Frankfurt Book Fair 2007
Czech Publishers at the Frankfurt Book Fair 10 - 14 October 2007, Stand No. 5.0 C 932
ACADEMIA, Publishing House of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Vodičkova 40
110 00 Praha 1
tel.: +420-221 411 475
fax: +420-224 941 982
e-mail: divisova@academia.cz
http://www.academia.cz
Contact Person: Tereza Divišová, Mrs.
Profile: Architecture, Encyclopedias, Fiction, Non-fiction, Poetry, History, Religion, Popular Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, Foreign Language Literature, Economics, Law, Management, Business, Technology, Engineering, Textbooks, the Arts, Books for Young People, Music, Magazines, Medicine, Healthcare, Geography, Cartography, Language and Linguistic Literary Studies
Description: Science has always been a prime element in the Academia list. Academia promotes books from the humanities to the natural and technical sciences. Its highly professional team has built up a large catalogue, the unmistakable character of which has always been given by original scientific monographs by Czech scientists as well as translations, popular science, encyclopaedias, dictionaries, language and university textbooks.
Date of Foundation: 1953
Number of Employees: 19
Number of Published Titles per Year: 120
Albatros Publishing House, Co. Inc.
Na Pankráci 30 / 1618
140 00 Praha 4
tel.: +420-234 633 261
fax: +420-234 633 262
e-mail: petr.belohradsky@albatros.cz
http://www.albatros.cz
Contact Person: Petr Bělohradský, Mr.
Profile: Encyclopedias, Books for Children, Books for Young People, Fiction, Poetry, Non-fiction, History, Popular Science, Foreign Language Literature, Science Fiction, Multimedia, Comics
Description: Publishing house for children’s books since 1949 (picture books, activity books, board books, fairy tales, poetry, fantasy, adventure and romantic books, handbooks, encyclopedias). Represents key Czech children’s authors worldwide. Provides full publishing and distribution services to foreign partners (ref. Harry Potter) on the Czech&Slovakia market.
Date of Foundation: 1949
Number of Employees: 25
Number of Published Titles per Year: 150
Original Czech Literature / Translations: 1:1
ART D – Grafický atelier Černý, Ltd.
Žirovnická 3124
106 00 Praha 10
tel.: +420-272 650 882
fax: +420-267 182 540
e-mail: premysl@art-d.com
http://www.art-d.com
Contact Person: Přemysl Černý, Mr.
Profile: Calendars, Printing and Design, the Arts, Architecture
Description: Exclusive calendars featuring contemporary Czech artists. Top quality graphic centre for pre-production, mechanical and complete graphic work for faithful reproduction of works of art and pictorial publications.
Date of Foundation: 1997
Number of Employees: 19
Association of Czech Booksellers and Publishers
Klementinum 190
110 00 Praha 1
tel.: +420-224 219 942
fax: +420-224 219 944
e-mail:sckn@vol.cz
http://www.sckn.cz
Contact Person: Jiří Vedral, Mr. - Secretary
Description: The Association of Czech Booksellers and Publishers (ACBP) advocates the professional interests of publishers, distributors and booksellers in the Czech Republic.
Founded in 1879, the ACBP was abolished in 1949 and renewed in 1989.
ACBP activities include: commenting on upcoming legislation, publishing activities (the New Books biweekly, professional and informative publications), providing information on the internet, holding book exhibitions abroad, information and consulting services, etc.
Date of Foundation: 1879
ATLANTIS Publishing House, Ltd.
Česká 15, P.O.Box 374
602 00 Brno
tel.: +420-542 213 221
fax: +420-542 213 221
e-mail: atlantis-brno@volny.cz
http://www.atlantis-brno.cz
Contact Person: Jitka Uhdeová, Mrs.
Profile: Fiction, Language and Linguistic Literary Studies, Religion, Poetry, Humanities and Social Sciences
Description: Founded in 1989 by banned Czech writers-dissidents, specialises in original Czech works (the writings of Petr Kabeš, Ludvík Kundera, Milan Kundera, Zdeněk Rotrekl, Pavel Švanda, Ludvík Vaculík, etc.). It has also introduced in Czech translation the works of Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Benoit Duteurtre, Guenter Grass, Ezra Pound and William Shakespeare.
Date of Foundation: 1989
Number of Employees: 5
Number of Published Titles per Year: 15
Original Czech Literature / Translations: 1:1
Aventinum Publishing House
Tolstého 22
101 00 Praha 10
tel.: +420-732 801 905, 603 288 396
fax: +420-272 735 387
e-mail:info@aventinum.cz
http://www.aventinum.cz
Contact Person: Zdeněk Pavlík, Mr., Kateřina Pavlíková, Mrs.
