They were given the title of Imprimeur de l’Empereur (Imperial publisher) and published the correspondence of Louis XIII of France, Marie Antoinette and Napoleon I of France.

[3] During the 1920s the house published the novels of the Jewish-Algerian writer Elissa Rhaïs.

The Vivendi group, facing financial troubles, sold several publishing companies, including Plon, to Wendel Investissement, which put it under the umbrella of the Editis group.

In July 2010 the Editis Group bought Plon and the company is dissolved.

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