Grupo Leya

Grupo Leya is a Portuguese multinational book publishing company established in January 2007 as a holding company incorporating some of the biggest Portuguese and Brazilian publishers and two of the largest African publishers.^[1] LeYa is the largest general-interest trade book publisher but it also publishes fiction, nonfiction and children's books, being also one of the most important Portuguese textbook and study book publisher.^[2]

Isaías Gomes Teixeira, a board member, has announced in 2008 that Leya's revenue target was c. 90M Euros and that they aimed to publish around 1,000 different books in 2008.^[3]

Some of the notable authors Grupo Leya represents are some of the most renowned writers in the Portuguese-speaking world, including Lobo Antunes, José Eduardo Agualusa amongst others.

• Texto Editores created in 1977, based in Amadora, Portugal.
• Edições Asa, founded in 1951 and acquired in 2007
• Editorial Caminho, founded in 1975, acquired in 2007 and best known for publishing José Saramago works.
• Dom Quixote, founded in 1965 and acquired from Planeta in 2007.
• Gailivro, founded in 1987 and acquired in 2007.
• Nova Gaia, founded in 1985 and acquired in 2007.
• Oficina do Livro and Casa das Letras , the former publishing company of Diário de Notícias, acquired in 2008.
• Academia do Livro
• Caderno
• Estrela Polar
• Livros d'Hoje
• Lua de Papel
• Ndjira, from Mozambique
• Novagaia
• Nzila, from Angola
• Quinta Essência
• Sebenta
• Teorema

It was announced in August 2011 that Trilantic Capital Partners 66ドルm purchase of a minority stake in Grupo Leya in January.^[4]

• Official website

• Publishing companies established in 2007
• 2007 establishments in Portugal
• Book publishing companies of Portugal
• Companies based in Lisbon

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