Profile: Encyclopedias, Books for Young People, Books for Children, the Arts, Popular Science, Natural Science
Description: Publishers specialising in the sphere of art books, nature books, astronomy books and books for children by classic authors. Special focus is given to pictorial titles illustrated by famous artists.
Date of Foundation: 2002
Number of Published Titles per Year: 20
Original Czech Literature / Translations: original Czech literature only
B4U Publishing, Ltd.
Purkyňova 108
612 00 Brno
tel.: +420-511112199
e-mail: jitka.vejmelkova@b4upublishing.com
http://www.b4upublishing.com
Contact Person: Jitka Vejmělková , Mrs.
Profile: Books for Young People, Books for Children, History, Popular Science
Description: B4U Publishing publishes high-quality non-fiction, historical and children´s books.
Date of Foundation: 2007
Number of Employees: 5
Number of Published Titles per Year: 20
Original Czech Literature / Translations: 2:1
BRIO, Ltd.
Římská 19
120 00 Praha 2
tel.: +420-224 228 533
fax: +420-224 228 533
e-mail: jiri.stepan@briopublishing.cz
http://www.briopublishing.cz
Contact Person: Jiří Štěpán, Mr.
Profile: Books for Children
Description: Richly illustrated children's books, exquisitely designed. Publications for young and adult lovers of fairytales and classic literature. Nature guides series written with professional expertise. Brio places its books on the European market and sells rights.
Date of Foundation: 1993
Number of Published Titles per Year: 5
EUROPRINT, Inc.
Pod Kotlářkou 3
150 00 Praha 5
tel.: +420-225 347 111
fax: +420-225 347 133
e-mail: europrint@europrint.cz
http://www.europrint.cz
Contact Person: Petr Valda, Mr.
Profile: Printing and Design
Description: Europrint produce magazines, catalogues, brochures, leaflets, labels, pads and books. Sheet-fed and rotary offset printing, bookbinding - stitched, perfect (hot melt and PUR), sewn and hardcover.
Date of Foundation: 2003
Number of Employees: 170
FERMATA, Inc.
Zárubova 1678
250 88 Čelákovice
tel.: +420-326 901 311
fax: +420-326 992 256
e-mail: cdf@fermata.cz
http://www.fermata.cz
Contact Person: Pavel Forétek, Mr.
Profile: Multimedia, CD, DVD, Music
Description: CD & DVD & HD DVD Manufacturers, full service for publishers – mastering, pressing, mini CD & DVD, DTP studio, scratch-off area onto CD & DVD, special packing material (sleeves, clips) for printed matter.
Date of Foundation: 1994
Number of Employees: 235
Fraus Publishing House, Ltd.
Goethova 8
301 31 Plzeň
tel.: +420-377 225 615
fax: +420-377 224 594
e-mail: info@fraus.cz
http://www.fraus.cz
Contact Person: Pavel Brejcha, Mr.
Profile: Book Distribution, Wholesale, Export, Import, Books for Children, Printing and Design, Textbooks, Dictionaries, Foreign Language Literature, History
Description: Fraus publishing house is a dynamic, fast-developing company publishing and importing textbooks, workbooks, interactive textbooks for primary and secondary schools and supplementary materials for foreign language teaching.
Date of Foundation: 1991
Number of Employees: 96
Number of Published Titles per Year: 80
Original Czech Literature / Translations: 4:1
Harry Putz Publisher
Houbařská 327
460 08 Liberec
tel.: +420-485 152 120
fax: +420-485 103 275
e-mail: harry.putz@volny.cz
http://www.courseczech.com
Contact Person: Harry Putz, Mr.
Profile: Textbooks
Description: A modern Czech course for foreigners. Volume 1 exists for English- (new version 2002), German-, French-, Italian- (new version 2002), Spanish-, Russian- and Ukrainian-speaking foreigners. Workbook, Volume 1 (in the English-German version). Volume 2 exists for English- and German-speakers only.
Date of Foundation: 1993
Number of Published Titles per Year: 5
Original Czech Literature / Translations: original Czech literature only
Kartografie Praha, Inc.
Ostrovní 30
110 00 Praha 1
tel.: +420-221 969 411
fax: +420-221 969 428
e-mail: info@kartografie.cz
www.kartografie.cz
Contact Person: Bedřich Němeček, Mr.
