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1944
Porto Editora is founded by a group of scholars including Vasco Teixeira.
1944
Vasco Teixeira, the youngest member of the group, is assigned to run the company, along with teaching Chemistry at the University of Porto.
1944
The first
Porto Editora logo
1944
The first Porto Editora bookstores.
Purchase of the company Bloco Gráfico
at Rua Alberto Aires Gouveia, in Porto.
1944
The bookstore in Rua da Fábrica opens on September 3, the same day Vasco Teixeira turns 28.
1948
New bookstore
and administrative
services
at Praça
D. Filipa de
Lencastre,
in Porto
1950
Redesign of
Porto Editora logo
1952
1st Edition of Porto Editora
Portuguese Dictionary
1952
The 1st edition of the Porto Editora Portuguese Dictionary is made by two Portuguese teachers, J. Almeida Costa and A. Sampaio e Melo.
1952
1st Edition of Os Lusíadas, by
Emanuel Paulo Ramos
1954
History of Portuguese Literature.
1st Edition by Óscar Lopes
e António José Saraiva
1956
2nd Edition of Porto Editora
Portuguese Dictionary
1956
The team is composed of a variety of contributors with different fields of expertise.
1956
Bloco Gráfico moves to
Rua da Restauração, in Porto, in July.
1960
Redesign do logótipo
Porto Editora
1960
The bookstore's façade at Praça
D. Filipa de Lencastre, in Porto, in 1960.
1964
The bookstore's façade at Rua da Fábrica, in Porto, in 1964.
1967
The bookstore's façade at Praça D. Filipa de Lencastre, in Porto, in 1967.
1984
Redesign of
Porto Editora logo
1994
50 Years - 7th Edition of Editora Portuguese Dictionary
1994
A special edition to celebrate the anniversary of Porto Editora
1994
Basic Portuguese Dictionary in floppy disk
1996
PRO Portuguese Dictionary in CD-ROM
1997
Diciopédia release
1997
Diciopédia is the first multimedia encyclopaedia in Portuguese and it became the most awarded and sold product in the history of multimedia in Portugal.
1999
Release of the first
Portuguese
online bookstore,
Webbom.pt.
2000
Opening of the new Bloco Gráfico facilities, in Maia.
2000
A new step to further the growth of Porto Editora, aiming the investment in new publishing houses and in internationalization.
2000
Dictionaries with WAP technology
2000
Porto Editora becomes a pioneer with the release of dictionaries through WAP technology, which allows internet access from mobile devices.
2001
Porto Editora acquires Areal Editores
2002
Lisboa Editora, currently Raíz Editora, is now part of the group Porto Editora.
2002
Opening of
Plural Editores Mozambique
2002
The opening of a subsidiary in the Mozambique represents a new step in the internationalization of its core business, favouring Portuguese-speaking countries.
2003
Release of Infopedia.pt,
the largest online
general knowledge
Portuguese-language
encyclopaedia
2004
Grande Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa, a reference work that marks the 60th anniversary of Porto Editora.
2005
Launch of Escola Virtual,
the first Portuguese e-learning platform
delivering curriculum content for primary
and secondary education.
2005
Animations, videos, audios, simulations and exercises make the learning process more engaging and intuitive.
2005
Opening of
Plural Editores Angola
2005
Porto Editora Group takes another big step in its internationalization, strengthening ties with Portuguese speakers from other countries.
2008
Webbom.pt evolved into WOOK.pt
2008
1.st edition of Illustrated Children's Book Correntes d’Escritas | Porto Editora
2009
PALAVRA DO ANO®
Word of the year
2009
An initiative that earned its special place in the Portuguese calendar.
2010
The acquisition of
Sextante Editora
reinforces an investment
on fiction and non-fiction.
2010
New logistics centre
of the group, in Maia
2010
The new centre is equipped with robotized warehouses and automatic packaging and labelling lines, dedicated to the handling and distribution of the various products commercialised by the group Porto Editora.
2010
Acquisition of the group Bertrand Círculo
2010
The assets of Bertrand and Círculo de Leitores belonged to a large German group. With these acquisitions, Porto Editora ensured that that publishing capital became 100% Portuguese.
