Grupo Editorial Record

Grupo Editorial Record
Industry	Publishing
Founded	1943
Headquarters	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Website	editorarecord.com.br

Brazilian publishing group

Grupo Editorial Record is a Brazilian publishing group, one of the largest in Latin America.^[1]

It was founded in 1943 by Alfredo Machado ^[2] and Décio de Abreu as Distribuidora Record de Serviços de Imprensa, a comic strip and feature syndicate.^[3] ^[4]

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.^[4] Several of those labels were independent publishing houses purchased by Record, such as Editora Civilização Brasileira,^[5] founded by Ênio Silveira in 1932 and José Olympio Editora, founded in 1931.^[6]

Labels

Editora Record
Rosa dos Tempos
Nova Era
Bertrand Brasil
Editora Civilização Brasileira
José Olympio Editora
Best Seller
BestBolso
Galera Record
Galerinha
Paz & Terra ^[7]
Difel
Viva Livros

References

^ "Record". Quatro cinco um (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2026-01-06.
^ "Alfredo Machado; Leading Publisher Of Brazil Was 68". The New York Times. 1991-02-09. Retrieved 2026-01-06.
^ de Souza Gabriel, Ruan (2022-12-30). "Sem medo de ser best-seller, editora Record chega aos 80 anos e volta a investir em literatura". Diario de Cuiabá (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2026-01-06.
^ a b Gonçalo Junior (2021-09-24). A guerra dos gibis: A formação do mercado editorial brasileiro e a censura aos quadrinhos, 1933-1964 (in Brazilian Portuguese). São Paulo, SP: Companhia das Letras. ISBN 978-85-359-0582-3.
^ "História do Livro | Ênio Silveira e a Editora Civilização Brasileira". BNDigital (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2026-01-09.
^ Paixão, Fernando (2008). "José Olympio: um editor de risco". Estudos Avançados (in Portuguese). 22: 357–360. doi:10.1590/S0103-40142008000300024. ISSN 0103-4014.
^ "Record compra editora Paz e Terra e aposta em sinergia". Extra Online (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2012-12-21. Retrieved 2026-01-06.

External links

Official site (in Portuguese)

[1] "Record". Quatro cinco um (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2026-01-06.

[2] "Alfredo Machado; Leading Publisher Of Brazil Was 68". The New York Times. 1991-02-09. Retrieved 2026-01-06.

[3] Souza Gabriel, Ruan (2022-12-30). "Sem medo de ser best-seller, editora Record chega aos 80 anos e volta a investir em literatura". Diario de Cuiabá (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2026-01-06.

[:0-4] Gonçalo Junior (2021-09-24). A guerra dos gibis: A formação do mercado editorial brasileiro e a censura aos quadrinhos, 1933-1964 (in Brazilian Portuguese). São Paulo, SP: Companhia das Letras. ISBN 978-85-359-0582-3.

[5] "História do Livro | Ênio Silveira e a Editora Civilização Brasileira". BNDigital (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2026-01-09.

[6] Paixão, Fernando (2008). "José Olympio: um editor de risco". Estudos Avançados (in Portuguese). 22: 357–360. doi:10.1590/S0103-40142008000300024. ISSN 0103-4014.

[7] "Record compra editora Paz e Terra e aposta em sinergia". Extra Online (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2012-12-21. Retrieved 2026-01-06.