With 130 million books sold in 2008—half overseas and a tremendous 95% outside Canada—it is both the country’s most successful publisher and one of its most international businesses. Harlequin promotes its global presence through principal offices in Toronto, New York, London, Tokyo, Milan, Sydney, Paris, Madrid, Stockholm, Amsterdam, Hamburg, Athens, Budapest, Granges-Paccot, Warsaw, Rio de Janeiro and Mumbai. The company also has licensing agreements with businesses in another nine countries. Harlequin’s worldwide level of recognition and appeal provides the publisher with the unique opportunity of promoting and selling its authors around the world, wherever and whenever women shop. Harlequin titles enjoyed a total of 252 weeks on the New York Times bestseller lists in 2008, up from the 230 weeks achieved in 2007. Since its inception, Harlequin has sold approximately 5.8 billion books.