位于德国慕尼黑的贝塔斯曼出版集团(BERTELSMANN BUCH AG),这几年的名气越来越大了。这家于二战后才逐渐发展起来的出版公司拥有员工近1.9万人,这个数字对于工作效率及薪酬极高的德国人来讲是个不小的数目,同时也说明了贝塔斯曼的实力。贝塔斯曼在德国以外的近30个国家拥有图书分销公司并仍在不断的扩展之中。凡了解贝塔斯曼的人多少都知道它的杀手锏——那就是廉价书。令众多读者疑惑不解的是,在德国各种成本都很高的地 The BERTELSMANN BUCH AG, located in Munich, Germany, has gained notoriety in recent years. The publishing company, which grew up after World War II, employs nearly 19,000 people, a figure not only for working-savvy and well-paid Germans, but also for Bertelsmann’s strength. Bertelsmann owns book distribution companies in nearly 30 countries outside of Germany and is still expanding. Anyone who knows Bertelsmann knows how much he’s killer - it’s a cheap book. To many puzzled readers is that in Germany all kinds of costs are high