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Grupo LeYa is a Portuguese multinational book publishing company established in January 2008 as a holding company incorporating some of the most biggest Portuguese publishers, two of the large African publishers and a smaller Brazilian publisher . 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. .
Isaias Gomes Teixeira a Board Member, has announced in 2008, that the LeYa's revenue target was circa 90M Euros and that they aimed to publish around 1,000 different books in 2008 .
Some of the notable authors Grupo Leya represents some of the most renowned writers in the Portuguese-speaking world, including José Saramago, Lobo Antunes, Miguel Sousa Tavares, Jose Agualusa amongst others
Subsidiaries
Texto Editores created in 1977, based in Amadora, Portugal.Edições Asa, founded in 1951 and acquired in 2007Editorial 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 LivroCadernoEstrela PolarLivros d'HojeLua de PapelNdjira, from MozambiqueNovagaiaNzila, from AngolaQuinta EssênciaSebentaTeoremaInvestors
It was announced in August 2011, that Trilantic Capital Partners $66m purchase of a minority stake in Grupo LeYa in January