Leya
Encyclopedia
Leya is a transnational book publishing company
founded in 1977, based in Amadora
, Portugal
. Named Texto Editores until 2007, Leya has recently gained notoriety thanks to the acquisition of several other prominent publishing companies in Portugal.
Company
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founded in 1977, based in Amadora
Amadora
Amadora is a city and a municipality in Portugal, in the northwest of the Lisbon Metropolitan Area. The city and municipality population is 175,872 in eleven freguesias . With an area of 23.77 km², it is the most densely populated municipality of Portugal...
, Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
. Named Texto Editores until 2007, Leya has recently gained notoriety thanks to the acquisition of several other prominent publishing companies in Portugal.
Subsidiary publishing houses
- Texto Editores
- Edições Asa, founded in 1951 and acquired in 2007
- Editorial Caminho, founded in 1975, acquired in 2007 and best known for publishing José SaramagoJosé SaramagoJosé de Sousa Saramago, GColSE was a Nobel-laureate Portuguese novelist, poet, playwright and journalist. His works, some of which can be seen as allegories, commonly present subversive perspectives on historic events, emphasizing the human factor. Harold Bloom has described Saramago as "a...
works. - Dom Quixote, founded in 1965 and acquired from PlanetaPlanetaPlaneta Corporación, S.R.L., doing business as Grupo Planeta, is a Spanish media group based in Barcelona. The company operates in Spain, Portugal, France and Latin America. Editorial Planeta, its flagship, was founded in 1949. Planeta owns over 70 publishing houses worldwide. It publishes the...
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 NotíciasDiário de NotíciasDiário de Notícias is a Portuguese daily newspaper, founded in Lisbon, on December 29, 1864 by Tomás Quintino Antunes and Eduardo Coelho. It gradually became one of the best known Portuguese newspapers...
, acquired in 2008.