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Editions XO

Founded in 1999 by Bernard Fixot, Editions XO’s aim has always been to bring new French novelists into the international bestseller lists. Its strategy is based on the original concept of publishing a relatively small number of books and concentrating maximum resources on the authors selected.

So far, XO has published 157 titles, of which 135 have made the bestseller lists and 105 have been widely sold internationally. 60% of Editions XO’s output comes from new French talent, with first novels by authors such as Mireille Calmel, Romain Sardou, Guillaume Musso, José Frèches and Nicolas Vanier.

> Visit the Editions XO website: www.xoeditions.com

Oh ! Editions

XO’s subsidiary Oh ! Editions, founded in 2002 with a similar strategy, has opened up a further editorial field of essays and personal stories of contemporary relevance. Oh ! Editions has published several titles that have entered the bestseller lists and have been widely sold internationally, such as Souad’s Burned Alive, Leila’s Married by Force, Sabine Dardenne’s I was 12... and I am not a Murderer by Frédéric Chaussoy.

> Visit the Oh ! Editions website: www.oheditions.com

In 2005 the XO group had an estimated turnover of 17 million euros.