Profile: Geography, Cartography, Textbooks, Encyclopedias, Sport, Tourism, Book Distribution, Wholesale, Export, Import, Books for Young People, Popular Science, Magazines
Description: Cartographic production: maps, atlases, guides, school cartography, printed and digital cartography, custom cartography products, provider of cartographic data, geographic literature and travel books.
Date of Foundation: 1954
Number of Employees: 33
Number of Published Titles per Year: 70
Original Czech Literature / Translations: 20:1
KLARIS Publishing House, Ltd
Hájkova 1
702 00 Ostrava
tel.: +420-777 707 594
fax: +420-596 117 402
e-mail: knihy@klaris.cz
http://www.klaris.cz
Contact Person: Anna Vavrušová, Mrs.
Profile: Books for Children, Popular Science, Foreign Language Literature
Description: Publishing house specialising in fun learning of English. Books with CDs.
Date of Foundation: 1997
Number of Employees: 4
Number of Published Titles per Year: 2
Original Czech Literature / Translations: original Czech literature only
LEDA, Ltd.
263 01 Voznice 64
tel.: +420-221 620 258
fax: +420-221 620 268
e-mail: dagmar.michalkova@leda.cz
http://www.leda.cz
Contact Person: Dagmar Michálková, Mrs.
Profile: Encyclopedias, Language and Linguistic Literary Studies, Library and Information Science, Multimedia, Textbooks, Dictionaries, Economics, Law, Management, Business
Description: Language textbooks and dictionaries, encyclopedias, electronic media, book and electronic versions
of teaching programmes.
Date of Foundation: 1992
Number of Employees: 25
Number of Published Titles per Year: 20
MASARYK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Žerotínovo nám. 9
601 77 Brno
tel.: +420-549 254 840
fax: +420-549 254 840
e-mail: mizerova@rect.muni.cz
http://www.muni.cz
Contact Person: Alena Mizerová, Mrs.
Profile: Economics, Law, Management, Business, Textbooks, Magazines, Medicine, Healthcare, Humanities and Social Sciences, Sport, Tourism, Language and Linguistic Literary Studies, Natural Science, Foreign Language Literature, History, Music, Periodicals, Library and Information
Description: Publisher of academic books, scholarly monographs, journals in the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences. MUP is a department of Masaryk University – the second-largest public university in the Czech Republic.
Date of Foundation: 1965
Number of Employees: 2
Number of Published Titles per Year: 300
Original Czech Literature / Translations: original Czech literature only
MEDIALINE TEAM, Ltd.
Čábelecká 20/5
165 00 Praha 6
tel.: +420-377 236 418
fax: +420-377 220 267
e-mail: medialine@medialine-team.cz
http://www.medialine-team.cz
Contact Person: Jaroslav Toman, Mr.
Profile: Economics, Law, Management, Business, Magazines, Medicine, Healthcare, Polygraphic Services, Foreign Language Literature, the Arts, Architecture
Description: Publishing – DTP agency. Full service, design, layout, photoshooting, scans. Special image retouching, adjusting, assembling, effects. Print. Exclusive books, catalogues, periodicals, etc.
Date of Foundation: 2000
Number of Employees: 10
MEDICA PUBLISHING – PAVLA MOMČILOVÁ
V Zahradách 146
251 01 Čestlice
tel.: +420-602 271 393
fax: +420-272 680 919
e-mail: momcilova@volny.cz
Contact Person: Pavla Momčilová, Mrs.
Profile: Medicine, Healthcare, Popular Science, Hobbies, Entertainment
Description: Healthfood, food for children, dietary and culinary literature
Date of Foundation: 1990
Number of Published Titles per Year: 3
Original Czech Literature / Translations: 10:1
MLADÁ FRONTA, iNC.
Mezi Vodami 1952/9
143 00 Praha 4
tel.: +420-225 276 477
fax: +420-225 276 278
e-mail: koci@mf.cz
http://www.mf.cz
Contact Person: Antonín Kočí, Mr.
Profile: Fiction, Encyclopedias, Books for Young People, Comics, Non-fiction, Popular Science, Encyclopedias, Magazines, Books for Children, Geography, Cartography, the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Natural Science
Description: Mladá fronta has been active on the Czech book market since 1945. It is one of the ten major publishers in the Czech Republic, with more than 150 new titles per year; it specialises in international fiction and non-fiction titles for children and adults.
