After being postponed for several weeks due to the confinement, the major fall literary prizes were finally awarded. We know the winners of the Médicis, Goncourt, Prix de Flore, Renaudot and others. And as every year, the awarding of the literary prizes and the exponential print runs that accompany them bring a salutary effervescence to book printers. Among the large companies that share this market is the Floch printing house.
"?L 'Imprimerie Floch has once again distinguished itself by its involvement in the making of récompensés? titles." says Huberd Pédurand, president of Floch.
The company based in Mayenne counts in its literary prize list the Médicis ( The Synthetic Core by Chloé Delaume au Seuil), the Renaudot ( History of the Son by Marie-Hélène Lafon, at Buchet-Chastel), the Prix de Flore ( Grace by Thibault de Montaigu, at Plon), and the Renaudot Essais ( The paper cities by Dominique Fortier, at Grasset).
Without forgetting the Grand Prix des lectrices de Elle, the Prix Vendredi, the Prix du roman des étudiants France Culture-Télérama, the Prix Inrockuptibles roman étranger, the Literary Prize of the newspaper Le Monde, the Grand Prix du Roman de l'Académie Française, the Grand Prix of the heroine Madame Figaro, and the Grand Prix RTL Lire.
For Hubert Pédurand:
"?Ces successes are a sign of the place that the printing industry has regained in the medium and long-run segment of general literature. It's a sign that we are useful to the sector with a strike force of 4,500 copies per hour on our 3 rotopage presses with the passion of my 76 employees.?»
The president of the Mayennaise printing works, if he acknowledges a part of luck, is delighted to see that his services are "?appréciées from éditeurs?".
" ?L 'imprimerie Floch is there to serve its publisher customers, with its know-how, its "signature", its history and an aura that remains intact. After, in the randomness of the editorial production, we can have titles that will end up on the literary prize lists, our hearts vibrate in unison in the printing house each time a title is confirmed to us in restocking. This can be felt right up to Clamecy, as Laballery is the proud owner of this formidable printing plant, unique in France for its know-how and tools, which it is already pampering for 2021 and beyond.?»
The Floch printing works was taken over in January 2016 by Scop Laballery.