2011
1st Porto de Encontro
2011
The first of many talks with dozens of invited writers. This initiative is promoted by Porto Editora and aimed to be offered to the city of Porto.
2011
Dictionaries apps
2011
iOS, Android and Windows apps, an indispensable work aid that allow a quick and fluid search within several updated dictionaries.
2011
Assírio & Alvim is part of the group Porto Editora.
2011
A partnership agreement in edition and distribution that evolves to a full integration in the group, in order to preserve and refresh one of the most prestigious Portuguese publishing projects.
2012
Launch of eWook Reader
2012
A cross-platform ebook reader with convenient online & offline reading experiences across multiple devices.
2014
José Saramago's heirs choose
Porto Editora to edit and promote
the literary work of José Saramago in Portugal
2014
Valter Hugo Mãe integra o catálogo Porto Editora
2014
Release of Coolbooks
2014
The first exclusively digital imprint that aims to introduce new Portuguese-speaking authors.
2014
Herberto Helder joins, at his request,
Porto Editora's catalogue with his
unpublished work
A Morte Sem Mestre
2014
Opening of
Plural Editores East Timor
2014
New Infopedia site, the largest online multimedia encyclopaedia in Portuguese.
2014
A Infopédia passou a ter um design responsive e conta, atualmente, com 22 dicionários da Porto Editora.
2015
Relaunch of Livros do Brasil,
one of the most important
Portuguese editorial imprint.
2015
The vast catalogue includes great works of classical literature and authors such as André Malraux, Albert Camus, John Steinbeck, Pearl Buck and Ernst Hemingway.
2015
Literary Trip: the literary caravan
passes through the cities of the country
to promote reading and thinking.
2015
Launch of the initiative LITERACIA 3D
2015
A national challenge aimed at lower secondary students throughout the country to assess their reading, maths and science skills.
2015
Collaboration with the Refugee Support Platform
2015
Porto Editora helps the Refugee Support Platform, by giving away Portuguese Language learning kits.
2016
New WOOK website, the largest online bookstore in Portugal
2016
WOOK has now a responsive design with new features, allowing a faster and more fluid navigation.
2016
New eWook Reader
2016
Hybrid schoolbooks
2016
The hybrid schoobook takes the concept of traditional schoolbook to another level, combining printed with digital learning material, easily accessed by mobile devices.
2016
PALAVRA DO ANO® Word of the year arrives to Angola and Mozambique
2017
LITERACIA 3Di – Maths, Sciences, Portuguese and English (EFL) under evaluation
2017
The Knowledge Challenge now tests English language skills and is sponsored by Cambridge Assessment English.
2017
New «Português mais perto» platform
2017
Porto Editora and Camões, I.P. launch «Português mais perto», a platform which supports teaching and learning Portuguese as a foreign language.
2017
Collaboration with Misericórdia do Porto of braille publications
2017
A partnership to support the high number of visually impaired students of CPLP (Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries).
2017
Legal Status of Companies Promoters of Portuguese Language, a Camões, I.P. invitation.
2018
LITERACIA 3Di is held under the High Patronage of His Excellency the President of the Portuguese Republic
2018
Infopedia launches three new dictionaries
2018
Portuguese-Chinese / Chinese-Portuguese
Portuguese-Tetum / Tetum-Portuguese
Portuguese-Greek / Greek-Portuguese
2018
Extreme weather phenomenon destroys Porto Editora’s printing unit, in Maia
2018
Launch of the only online Portuguese sign language dictionary
2018
Dictionary at Infopedia available for all devices with more than 5300 entries, illustrated in video.
2019
Celebration of the 75th anniversary of Porto Editora
2019
Porto Editora ranks as #Top10 in the Reputation Institute
2019
The Reputation Pulse measures the corporate reputations of the largest north American companies and has analyzed the 100 largest companies in Portugal. In this study, called RepTrak® 2019, Porto Editora was ranked number 9.