Date of Foundation: 1945
Number of Employees: 40
Number of Published Titles per Year: 150
Original Czech Literature / Translations: 1:2
MORAVSKÁ GALERIE V BRNĚ
(MORAVIAN GALLERY IN BRNO)
Husova 18
662 26 Brno
tel.: +420-532 169 136
fax: +420-532 169 180
e-mail: blanka.pavlovska@moravska-galerie.cz
http://www.moravska-galerie.cz
Contact Person: Blanka Pavlovská, Mrs.
Profile: Art
Description: The second largest museum of art in the Czech Republic. It collects paintings, drawings, graphic art and sculptures from the past and the present – as well as photography, applied art and design.
Date of Foundation: 1962
Number of Published Titles per Year: 4
MYRIS TRADE, Ltd.
V Štíhlách 1311
142 01 Praha 4
tel.: +420-234 035 200
fax: +420-234 035 207
e-mail: myris@myris.cz
http://www.myris.cz
Contact Person: Kateřina Myšková, Mrs.
Profile: Book Distribution, Export, Import, Periodicals
Description: Export and import of books and journals, international bookseller and subscription agency.
Date of Foundation: 1994
Number of Employees: 10
NAVA – Publishing House
nám. Republiky 17
301 00 Plzeň
tel.: +420-377 223 143
fax: +420-377 324 189
e-mail: sekretariat@nava.cz
http://www.nava.cz
Contact Person: Ota Rubner, Mr.
Profile: Fiction, Hobbies, Entertainment, Leisure Interest, Books for Children and Young People, Non-fiction, Textbooks, Encyclopedias
Description: Publisher of Czech and translated works of fiction for children and young people, popular and educational picture publications for children, non-fiction literature, novels for women, "easy reading" and leisure-time books.
Date of Foundation: 1990
Number of Employees: 70
Number of Published Titles per Year: 35
Original Czech Literature / Translations: 2:3
Olympia Publishing, Inc.
Klimentská 1
110 15 Praha 1
tel.: +420-233 089 983
fax: +420-222 312 137
e-mail: olympia@mbox.vol.cz
http://www.iolympia.cz
Contact Person: Alexandr Žurman, Mr.
Profile: Fiction, Encyclopedias, Books for Young People, Hobbies, Entertainment, Comics, Non-fiction, Popular Science, Sport, Tourism, Sci-fi, Textbooks
Description: Olympia publishes Czech and foreign-language publications and tourist guides, encyclopedias, popular science books, fitness, sports and health literature, fiction, books for children and young people. Exclusive publishers of works by Jaroslav Foglar and Dick Francis.
Date of Foundation: 1954
Number of Employees: 26
Number of Published Titles per Year: 80
Original Czech Literature / Translations: 1:1
Palacký University Olomouc
Biskupské nám. 1
771 11 Olomouc
tel.: +420-585 631 704
fax: +420-585 235 276
e-mail: hana.dzikova@upol.cz
http://www.upol.cz/vup
Contact Person: Hana Dziková, Mrs.
Profile: Foreign Language Literature, Textbooks, Sport, Tourism, Medicine, Healthcare, Music, History, Religion, Natural Science, Periodicals, Geography, Cartography, the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Language and Linguistic Literary Studies, Economics, Law, Management, Business
Description: Palacký University Press provides complete publishing, reprographic, printing and distribution services. The PU Press focuses on publications supporting the main activities of the university, its faculties and institutes.
Date of Foundation: 1991
Number of Employees: 26
Number of Published Titles per Year: 320
Original Czech Literature / Translations: 99:1
Portál, Ltd.
Klapkova 2
182 00 Praha 8
tel.: +420-283 028 111
fax: +420-283 028 112
e-mail: naklad@portal.cz
http://www.portal.cz
Contact Person: Zdeněk Jančařík, Mr.
Profile: Humanities and Social Sciences, Popular Science, Books for Children and Young People, Periodicals, Comics, Non-fiction, Popular Science, Textbooks
Description: Practical usage handbooks on children's upbringing and education, psychology, general and special pedagogy, social work, sets of games, development of children's creativity, spirituality, non-fiction literature, etc. The publisher produces various series intended both for parents and the general public as well as for professional pedagogues and psychologists.
Date of Foundation: 1991
Number of Employees: 42
Number of Published Titles per Year: 95
Original Czech Literature / Translations: 2:3
PRINTO, Ltd.
Gen. Sochora 1379
708 00 Ostrava-Poruba
tel.: +420-596 938 400
fax: +420-596 938 410
e-mail: info@printo.cz
http://www.printo.cz
Contact Person: Daniel Zabek, Mr.
Profile: Printing and Design, DTP
Description: Printo is a full-service printing and pre-press company equipped with the highest-quality print technology by Heidelberg. Printo works within the integrated system of quality and environment (ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 12647-2).
