Artes E Oficios Editora

Name

Artes E Oficios Editora

Legal name

Artes e Ofícios Editora

Website

https://arteseoficios.com.br

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Artes e Ofícios Editora is a small, independent Brazilian publishing house based in Porto Alegre that produces and sells physical books and eBooks across literature, mythology, psychoanalysis, essays, travel, and children's literature genres to individual Brazilian consumers via its own e-commerce site and a distributor network.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Book Publishing

NAICS

Book Publishers (513130)

SIC

Books: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2731)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYMPAJAAAC

Literary & Classics Publishing

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Publishing (Books, News, Magazines)/Book Publishing (Trade & Consumer)

SECONDARYMPAJAAAB

Genre & Category Publishing (Romance, Mystery/Thriller, Sci‑Fi/Fantasy, etc.)

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Publishing (Books, News, Magazines)/Book Publishing (Trade & Consumer)

Keywords

• Book publishing
• Brazilian literature
• Mythology collections
• Children's books
• Psychoanalysis books

Headquarters

HQ city

Porto Alegre

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Operations, Supply Chain, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Book Sales (Physical and eBook): The company generates revenue through the direct sale of physical books and eBooks to end consumers via its online store. Books are priced individually, ranging from approximately R$34 to R$127 per title. The company publishes across multiple categories including literature, essays, children's/young adult, mythology, psychoanalysis, travel, dictionaries/manuals, cinema, and education/comportamento.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Artes e Oficios Editora is a Brazilian independent publishing house that produces and sells physical books and eBooks across multiple genres including literature, Brazilian regional (Gaucha) culture, mythology and legends, psychoanalysis, essays, children's and young adult fiction, travel guides, cinema, dictionaries, and educational content. The company curates and publishes works by established Brazilian literary figures (e.g., Machado de Assis, Simões Lopes Neto, Fernando Pessoa) and international classic authors (e.g., Kipling, Poe, London, Conrad), distributing them primarily through its own online storefront and partner distributors.

Product overview

Artes e Ofícios Editora is a Brazilian publishing house based in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, that produces a diverse catalog of physical books and eBooks across multiple genres. The company operates as a single unified publishing platform with multiple sub-brands and collections including: Coleção Só um Conto (single story collections), Coleção Tatu-Bolinha (children's books), Coleção Grilos (adolescent literature), Coleção Brincando de Pensar (philosophical/educational for children), Série Quilate (juvenile detective novels), Coleção Papo-cabeça (reflective juvenile fiction), Bagagem de Mão (travel guides), Traçando (travel chronicles), Clássicos da Pirataria (maritime classics), and Coleção Poesia (poetry). The catalog spans categories such as Cinema, Dictionaries and Manuals, Education and Behavior, Essays, Children's/YA, Literature, Mythologies and Legends, Psychoanalysis, and Travel.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Physical Books (Livros Físicos) Physical printed books published by Artes e Oficios Editora across multiple genres including literature, mythology, psychoanalysis, essays, travel, cinema, dictionaries, education, and children's/YA literature. Sold individually at fixed prices to end consumers.
• eBooks Digital book format versions available for select titles in the publisher's catalog, such as Contos Gauchescos, offered as downloadable eBooks to individual readers.
• Coleção Só um Conto A collection of short story collections featuring single tales from classic and contemporary authors, aimed at readers interested in short-form literature.
• Coleção Tatu-Bolinha Children's book collection featuring titles like Eduarda na barriga do dragão and Castelo de areia, aimed at young readers.
• Coleção Grilos A collection addressing themes related to adolescence questions and difficulties — the 'grilos' (crickets) of growing up — for teen readers.
• Coleção Brincando de Pensar Children's educational collection featuring simplified stories about philosophers and artists such as Aristotle, Plato, Shakespeare, Freud, Kafka, and Van Gogh.
• Série Quilate Juvenile detective/police novels series with fast-paced narrative and cinematic scenes, featuring titles like Na Companhia de Ágata, aimed at teen readers.
• Coleção Papo-cabeça A series of juvenile fiction stories designed to provoke reflection, starting with De carona, com nitro, aimed at young adult readers.
• Bagagem de Mão Travel guide series with alphabetical format including destinations like Montevidéu, Madri, Londres, Santiago, Paris, and New York.
• Traçando (Série)

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Boitempo Editorial: Brazilian independent publisher with strength in essays, critical thought and psychoanalysis-adjacent titles, sharing Artes e Oficios' essays and Psicanálise positioning.
• Zahar: Brazilian independent publisher known for non-fiction, humanities and psychoanalytic titles; directly overlaps with Artes e Oficios' Psicanálise category.
• Editora 34: Brazilian independent publisher focused on literature, essays and humanities translations. Comparable scale and editorial mix.
• Martins Fontes: Brazilian publisher with a strong humanities, psychology and education list, overlapping with Artes e Oficios' Psicanálise and Educação e Comportamento categories.
• Editora Intrínseca: Independent Brazilian publisher focused on literary fiction and quality non-fiction, with strong brand identity. Comparable in editorial positioning and DTC retailing sophistication.
• L&PM Editores: Independent Brazilian publisher also based in Porto Alegre with a comparable focus on affordable classics, Brazilian literature and translations. Closest direct comparable in scale, geography and catalog mix.

Broad incumbents

• Penguin Random House Brasil: Brazilian arm of the world's largest trade publisher; competes broadly for the same Brazilian literary, children's and educational readership.
• Companhia das Letras: Brazil's leading literary publisher, with deep canonical and contemporary literary catalogs. Operates at vastly larger scale but competes for the same literary reader in Brazil.
• Rocco: Major Brazilian publisher with particular strength in children's, YA and young-adult fiction, overlapping directly with Artes e Oficios' Tatu-Bolinha, Brincando de Pensar and Série Quilate.
• Editora Record: Large Brazilian general-interest publisher with broad literary and commercial fiction lists. National-scale incumbent that competes for the same Brazilian consumer reading wallet.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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