Paul Van den Heuvel established the publishing company VdH|Books in 2007. His experience in the book industry dates from 1986, the year in which he published the book Fiscus, uw vriend, uw vijand. The book was a bestseller, which was subsequently translated and reprinted several times. He was asked to join the Standaard Uitgeverij as Director, where he mainly published informative books. As he wished to work independently, he founded Roularta Books in 1987 together with Rik De Nolf (Roularta Media Group). At the end of 1990 he founded a television production company together with Paul Jambers and stopped publishing books – for the time being at least.

At the end of 2006 Imschoot publishers/printers declared bankruptcy, prompting Van den Heuvel to purchase its collection of old printing presses, which produced numerous beautiful art books, internationally renowned among collectors and art lovers.

A new publishing house was born, where quality takes priority over quantity. VdH|Books wishes to be a small publisher of qualitative books, which appeal to an educated audience. Our aim is to publish books that are interesting as far as form and content are concerned, in the fields of art and culture, interior and architecture, fine dining, photography and history.