Vakon

Vakon (Bulgarian: Вакон) is a Bulgarian private publishing house founded in 2006. It is best known for its series "Travels and Adventures" (Пътешествия и приключения), which is described as unique on the Bulgarian market. The publisher's first book was in that very series: the two-volume edition "To Cross Africa: 14,000 Kilometres in the Footsteps of the First People" by Sonya Pousen and Alexander Pousen. The house's motto is "To know yourself, know the world around you!" („За да опознаеш себе си, опознай света около теб!“). Vakon is a member of the Bulgarian Book Association (Асоциация „Българска книга“). Vakon's catalogue is organised into several series. The flagship "Travels and Adventures" series is the largest and continually growing, featuring travelogues by well-known travel writers and autobiographies of adventurers and extreme athletes. Titles in this series include works by Paul Theroux, Colin Thubron, Mike Horn, Bear Grylls, Christopher McDougall, Cheryl Strayed, Kilian Jornet, Ranulph Fiennes, Reinhold Messner, and many others, published between 2006 and 2017. The publisher also has a series aimed at women, again connected to travel and adventure, with titles such as "Love, My Africa" by Daphne Sheldrick, "All the Flowers of Shanghai" by Duncan Jepson, and "The Fire of the Desert" by Karen Winter. Other series include "Documentaries" (Документалистика), featuring biographies and documentary books about important people or events, with titles on Neil Armstrong, Bear Grylls, Julian Assange, Felix Baumgartner, Steve Jobs, and others. "Books That Inspire" (Книги, които вдъхновяват) includes "The Curve of Happiness" and "Beyond the Game" by Bulgarian sports journalist Ivo Ivanov, and "Life Without Limits" by Nick Vujicic. Vakon also publishes "Novels" (Романи), "Fantasy" (Фентъзи), "The Trails" (Следите), and a young-adult line "Cool Girls – Cool Books" (Готини момичета – Готини книги). As a private Bulgarian publisher, Vakon focuses on translated non-fiction, particularly travel, adventure, and documentary writing, alongside selected fiction and young-adult titles. Its membership in the Bulgarian Book Association places it within the country's organised book-publishing sector. The company remains active, with its catalogue continuing to grow.

Vakon was founded in 2006 as a Bulgarian private publishing house. Its first publication was the two-volume "To Cross Africa: 14,000 Kilometres in the Footsteps of the First People" by Sonya Pousen and Alexander Pousen, which launched the series "Travels and Adventures". That series became the publisher's largest and most distinctive line, growing continuously with travelogues by internationally known travel writers and autobiographies of adventurers and extreme athletes. Over the years the catalogue expanded to include a women-oriented travel and adventure series, a documentary series, an inspirational books series, novels, fantasy, a crime line ("The Trails"), and a young-adult line ("Cool Girls – Cool Books"). The publisher adopted the motto "To know yourself, know the world around you!" and became a member of the Bulgarian Book Association. It remains active, with new titles added to its series through at least 2017 according to the available catalogue listing.

• 2016

  "Beyond the Game" by Ivo Ivanov published in the "Books That Inspire" series.

• 2015

  "Life Without Limits" by Nick Vujicic published in the "Books That Inspire" series.

• 2014

  "The Curve of Happiness" by Ivo Ivanov published in the "Books That Inspire" series.

• 2006

  Vakon is founded as a Bulgarian private publishing house.

• 2006

  First publication: two-volume "To Cross Africa: 14,000 Kilometres in the Footsteps of the First People" by Sonya Pousen and Alexander Pousen, launching the "Travels and Adventures" series.

Bulgarian private publisher specialising in travel, adventure, and documentary literature, with a unique travel-and-adventure series for the local market.

• Travels and Adventures series (Пътешествия и приключения)

  Largest and continually growing series featuring travelogues and adventure autobiographies.

• Documentaries series (Документалистика)

  Biographies and documentary books about important people or events.

• Books That Inspire series (Книги, които вдъхновяват)

  Inspirational titles including works by Ivo Ivanov and Nick Vujicic.

• Novels series (Романи)

  Fiction titles by authors such as Tarquin Hall, Bianca Minte-König, and Valdana Mora.

• Fantasy series (Фентъзи)

  Fantasy titles including works by Trudi Canavan and Seth Grahame-Smith.

• The Trails series (Следите)

  Crime titles by Malcolm Rose.

• Cool Girls – Cool Books series (Готини момичета – Готини книги)

  Young-adult titles by authors such as Sabine Both and Bianca Minte-König.

1. 1Vakon — Wikidatawikidata.org
2. 2Вакон — Wikipedia (Bulgarian)bg.wikipedia.org