2019
Inauguration of the renewed facilities of Bloco Gráfico and Zuslog, in Maia
2019
Porto Editora and
José Saramago
Foundation donate
more than 15 thousand
euros to the Portuguese
Red Cross operation
in Mozambique
2020
First edition of the Fórum Educação e Mudança
2020
Porto Editora promotes the Fórum Educação e Mudança, a place to reflect upon the important educational themes, with the participation of professionals, researchers, and institutions. In 2020, the theme was «Digital Transformation» and it collected the most innovative projects taking place in Portugal.
2020
Launch of «Listening, 59 minutes of poetic immersion»
2020
An initiative programed and tutored by Porto Editora, in partnership with Oporto University, which gives the city an immersive experience. In a 59 minutes journey through the poetry of a guest author, participants are asked to travel through a sound river.
2020
Escola Virtual gives free acess to 1,5 million students during isolation
2020
Grupo Porto Editora donates Personal Protective Equipment to hospitals and old people's homes
2020
Contents from Porto Editora and Escola Virtual used in distance learning #EstudoEmCasa
2020
1.st edition of the literary contest Children’s Book for the World Portuguese language day
2020
A partnership with PNL and Camões, I.P. meant for thousands of students spread around the world, who attend Portuguese language courses.
2020
Miguel Sousa Tavares joins Porto Editora catalogue
2021
Launch of the Luis Sepúlveda Literary Award
2021
Porto Editora and Correntes d’Escritas anounce the new name for the joint award: Luis Sepúlveda Literary Award, an homage to the Chilean author.
2021
Installation of the new self-consumption
photovoltaic power station, in Maia’s
printing unit
Porto Editora is the most important Portuguese publisher. As much as its size, Porto Editora distinguishes itself by the excellence of its work in various editorial areas, from education to literature.
Since its foundation in 1944, the company has dedicated itself to book publishing and to other products within the education and reference areas. The academic and scientific communities, students and general public have a very high opinion of Porto Editora due to the quality and notability of its work within these areas.
Porto Editora is aware of the social responsibility inherent to its work and therefore is a privileged partner of several agents that research and study several knowledge areas. This fact is reflected in its catalogue, which includes a large number of editions devoted to a wide variety of scientific knowledge areas, and in particular dictionaries which are one of Porto Editora's many success cases.
The emergence of new technologies has highlighted one of Porto Editora's most unmistakable features: its innovative spirit. It was one of the first companies to implement technological solutions in its editorial process and, more importantly, it soon became the leading player in multimedia publishing. Products such as Infopedia.pt (the largest educational and cultural Portuguese language database), Escola Virtual (the first e-learning platform providing primary and secondary school content) and the Diciopédia (a multimedia product launched in 1997 and updated every year since) are examples of the outstanding work Porto Editora has been developing in the production of educational and cultural content in digital format.
At the beginning of the 21st century, Porto Editora bought the full capital stock of two renowned educational publishers - Areal Editores and Lisboa Editora (currently known Raiz Editora). On the whole both companies' structure and office staff have been kept and smoothly incorporated into the structure of what is now Grupo Porto Editora, which may explain the growth seen in both companies.
The early years of this decade were also extremely important for Grupo Porto Editora's internationalization process. Begun in the 1990s, this process has advanced considerably, resulting in the consolidation of two joint ventures, Plural Editores - Mozambique, in 2002 and Plural Editores - Angola, in 2005.
Meanwhile, Porto Editora's already comprehensive and diverse catalogue, was extended to literature. Initially created as a literary department in Oporto, it was later extended with another department in Lisbon. Both are responsible for our fiction and non-fiction books, which are published under the trade names Ideias de Ler and Albatroz, created for that purpose. In January 2010, this commitment was reinforced with the acquisition of Sextante Editora, a company with a prestigious catalog of Portuguese and foreign renowned authors.
The year of 2008 stands out due two important events: Webboom.pt (an online bookstore launched in 1999 and our country's principal reference) became WOOK.pt; and the opening of the first WOOK network of bookstores, part of the strategy for strengthening Grupo Porto Editora's position in the retail market.
In 2010, Porto Editora presented a new corporate image, corresponding to a new position through which it reinforces its presence in people's lives.
Porto Editora's success story already has many chapters, but is far from ending
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