AELLEC Information
WHO ARE WE?
The Catalan Publishers Association is a professional
association of companies publishing works in Catalan.
It was founded on 2nd June 1978 by a group of Catalan publishers who
right from the beginning received the support of the Autonomous
Government of Catalonia. As democracy had recently been achieved in
Spain and after the Constitution and Autonomous Statute came into
force, very special attention was required for publishing in Catalan,
which had directly undergone very negative effects during the
dictatorship.
In fact, recovering and standardising the language has become one of
the main aims of the Autonomous Government and this recovery and
standardisation of the written language directly depends on the
attention paid to publishing carried out in Catalan.
In addition to the difficulties themselves in publishing any language
of a restricted demographic scope, in the case of Catalan, the
co-existence and competition in the same territory of a language so
strong and widespread as Castillian Spanish has also been added to this
process of recuperation and standardisation.
WHO ARE ITS MEMBERS?
Publishers,
individuals or private companies may join the association as full
members, providing they fulfil the following requirements:
- At least 30% of their catalogue is in Catalan.
- For
10 years or since they began their activity, they have published books
in Catalan and in the last 3 years have published at least 18 works
altogether.
- When not included in the
points above, at least 30% of their annual turnover or the amount of
titles of works published every year are in Catalan.
Publishers
not included in the previous section may join as associate members when
they have published more than one work in Catalan.
WHAT ARE OUR GOALS?
The
goals of the Association, which under no circumstances are
profits-making or speculative, are to protect, promote and publicise
literary works in Catalan and to represent, manage and protect the
common interests of its members in order to achieve the aforementioned
goals.
WHAT DO WE DO?
- We provide information and technical,
commercial, financial and legal assistance, regarding publishing in
Catalan.
- Advertising and promotion.
- Market research.
- Development of research programs.
- Attending congresses, fairs and exhibitions.
- Creating services to perform group activities in
the interest of its members.
- Group management and procedures for all kinds of
matters in the interest of the members of the Association
WHERE ARE WE?
The seat of the Catalan Publishers Association is in Barcelona
c/ València, 279; and we also have offices in Palma de Majorca at
carrer Impremta, 2 and in Valencia at carrer Pérez Bayer, 7.
Associació d'Editors en Llengua Catalana (Catalan Publishers
Association)
València, 279, 1r
08009 Barcelona
Tel: 93 215.50.91
Fax: 93 215.52.73
E-mail: info@editors.cat
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