Defending our culture

A necessary history

The Cuban Editorial Industry

On March, 1959 the National Printing House of Cuba was founded. Following this event, the National Alphabetization Campaing spreads its wings all over the island on 1961, the National Editor was created under Alejo Carpentier's heading, little after, on 1962, the Universitary, Pedagogical, Juvenile and Political Editorials followed its steps, the most transcendental chapters of national culture started to be written.
A year later, under the suggesting tittle ''El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha'', the People Library from the National Printing was opened. Cuban culture was enriched by the presence of editorials, printings, editors, designers, book keepers, promoters and above all, writers and readers.

On 1967, the Cuban Institute of Book saw the light aimed at developing the Cuban editorial movement and after only six year of creation, the production exceeded one thousand titles, considerable increase respecting 1967.

According to information provided by the ''Book Mail'', publication from the Cámara del Libro in the latest fair, the Cuban Agency of ISBN holds 130 registered editorials. 53 of them are publishing houses, 30 on a national level and other 23 located around different provinces; the rest are departments or publications areas belonging to universities, scientific institutions, associations, foundations, state organizations and advertising agencies...

The serial publications also occupies an outstanding place at the Cuban editorial panorama rising up to 451 and about one hundred of them in electronic support, according to the Cuban Catalog of Serial Publications on 2002.

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