BLV Verlag

The BLV Verlag is a how-to book publisher in Germany. The program includes over 600 titles, to which about 120 new books published annually. Main topic areas are the garden and nature, sports, fitness, cooking and DIY. BLV-books are almost exclusively original editions, licenses are sold in all European countries, the United States and in countries of the Asian continent.

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