Éditions Thélème is a leading publisher of French-language audiobooks
French-Language Audiobooks
Éditions Thélème is part of RBmedia, the largest audiobook publisher in the world, and publishes French-language audiobooks in the areas of classic and contemporary literature.
How we distribute
We have the broadest distribution network in the business. Our key partnerships with all major digital distribution outlets mean Éditions Thélème’s premier audiobooks reach
everyone… everywhere.
Top French -Language Audiobook News
V.E. Schwab signs seven-audiobook deal with Éditions Thélème
Les Éditions Thélème, RBmedia’s French-language publishing brand, has acquired the French audio rights to seven titles from New York Times bestselling American author V.E. Schwab.
Éditions Thélème to Publish French-Language Audiobook for Rebecca Yarros’ Fourth Wing
Éditions Thélème, an RBmedia international brand, has secured the French-language audio rights for Fourth Wing, the first title in American author Rebecca Yarros’ bestselling Empyrean series.
RBmedia Breaks into French-Language Audiobook Market
RBmedia, the largest audiobook publisher in the world, today announced its entry into the French-language audio market through its acquisition of French audiobook publisher Éditions Thélème.
Other RBmedia News
BenBella Books and Recorded Books to Publish Gypsy-Rose Blanchard's My Time to Stand: A Memoir
The memoir of Gypsy-Rose Blanchard, written with Melissa Moore and Michele Matrisciani, is coming from BenBella Books in hardcover and ebook and Recorded Books in audio in January 2025. After 10 years of incarceration for having her boyfriend murder her mother, Gypsy will finally tell the true story of her life of unspeakable abuse that was made world famous by the Golden Globe and Emmy award–winning Hulu series, The Act.
RBmedia Names Digital Media Veteran as New CEO
RBmedia today announced Michael Paull as its new Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors. Paull brings decades of digital media and technology industry expertise to RBmedia. He was most recently the President of Disney’s Direct to Consumer businesses, preceded by senior leadership roles at Amazon Digital Video and Digital Music, Sony Music Entertainment, and Sony Pictures Entertainment. Paull will succeed former CEO Tom MacIsaac.
RBmedia Titles Shine on Key Award and Bestseller Lists
RBmedia today announced that it is the audiobook home for book-to-screen adaptations nominated for three Academy Awards for Best Picture, as well as titles that garnered two Audie Awards, a TODAY show book club pick, a Carnegie medal, two Youth Media Awards, more than a dozen New York Times bestseller rankings, and multiple other literary awards just since the beginning of this year.
Digital Retailers
As an RBmedia audio brand, the Éditions Thélème distribution network includes every leading digital retailer in the business and reaches millions of listeners around the globe.
Library & School Platforms
Our key partnerships with all of the leading library platforms make it easier than ever for libraries to build, manage, and share a collection of popular digital content with their patrons.
Authors & Agents
We know what it takes to make a great audiobook recording. And you’ll be in great company with thousands of bestselling authors who have chosen RBmedia as their audiobook partner.
- Marcel Proust
- Victor Hugo
- Plato
- Jane Austen
- Emily Bronté
- Hermann Hesse
- Gustave Flaubert
- Alexandre Dumas
- Danielle Steel
- Pierce Brown
- C. J. Box
- William Kent Krueger
- J.R.R. Tolkien
- Brandon Sanderson
- Diana Gabaldon
- Christine Feehan
- Joanne Fluke
- Donna Leon
- Jeff Kinney
- Dannika Dark
- Jude Deveraux
- Jayne Ann Krentz (Amanda Quick)
- Kristan Higgins
- Alison Weir
- Anne Perry
- James S. A. Corey
- Alexander McCall Smith
- Robyn Carr
- Charlaine Harris
- Linda Lael Miller
- Sherrilyn Kenyon
- Sabrina Jeffries
- Fern Michaels
- Laurie R. King
- Francine Rivers
- David Ignatius
- Carl Weber
- Benedict Jacka
- And many more
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Éditions Thélème at a Glance
Éditions Thélème is a leading publisher of French-language audiobooks and part of RBmedia, the largest audiobook publisher in the world.
- Founded in 1990, Éditions Thélème specializes in publishing French-language audiobooks in the areas of classic and contemporary literature from past and present authors.
- Notable titles include In Search of Lost Time, Les Misérables, Steppenwolf, Sentimental Education, and The Three Musketeers
- Notable authors include Marcel Proust, Victor Hugo, Plato, Jane Austen, Emily Bronté, Hermann Hesse, Gustave Flaubert, and Alexandre Dumas