Almedina, SAFounded in 1955, Almedina Group consists presently of three publishing houses: Edições Almedina, Edições 70 and Actual Editora and Joaquim Machado, named after our founder, which is a 12 bookstore chain bearing our brand.
It’s in 1955 that Joaquim Machado opens, in Coimbra, next to the famous historic place Arco de Almedina, a small bookshop named Almedina. Being close to the university and due to the lack of academic textbooks, soon he led Almedina into the publishing business.
Giving a strong contribution to promote new authors, theories and academic studies, our publishing houses cater to the STM/Academic market, even though we sometimes branch out to other areas related with critic thinking and culture. Edições Almedina, widely recognized as leader in law publishing in Portugal also publishes in the field of medicine, psychology, education, economy and exact sciences. In order to expand our influence in these areas, we acquired in the begging of the XXI century two new publishers, Actual Editora (Economy and Management) and Edições 70, renowned in the human sciences field.
Side by side with the editorial business, our group has expanded our network of bookstores, usually placed near the main academic spots in the country: Braga, Porto, Coimbra and Lisbon. These days we own 11 bookstores and Almedina.net, our online bookstore.
We have been looking extremely close to Portuguese-speaking markets. After creating Almedina Brazil in 2005, with headquarters in São Paulo, we have established partnerships for Angola and Moçambique, and are working hard to establish a stronger presence there.
Contact:
Phone: +351 239 851 903
Email: editora@almedina.net
Arco de Almedina, 15
3004-509 COIMBRA
PORTUGAL
www.almedina.net