Compact Verlag


Compact Verlag is a German publishing house, based in Munich. It was founded in 1976 by the publisher Friedrich Niendieck. In October 2008, Niendieck announced the sale of its publishing group to the publishing company European Professional Publishing Group. Since September 2014, Compact Verlag belongs to Vermar, which has its headquarters in Berlin. Compact publishes about 1,000 books and electronic products. In addition, licenses have been issued in over 35 countries.

Publishing program

One focus of the publishing house is in "Lernen und Weiterbildung" and includes learning lectures, learning aids, language courses, dictionaries and reference books. Another book series is the Compact LernKrimi that facilitate a didactic approach to learning languages and started in the autumn of 2002. Their range includes more than 150 titles in English, French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Swedish and German as a foreign language.
Titles in the areas of "Beratung", "Wissen & Bildung", "Kochen & Genießen" ", "Gesundheit & Fitness" and "Kreativ in Haus & Garten" are published by the imprint "compact via".
The book series compact kids covers the areas of "Kinderwissen", "Tiere & Natur", "Kinderbeschäftigung", "Wimmelbücher", "Grundschule & Vorschule" and "Freunde- und Malbücher".