S. Fischer Verlag

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S. Fischer Verlag
Company type
Parent
Holtzbrinck Publishing Group (since 1962)
Websitefischerverlage.de
S. Fischer premises in 2010

S. Fischer Verlag is a major German publishing house, which has operated as a division of

Frankfurt am Main
, and is traditionally counted among the most prestigious publishing houses in the German-speaking world.

History

Originally, it was renowned for

Nobel Prize in literature
.

After the

Gottfried Bermann-Fischer fled and founded a branch of their publishing house in Vienna. Those who remained in Berlin kept the official name "S. Fischer Verlag" and were led by Peter Suhrkamp
.

After

Suhrkamp
.

Among the imprints of Fischer are Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, Argon Verlag and Scherz Verlag. Today the S. Fischer Verlag, as well as other publishers, such as Kindler,

Holtzbrinck
, a publishing group. Holtzbrinck bought S. Fischer in 1963.

In 2010, O. W. Barth Verlag, which had been part of Scherz Verlag, was acquired by Droemer Knaur, which is also part of the Holtzbrinck Group.[2]

Edition Peters — a prominent publisher for worldwide music — was located next door to them, but in 2014 moved to Leipzig.[3]

Controversies

In 2015, S. Fischer Verlag sued US-based Project Gutenberg in German court for copyright infringement of 18 works by Heinrich Mann, Thomas Mann and Alfred Döblin, works in the public domain in the US, but still copyrighted under German law. In February 2018 Project Gutenberg responded to the German court's judgement by blocking all access to Project Gutenberg from IP addresses in Germany,[4][5][6] making the full content of Project Gutenberg inaccessible for German residents.

Further reading

  • Martin Mauthner: German Writers in French Exile, 1933–1940, Vallentine Mitchell, London 2007,
    ISBN 978-0-85303-540-4

References

  1. OCLC 47712303
    .
  2. ^ "Droemer Knaur übernimmt O.W. Barth Verlag". www.boersenblatt.net (in German). Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  3. ^ "Musik: Musikverlag Edition Peters hat Stammsitz wieder in Leipzig". Focus (in German). 1 July 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2015. (headline: "Music Publisher Edition Peters has its headquarters in Leipzig again")
  4. ^ Der Standard, 19. March 2018, Project Gutenberg: Freie Online-Bibliothek blockiert deutsche Nutzer
  5. ^ "Court Order to Block Access from Germany". Project Gutenberg. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  6. ^ "gutenberg.org haftet für Urheberrechtsverletzungen in Deutschland". Börsenblatt. 3 May 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2021.

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