Società Editrice Internazionale

The Società Editrice Internazionale (SEI) is an Italian publishing house based in Turin. It was officially constituted in 1908, but its origins trace back to 1859, when it was founded by Don Bosco alongside the Sanctuary of Mary Help of Christians. The company was initially named Società Anonima Internazionale per la Diffusione della Buona Stampa (SAID Buona Stampa). In the years before World War I, it took over the Libreria Salesiana Editrice and specialized in school publishing aimed at Catholic-oriented schools. During the war, buildings owned by the Salesians were temporarily used as hospitals. From 1932, with the Gentile reform, book production accelerated significantly and expanded to include technical-scientific titles. After a difficult period during World War II, which forced the publisher to move to Chieri, post-war production reached its peak, and for several decades SEI was the leading Italian publisher in various fields of school manuals. From the 1980s, a crisis in publishing forced the company to reduce its activities and cede part of its historic headquarters on Corso Regina Margherita to the Piedmont Region, which moved some offices there. Until mid-2018, the publishing house was owned by the Salesian Congregation; it is active in producing religious and non-religious books, maintains a catalogue of thousands of titles, has a widespread distribution network in Italy, and is one of the main Italian school publishers. In May 2018, the entire share capital of the company was acquired by Editrice La Scuola of Brescia, specialized in school publishing.

The Società Editrice Internazionale (SEI) was officially constituted in 1908 in Turin, but its origins date back to 1859, when it was founded by Don Bosco next to the Sanctuary of Mary Help of Christians. It was initially named Società Anonima Internazionale per la Diffusione della Buona Stampa (SAID Buona Stampa). In the years before World War I, it took over the Libreria Salesiana Editrice and specialized in school publishing for Catholic-oriented schools. During the war, buildings owned by the Salesians were temporarily used as hospitals. From 1932, with the Gentile reform, book production accelerated notably and expanded to include technical-scientific topics. After a new period of difficulty during World War II, which forced the publisher to move to Chieri, in the post-war period its book production reached its maximum, and for several decades SEI was the main Italian publishing house in various fields of school manuals. Starting from the 1980s, the crisis in publishing forced the company to reduce its activity and to cede part of its historic headquarters on Corso Regina Margherita to the Piedmont Region, which moved some of its offices there. Until mid-2018, the publishing house was owned by the Salesian Congregation; it is active in producing religious and non-religious books, maintains a catalogue of thousands of titles, has a widespread distribution network in Italy, and is also one of the main Italian school publishers. In May 2018, the entire share capital of the company was acquired by Editrice La Scuola of Brescia, specialized in school publishing.

• 2018

  Entire share capital acquired by Editrice La Scuola of Brescia.

• 1932

  With the Gentile reform, book production accelerated and expanded to technical-scientific titles.

• 1908

  Officially constituted in Turin as Società Anonima Internazionale per la Diffusione della Buona Stampa (SAID Buona Stampa).

• 1859

  Founded by Don Bosco next to the Sanctuary of Mary Help of Christians.

Leading Italian school publisher with a Catholic orientation, historically strong in textbook manuals.

• School textbooks

• Religious books

• Technical-scientific books

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