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Éditions de Bourgogne

A French regional publishing house (2001–2015) focused on Burgundy-related subjects and authors.

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Overview

Éditions de Bourgogne was a French publishing house whose activities centred on subjects and authors linked to Burgundy. It was created on 11 May 2001 and was placed in judicial liquidation on 12 May 2015. The company emerged in November 2004 from the success of the comic book La Bourgogne, quelle histoire !, illustrated by Jean-Louis Thouard, which passed the threshold of 25,000 copies sold. On the strength of that success, the house launched three collections on the regional publishing market: committed essays (by authors such as François-Xavier Dugourd, Claude Patriat, Mgr Roland Minnerath, Guy Férez and Rémy Rebeyrotte); biographies (including that of Alfred Grévin by Jean-Pierre Fontaine and that of Paul Bert by Jean-Pierre Soisson); and works on regional heritage (such as Le Chemin des Vignes by Claude Chapuis). It also published novels and short stories, such as La chair du raisin by Josiane Van Melle and Nouvelles à chuchoter au crépuscule by Lucette Desvignes. The small company was run by Bernard Lecomte, former editor-in-chief of Le Figaro Magazine and former director at the Burgundy Regional Council, and by Évelyne Philippe, managing director. They were assisted by publishers Dominique Bruillot (Bourgogne Mag) and Jean-Marie Bernard (Impressions) as well as by two communications professionals, Maurice Fournet and Laurent Rebeyrotte. All of the house's suppliers were regional: distribution and communication (Evelyne Philippe Conseil), photographer (Michel Ferchaud), caricaturist (Patrick Grillot), graphic design agency (Temps Réel) and printer (Darantière). Its final publications included works by Jean-Pierre Soisson, Véronique Bedin and Julien Feydy, Emmanuel Razavi, Xavier Lauprêtre and Bernard Lecomte, Claude Chapuis, Jacky Rigaux, Marion Sigaut, Josiane Van Melle, Lucette Desvignes, Lydie Alamazani, Jean-Louis Voisin, Dominique Viano, Claude Lougnot and Rémy Rebeyrotte, issued between 2008 and 2013.

History

Éditions de Bourgogne was a French publishing house created on 11 May 2001, with activities centred on subjects and authors linked to Burgundy. The company was born in November 2004 from the success of the comic book La Bourgogne, quelle histoire !, illustrated by Jean-Louis Thouard, which passed the threshold of 25,000 copies sold. Building on that success, the house launched three collections on the regional publishing market: committed essays, biographies, and works on regional heritage. It also published novels and short stories. The small company was run by Bernard Lecomte, former editor-in-chief of Le Figaro Magazine and former director at the Burgundy Regional Council, and by Évelyne Philippe, managing director. They were assisted by publishers Dominique Bruillot (Bourgogne Mag) and Jean-Marie Bernard (Impressions) as well as by two communications professionals, Maurice Fournet and Laurent Rebeyrotte. All of the house's suppliers were regional: distribution and communication (Evelyne Philippe Conseil), photographer (Michel Ferchaud), caricaturist (Patrick Grillot), graphic design agency (Temps Réel) and printer (Darantière). The house published works by authors including Jean-Pierre Soisson, Véronique Bedin and Julien Feydy, Emmanuel Razavi, Xavier Lauprêtre and Bernard Lecomte, Claude Chapuis, Jacky Rigaux, Marion Sigaut, Josiane Van Melle, Lucette Desvignes, Lydie Alamazani, Jean-Louis Voisin, Dominique Viano, Claude Lougnot and Rémy Rebeyrotte, with titles issued between 2008 and 2013. The company was placed in judicial liquidation on 12 May 2015.

  • Creation of Éditions de Bourgogne

  • Emergence of the house following the success of La Bourgogne, quelle histoire ! (over 25,000 copies sold)

  • Publication of Paul Bert, l'idéal républicain by Jean-Pierre Soisson

  • Publication of La Bourgogne dans les Beaux textes (tome I) by Véronique Bedin and Julien Feydy

  • Publication of Dijon au cœur de la guerre by Emmanuel Razavi

  • Publication of Il était une fois la Puisaye-Forterre by Xavier Lauprêtre and Bernard Lecomte

  • Publication of La Bourgogne dans les Beaux textes (tome II)

  • Publication of La mémoire des coteaux by Claude Chapuis and Le réveil des terroirs by Jacky Rigaux

  • Publication of Le Mystère du tableau de David by Marion Sigaut and La chair du raisin by Josiane Van Melle

  • Publication of Nouvelles à chuchoter au crépuscule by Lucette Desvignes and Dieu ou Diable ? by Lydie Alamazani

Products and positioning

Regional publisher specialising in Burgundy-related subjects and authors.

  • La Bourgogne, quelle histoire !

  • Paul Bert, l'idéal républicain

  • La Bourgogne dans les Beaux textes (tome I)

  • Dijon au cœur de la guerre

  • Il était une fois la Puisaye-Forterre

  • La Bourgogne dans les Beaux textes (tome II)

  • La mémoire des coteaux

  • Le réveil des terroirs

  • Le Mystère du tableau de David

  • La chair du raisin

  • Nouvelles à chuchoter au crépuscule

  • Dieu ou Diable ?

  • Alésia - un site, une bataille, un village

  • Le secret du chevalier d'Eon

  • La Bourgogne la nuit

  • Autun, passionnément !

  • Pierre Larousse par lui-même

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