After 40 years and looking to the future, Ediciones Urano changes its name to Urano World.

The aim is to bring together the different companies in the group under the same name. These companies have evolved and are still part of the same ecosystem. With Urano World, we want to simplify communication with our suppliers and customers, strengthening the relationship with a single global interlocutor operating in Spain, Latin America, and the U.S.

Urano World will continue to operate with its different divisions:

Publishing Division

Under the name of Ediciones Urano and with 40 years of history, it is the division dedicated to publishing books in Spanish for readers of all ages and in different formats—print, e-book, audio or video—in Spain, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Peru, Colombia, Mexico and the U.S.

E-Commerce & Retail Division (B2C)

Created in 2009, Amabook is a platform that markets content in various formats: audiobooks, e-books, courses (Amalearning), podcasts, and, of course, printed books. It also offers a subscription model, perfect for reading and listening to as many stories as the user wishes, as well as its own app that allows content to be consumed from anywhere. Amabook also offers the opportunity to interact with other readers online through forums and book clubs. Facundo Tedesco is responsible for this area.

E-Services Division (B2B)

Digital Booster, with more than 12 years of experience in the sector, is the department that provides services both to the different areas of Urano World as well as to external companies, both inside and outside the publishing industry. Its aim is to adopt the latest technology, always looking for innovation to offer technology and develop bespoke projects. Ricard Fideu is in charge of this department. Among the different services we find:

1. Translation services and audio and/or video production with virtual and human voices (Talking Books and Talking Media projects respectively) using AI.
2. Digital content distribution (audio, video, e-book).
3. App development (iOS, Android).
4. Web development: e-commerce, corporate websites, self-publishing platforms, streaming readers for audio, e-books and video, libraries (print and digital), digital distribution back-office.
5. Editorial services: OCR, translation (into multiple languages), proofreading and editing, layout (from scratch and automatically, for e-books, flipbooks, print), printing and production control, reading reports.
6. Self-service, SAAS-type services in a variety of environments: Talking Books, Talking Media, automation, translation and proofreading.
7. Digitisation of training platform content.
8. Hyperautomation and robotics services (hard and soft systems).
9. Intranet development and IT support.
10. AI-related projects.

Blockchain Division

Under the name of Amaworld, this is the division that brings together the first NFT marketplace of Spanish origin, specialised and dedicated to the publishing industry. A space designed to buy, sell, auction and exchange unique and exclusive NFT such as e-books, illustrations, audiobooks, videos and any digital content imaginable. It also has its own token, called Amatoken, so that it can be used in Amaworld and in related environments such as the Amabook content platform. The director of this area is Joaquín Sabaté.

E-Learning Division

Urano Learning is entering the field of online education and training. This division will explore the exciting possibilities offered by Artificial Intelligence (AI-driven content) in the creation of innovative and personalised content, as well as the materialisation of new business models. Sergio Bulat is the head of this area.

Ediciones Urano is celebrating: this year, 2023, the group will be celebrating its 40th anniversary. Founded in Barcelona in 1983, with more than 4,000 titles to its name, this publishing house was one of the first in our country to publish books on personal growth, self-help and natural health.

With a backlist that includes Los cuatro acuerdos, ¿Quién se ha llevado mi queso? and La historiadora, among others, the group is celebrating its centenary in good shape, having positioned itself in the bestseller lists with new fiction hits such as Los siete maridos de Evelyn Hugo, the juvenile saga Asesino de brujas, El arte de vivir con sencillez and the Ikigai phenomenon (the latter two in the non-fiction genre).

A pioneer in publishing on subjects such as the Alexander Technique, aromatherapy, Rolfing and reflexology, the company's first success was Harvey and Marilyn Diamond's La antidieta. This was followed by Louise L. Hay's Usted puede sanar su vida, which has become a number one bestseller over the years.

With more than two hundred employees, the publishing group has its headquarters in Spain and offices in the U.S. and most of Latin America. It currently has its own publishing houses in Argentina, Mexico, Chile, Uruguay, Peru, Colombia and the U.S.

After four decades of existence, Ediciones Urano has expanded its range and now has several publishing imprints: Titania, dedicated to romantic fiction; Umbriel, dedicated to fiction for adults; Empresa Activa, dedicated to business management; Tendencias, which publishes non-fiction on current topics that answer the questions of today's readers; Puck, dedicated to young readers; Kepler, a refuge for astrology and esotericism; and Indicios, dedicated to historical topics and biographies.

In 2023, Ediciones Urano has added a new imprint to its already extensive catalogue: Letras de Plata, dedicated exclusively to the most literary international fiction. An alternative with a commercial purpose, but without sacrificing quality and good stories. The group also has Books4Pocket for paperbacks, Entramat for the publication of works in Catalan and Urano Publishing for its English editions.

Always with the firm intention of adding value to its literary offer and remaining at the forefront of the sector, Ediciones Urano has made a strong commitment to developing its own technology and commercialising digital content, converting its entire publishing collection to the new formats and committing itself to its readers to offer 100% of its new releases in the different formats: digital, audio and printed. Not to mention a wide range of online courses to complement the inquisitive mind, available on a variety of platforms in addition to the group's own network, Amabook.

As a next step, the group will launch its NFT marketplace for the publishing sector in the coming months, as well as a proprietary token issue to be used throughout its digital ecosystem, the Amatoken.

“Never in our wildest dreams did we think we would come this far. We are proud to be able to celebrate it in a big way, together with those who made it possible: the great Urano family”

1983-2023 Forty years of creating stories

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Joaquín Sabaté (Santiago de Chile, 1934 - Barcelona, 2024). He was the founder of Ediciones Urano, loved and respected for the firmness of his ethical values and his integrity in business.

In 1983, Joaquín Sabaté founded Ediciones Urano in Barcelona with a small group of experienced friends from the publishing industry, all with the goal of sharing knowledge through books. Sabaté served as the company's CEO until 2005, when he became president.

With a degree in Economics from the Catholic University of Chile and a PADE from IESE, Sabaté, whose parents have Catalan roots, settled in Barcelona in the 1960s.

Deeply in love with the world of books and with strong ties to the Latin American market, he based Ediciones Urano's strategy on structuring rapid growth in those markets, forging strong alliances with major publishers such as EMECE editores (a company he was also responsible for expanding in Spain).

In 2023, the publishing group was renamed Urano World. It has a staff of more than two hundred people, with headquarters in Spain, distributed across the United States and most of Latin America, with its own offices in Argentina, Mexico, Chile, Uruguay, Peru, Colombia and the United States.

His vast legacy, his passion for books, and his greatness as an editor and human being remain present among family, colleagues and the publishing sector.