Record Publishing House
Grupo Editorial Record is a Brazilian publishing group, one of the largest in Latin America. It was founded in 1943 by Alfredo Machado and Décio de Abreu as Distribuidora Record de Serviços de Imprensa, a comic strip and feature syndicate. The group publishes around eight thousand book titles of fiction and non-fiction by authors such as Graciliano Ramos, Sidney Sheldon, Gabriel García Márquez, Isabel Allende, Albert Camus and Colleen Hoover, and owns 13 labels; the main one, Editora Record, was established in the 1950 decade.
Record Publishing House
- Founded
- 1940.
- Founder
- Alfredo Machado.
- Headquarters
- Rio de Janeiro.
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Grupo Editorial Record is a Brazilian publishing group, one of the largest in Latin America. It was founded in 1943 by Alfredo Machado and Décio de Abreu as Distribuidora Record de Serviços de Imprensa, a comic strip and feature syndicate. The group publishes around eight thousand book titles of fiction and non-fiction by authors such as Graciliano Ramos, Sidney Sheldon, Gabriel García Márquez, Isabel Allende, Albert Camus and Colleen Hoover, and owns 13 labels; the main one, Editora Record, was established in the 1950 decade.
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Several of those labels were independent publishing houses purchased by Record, such as Editora Civilização Brasileira, founded by Ênio Silveira in 1932 and José Olympio Editora, founded in 1931.
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• Industry — Publishing • Founded — 1943 • Hq Location — Rio de Janeiro, Brazil • Website — editorarecord.com.br
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• Editora Record • Rosa dos Tempos • Nova Era • Bertrand Brasil • Editora Civilização Brasileira • José Olympio Editora • Best Seller • BestBolso • Galera Record • Galerinha • Paz & Terra • Difel • Viva Livros
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Record Publishing House was established or created in 1940.
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- 1.Editora Companhia das Letras. A Guerra dos Gibis - a formação do mercado editorial brasileiro e a censura aos quadrinhos, 1933-1964. 9788535905823.
- 2.Hallewell, 2005.
- 3.Hallewell, 2005, p. 685
- 4.Morre Sergio Machado, presidente do grupo editorial Record
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