[8] In August 2014, Nicola Bartels took over editorial responsibilities for cbj and cbt, publishing director is still Jürgen Weidenbach.

[11][12] Among the authors from cbj include German writers such as Ingo Siegner, Julian Press, Patricia Schröder, Usch Luhn and Ute Krause.

Additionally, cbj publishes German-language editions from international authors, including Christopher Paolini ( "Eragon"), Jonathan Stroud ( "Bartimaeus"), Markus Zusak ( "The Book Thief"), Michael Scott ("The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel") and Tony DiTerlizzi ( "the Spiderwick Chronicles").

Furthermore, is the publishing of book series such as "Der kleine Drache Kokosnuss " (Ingo Siegner), "Five Friends" (Enid Blyton) or "Nele" (Usch Luhn).

[15] In the 1990s, the C. Bertelsmann Youth Publishing initiated the campaign "Ich schenk Dir eine Geschichte", which is carried out within the framework of the World Book Day.

[16][17][18] Additionally, cbj is a member of Arbeitsgemeinschaft von Jugendbuchverlagen ajv (Association of Youth book publishers).

[19] The avj represents the interests of the publishing industry and promotes projects and awards in the field of children's literature.