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H&L Publishing, or HLebooks, is a subsidiary of the the Belgian firm Info Prospect, founded at the beginning of the 1980's, and active in the creation of accounting softwares. In 1996, was published a first hadbound book, in French, on the Luger pistol ("La Connaissance du Luger" by Gerard Henrotin). This publication was followed some years later by a second book on the Colt pistols by the same author ("Les pistolets Colt - 100 ans de production"). With the advent of the internet, a new activity was launched though the publication of downloadable ebooks. In 2001a free ebook in English on the Savage 1907 pistol was offered. The purpose was to test the market and a model of production. Since this first publication in 2001, more than 80 ebooks have been published to date (June 2012). Mostly regarding vintage collectable firearms, and mostly by Gerard Henrotin who has specialized in this type of publication.