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Michael Pietsch, the chief executive of Hachette Book Group, is stepping down from his role and will become the company’s chairman, Hachette and its parent company, Hachette Livre, announced Tuesday.

So, I’m eager to try Careau’s English version, perhaps with an occasional glance at my ancient Livre de Poche editions.

A livre was worth about three cents now.

These things “did not exist in France or were at the embryonic stage” just a few years ago, said François de Voyer, 38, a host and financial backer of Livre Noir, a year-old YouTube channel focusing on politicians on the right and far right.

“If public opinion is at this level, it’s because Zemmour has been talking about it for such a long time,” Erik Tegnér, a 28-year-old who runs Livre Noir, a new right-wing media outlet on YouTube, told me.