Bastei Lübbe AG, a media company, publishes books, audio books, e-books, and other digital products in the genres of fiction and popular science content in Germany, Austria, Luxembourg, and Switzerland. It operates through Books and Novel Booklets segments. The Books segment offers a print, audio, and e-book products under the Lübbe, Lübbe Life, Quadriga, Eichborn, Baumhaus, ONE, LYX, LYX.audio, beHEARTBEAT, beTHRILLED and Lübbe Audio brands. The Novel Booklets segment provides physical and digital novel booklets under the Der Bergdoktor, Jerry Cotton, Geisterjäger John Sinclair, and the westerns brand names. The company is also involved in the licensing of its rights. Bastei Lübbe AG was founded in 1953 and is based in Cologne, Germany.
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