Books

Mondadori Libri S.p.A. is the Group company in charge of the Book area of the Trade segment, in which the Group is the market leader with a share of 27.5% in 2024 and which includes:

• editorial activities relating to the publication – both in paper and digital formats (e-books and audiobooks) – of the fiction, non-fiction, children’s and miscellaneous works by the publishing houses, with which the Group holds a leadership position at national level, through the trademarks and publishing houses Sperling & Kupfer, Frassinelli, Rizzoli, BUR, Fabbri Editori, Rizzoli Lizard, Silvio Berlusconi Editore, SE and Mondadori Electa. From 2022, these were joined by De Agostini Libri and Star Comics, Italy’s leading comic books publisher, specialised in the publication on the domestic market of the major international productions including, in particular, Japanese manga;
• A.L.I – Agenzia Libraria International, operating in the distribution of books for third-party publishers, with a customer portfolio of more than 80 publishing houses, in which the Group has held a 100% stake since January 2025, functional to the vertical integration project along the book value chain;
• art publishing where the Group operates under the Electa and Abscondita brands. The segment’s activities include publishing of works on art, architecture, exhibition catalogues, museum guides and sponsor books in art publishing, as well as the management of museum concessions and the organization of exhibitions and cultural events;
• the publishing house Rizzoli International Publications, which operates on the US market with the Rizzoli, Rizzoli New York, Rizzoli Electa and Universe brands and with the Rizzoli Bookstore located in New York, and from 2024 with the publishing house Chelsea Green Publishing Company.