Melampo

Melampo is an Italian publishing brand based in Milan. It operates as an editorial imprint rather than a standalone company: after roughly fifteen years of independent activity, the publishing house behind it changed its corporate name to Zolfo Editore, and Melampo continued as one of the group's two commercial imprints, alongside Zolfo. The Melampo catalogue, described by the publisher as a heritage of more than 100 titles, continues to be sold through all sales channels by Zolfo. Melampo's editorial identity is built around narrative non-fiction, with a strong focus on organised crime, true crime, Italian political history and sport. Its series include "Le storie" and "Mafie", and its list features titles such as "La mafia del Brenta" by Arianna Zottarel, on Felice Maniero and the Veneto that believed itself innocent, "Salvate Aldo Moro" by Francesco Grignetti, on the negotiations and the international trail in the Aldo Moro case, and "Il terzino cannoniere" by Massimo Arcidiacono, on Giacinto Facchetti and a changing Italy. These titles are marketed in print and as ebooks, and are distributed to bookshops and online retailers. The brand is owned and managed by Zolfo Editore Srl, a private Italian publishing company registered in Milan, at viale Bianca Maria 23. Zolfo Editore presents itself as a new brand launched in bookshops on 15 March 2019, with the stated aim of articulating and developing its market presence in the years ahead. Within that structure, Melampo functions as the backlist and tradition-bearing imprint, while Zolfo carries the newer editorial identity. Because Melampo is an imprint rather than a separately listed or independently owned business, its commercial fortunes are tied to those of Zolfo Editore. Its relevance in the Italian market rests on a specialised non-fiction catalogue that has addressed sensitive subjects of recent Italian history — mafia, terrorism, kidnapping and political violence — through accessible, journalistic book-length narratives.

Melampo is an Italian publishing brand based in Milan. According to the publisher's own account, it operated for about fifteen years as an independent publishing project before a corporate and brand restructuring. In that restructuring, the publishing company changed its name to Zolfo Editore, a new brand that was presented as entering bookshops on 15 March 2019. The move was framed as a way to articulate and develop the company's market presence for the following years, rather than as a closure of the Melampo project. After the change, the company stated that it would be present in bookshops and online under two distinct brands: Zolfo and Melampo. The existing Melampo catalogue — described as a heritage of more than 100 titles — would continue to be commercialised through all sales channels by Zolfo. In this arrangement, Melampo functions as the imprint carrying the publisher's accumulated backlist and editorial tradition, while Zolfo serves as the newer front-list identity. Melampo's list has been built around narrative non-fiction, especially Italian true crime, mafia history and political history. Its series include "Le storie" and "Mafie". Representative titles include Arianna Zottarel's "La mafia del Brenta", on Felice Maniero and the Veneto that believed itself innocent; Francesco Grignetti's "Salvate Aldo Moro", on the negotiations and international trail surrounding the Aldo Moro case; and Massimo Arcidiacono's "Il terzino cannoniere", on Giacinto Facchetti and the Italy that was changing around him. These books are offered in print and as ebooks, and are distributed to bookshops and online channels. The brand is owned and managed by Zolfo Editore Srl, a private Italian publishing company registered in Milan at viale Bianca Maria 23. The company's published details include a share capital and registration information in the Milan company register, indicating a small, privately held publishing business rather than a listed group. Melampo therefore has no separate ownership, listing or corporate governance of its own; its history after 2019 is the history of a catalogue brand within Zolfo Editore.

• Melampo operates as an independent publishing project for about fifteen years before restructuring.

• The publishing company changes its name to Zolfo Editore, with the new brand entering bookshops on 15 March 2019.

• The company continues to market two distinct brands, Zolfo and Melampo, in bookshops and online.

• The Melampo catalogue, described as more than 100 titles, continues to be commercialised through all sales channels by Zolfo.

Specialist Italian non-fiction imprint focused on mafia, true crime, political history and sport, now the tradition-bearing catalogue brand within Zolfo Editore.

• La mafia del Brenta

  By Arianna Zottarel; on Felice Maniero and the Veneto that believed itself innocent; 192 pages.

• Salvate Aldo Moro

  By Francesco Grignetti; on the negotiations and the international trail in the Aldo Moro case; 176 pages.

• Il terzino cannoniere

  By Massimo Arcidiacono; on Giacinto Facchetti and the Italy that was changing; 216 pages.

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2. 2Chi siamozolfoeditore.it
3. 3Melampowikidata.org