Elisabeth Sandmann Verlag
The Elisabeth Sandmann Verlag is a fiction and nonfiction publishing house, which was founded in Munich in 2004 by the publisher Elisabeth Sandmann. Its program is themed Beautiful Books for Clever Women.
History
Elisabeth Sandmann worked, before founding her own publishing house, for the publishers DuMont Schauberg|DuMont] and Nicolai. Upon founding her publisher, she received support from her husband Friedrich-Karl Sandmann, to which the Elisabeth Sandmann Verlag shared a space, graphics and production organization and sales organization with his Zabert Sandmann Verlag. Financially, the two publishers, however, were just as independent as in the design of the publishing program. In autumn 2004, the first four titles appeared. In spring 2005, the book "Frauen, die lesen, sind gefährlich" by Stefan Bollmann was released, and became the first bestseller of the publisher. Since spring 2013 there has been cooperation with the Insel Verlag, which released five titles from the publisher every six months in paperback. The first Paperback published through this cooperation was in March 2013, it was the book "Warum Lesen glücklich macht!" by Stefan Bollmann. In 2014, the publisher released for the tenth anniversary a book titled "Elisabeth", which as a limited edition tells the story of their publishing history. Early 2015, the Elisabeth Sandmann Verlag ended its cooperation with the Zabert Sandmann Verlag. In March 2015, the publishing house moved to Theresienstrasse in Munich and Uli Deurer from Augsburg took over the distribution.In April 2016, it was announced that the Suhrkamp Verlag, owner of the Insel Verlag, acquired 51% of shares in the Sandmann publishing.