DirectGroup's Companies

audible.fr is a partnership between the Amazon company Audible.com and France Loisirs. The company sells audiobook downloads to its customers and to club members at very attractive prices. audible.fr is a DirectGroup France company.

Belgique Loisirs is the Belgian sister company of the French media club France Loisirs.

Bertelsmann Club Schweiz stands for current titles, exclusive products and unbeatable prices – on average 25 percent below usual trade price.
 

BuchGesichter.de is a fun German-language online community for everyone who not only enjoys reading, but also wants to exchange their views about books with others. Users can use the social network to find new friends, read reviews, browse virtual bookshelves and obtain information about upcoming readings and other events. BuchGesichter.de is part of DirectGroup Germany.

Chapitre.com is one of the biggest booksellers in France: With the online shop as well as more than sixty  chain stores in France and Belgium, Chapitre.com is a real multichannel retailer. The company is fully-owned by DirectGroup France since early 2009.

The Círculo de Lectores was the first Bertelsmann club outside Germany, founded in 1962. Today, the company is a top-notch cultural institution – it counts the Spanish King, his Majesty Juan Carlos and his wife Sofia as well as nobel prize-winning German author Günter Grass among its honorary club members. The Círculo is a DirectGroup Spain company. See also: Tu Círculo.

Der Club Bertelsmann was founded by Reinhard Mohn in 1950, and is part of DirectGroup Germany. With around 2.7 million members, Der Club Bertelsmann is one of the world’s largest international media clubs. It offers unparalleled access to the fascinating world of books and media for the whole family. Customers can choose between three ways to shop the club range: 250 stores across Germany, extensive catalogues, and the online shop at www.derclub.de

Donauland, with its 350,000 members, is Austria's leading book and media vendor. Since 1966, Bertelsmann has been a shareholder in the company, and today DirectGroup's share is 75 percent.

Euromedia is one of the biggest players in the Czech book market. The company operates the brands Knizni klub, Ikar, Odeon and the encyclopedia brand Universum. The Slovak sister company Ikar is also part of Euromedia.

The Russian Family Leisure Club is the sister company of the Ukrainian DirectGroup subsidiary with the same name.

Ukraine's Family Leisure Club is on a growth path. The corporation, based in Kharkiv, became part of DirectGroup in 2004. Today, the Family Leisure Club operates a media club with two million members and 40 club shops in the whole country, an online webshop, the largest publishing house in Ukraine, a distribution center for its own and third-party logistics as well as a travel business.

In 1970, Bertelsmann post-war founder Reinhard Mohn and the French publisher Sven Nielsen founded the book club France Loisirs. Today, one in five families in France is a member. France Loisirs is a DirectGroup France company.

France Loisirs Suisse is a sister company of the French media club France Loisirs and ships more than one million media products per year to its members.
 

Galaxia Gutenberg is DirectGroup Spain's publishing house. It has earned numerous prices for its high-quality books.

Grand Livre du Mois, also known as "Le Club de l'Actualité Littéraire", is specializing in literary novelties. The DirectGroup France company has more than 700 of them on offer.

Ikar is the sister company of the Czech DirectGroup subsidiary Euromedia and Slowakia's biggest publisher, working with the brands of Ikar, Odeon and Pegas. Founded after the fall of the Iron Curtain,  the company has been part of DirectGroup since 2000.

DirectGroup Spain has built this bookstore chain from scratch since 2007. It bears the name of its DirectGroup sister company Bertrand Livreiros, the biggest book chain in Portugal.

NSB is an affiliated company of the Bertelsmann Club Schweiz.

Nionex is a specialist for web design, online marketing and IT applications of any size. The company creates added value through taylor-made solitions, especially in content management, cross-media publishing, eShop and product configuration. It creates IT solutions and internet agency services with passion, competency and success. Nionex is a DirectGroup Germany company.

Photocité is the online shop for all things photo: from prints, photo books and video services to printer cartridges. Photocité is a DirectGroup France company.

Place du Livre is the place for French-speaking readers in North America. The company has more than 100,000 titles on offer.

Praxiel is an IT service provider specialized in media commerce. DirectGroup France has a minority shareholding in the company.
 

Quebec Loisirs is the Canadian sister company of the French media club France Loisirs and serves customers in the French-speaking region of Quebec.
 

RobonBook.ch specializes in offering bargain bestsellers to its Swiss customers. The online shop of Bertelsmann Club Schweiz went online in 2008.

Founded as a book club-only business in 1994, the Polish DirectGroup subsidiary today is also the country's leading publisher.

viaSol Reisen is DirectGroup Germany's travel company. Offering trips at good value and with great service, viaSol guarantees its customers carefree holidays. Customers can book online or via our phone hotline.

Voyages Loisirs is a subsidiary of the DirectGroup France. The company is the market leader in the letting of vacation domiciles. Every year, about 200,000 travelers book their holidays at Voyages Loisirs.

zeilenreich is the new, open bookselling concept which DirectGroup Germany is testing in three new stores in Berlin, Hanau and Aschaffenburg and on the web (zeilenreich.de). Regular customers get a discount of between 15 and 40 percent on select licensed editions. And while all other customers are free to buy these licensed editions as well, they pay the regular hardcover price. In all, customers get to choose from 8,000 titles.