Date of Foundation: 1991
Number of Employees: 72
Suweco CZ, Ltd.
Klečákova 347
180 21 Praha 9
tel.: +420-242 459 204
fax: +420-284 821 646
e-mail: import@suweco.cz
http://www.suweco.cz
Contact Person: Jana Schlöglová, Mrs.
Profile: Subscription Agency
Description: Import, export and distribution of periodicals in printed and electronic versions from all around the world. A supplier of books, CD-ROMs, databases and information technologies for scientific libraries.
Date of Foundation: 1993
Svět knihy, Ltd. (BookWorld)
Fügnerovo nám. 3
120 00 Praha 2
tel.: +420-224 498 235-6
fax: +420-224 498 754
e-mail: info@svetknihy.cz
http://www.bookworld.cz, www.svetknihy.cz
Contact Person: Dana Kalinová, Mrs.
Description: Company founded by the Association of Czech Booksellers and Publishers. Its main activity is the organisation of the annual BookWorld book fair. It also co-operates with Czech publishers in the promotion of books and Czech literature both in the Czech Republic and abroad. The company is developing an information background concerning entities active on the Czech and foreign book markets; it was also commissioned to organise the Czech national expositions at the Frankfurt Book Fair (1998 – 2006).
Date of Foundation: 1994
Těšínská tiskárna, Inc.
Štefánikova 2
737 36 Český Těšín
tel.: +420-558 761 311
fax: +420-558 711 536
e-mail: info@tesinskatiskarna.cz
http://www.tesinskatiskarna.cz
Contact Person: Stanislav Recmaník, Mr.
Profile: Printing and Design
Description: Book printing (black & white, colour), sheet-fed offset, web offset, binding (hardcover, paperback).
Date of Foundation: 1806
Tiskárny Havlíčkův brod, Inc.
Husova 1881, P.O.Box 92
580 01 Havlíčkův Brod
tel.: +420-569 664 110
fax: +420-569 664 111
e-mail: thb@thb.cz
http://www.thb.cz
Contact Person: Ludmila Dočkalová, Mrs.
Profile: Printing and Design
Description: Printing and binding services, CTP production process for pre-press, one to five offset print up to size B1, complete book processing, perfect and case binding.
Brno University of Technology – VUTIUM Press
Antonínská 1
601 90 Brno
tel.: +420-541 145 352
fax: +420-541 145 353
e-mail: polcarova@ro.vutbr.cz
http://www.vutium.vutbr.cz
Contact Person: Jarmila Polcarová, Mrs.
Profile: Foreign Language Literature, Economics, Law, Management, Business, Technology, Engineering, Textbooks, Architecture, Periodicals
Description: VUTIUM Press publishes original and translated university textbooks, monographs, handbooks, scientific writings, presentation and special editions – for a wide spectrum of specialists.
Date of Foundation: 1996
Number of Employees: 4
Number of Published Titles per Year: 250
Vyšehrad, Ltd.
Víta Nejedlého 15
130 00 Praha 3
tel.: +420-224 221 703
fax: +420-224 221 703
e-mail: info@ivysehrad.cz
http://www.ivysehrad.cz
Contact Person: Jitka Suchá, Mrs.
Profile: Fiction, Encyclopedias, Spiritual Literature, Hobbies, Entertainment, Leisure Interest, Books for Children and Young People, Non-fiction, History, Religion, Poetry, Popular Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, Calendars, Textbooks, Medicine, Healthcare, Gift Books
Description: Publishing activities include history and non-fiction, philosophy and theology, religion, fiction, poetry, children's literature, gift books, cookbooks.
Date of Foundation: 1934
Number of Employees: 15
Number of Published Titles per Year: 80
Original Czech Literature / Translations: 1:3
ŽIDOVSKÉ MUZEUM V PRAZE
(THE JEWISH MUSEUM IN PRAGUE)
U Staré školy 1
110 00 Praha 1
tel.: +420-221 711 511
fax: +420-221 711 584
e-mail: office@jewishmuseum.cz
http://www. jewishmuseum.cz
Contact Person: Noemi Holeková, Ms.
Profile: Popular Science, Non-fiction
Description: The Jewish Museum in Prague manages one of the world´s largest collections of Judaica. Besides organizing exhibitions and cultural events aimed at promoting Jewish culture, it is also active in publishing.
Date of Foundation: 1996
Number of Published Titles per Year: 20
Original Czech Literature / Translations: original Czech literature only |