Porto Editora
Encyclopedia
Porto Editora is the leading educational publisher in Portugal, in the areas of educational books, dictionaries and multimedia products – off and on-line.
Porto Editora was founded in 1944 in Porto by a group of teachers within different areas of education.
Since its involvement in Multimedia in 1994, Porto Editora has published dozens of educational CD-ROM
s and DVD-ROMs, several of which – such as “Diciopédia”, have become well-known, and best-selling multimedia products in Portugal.
At the same time, Porto Editora has been developing a full project for the Internet aiming at a range of different targets: students of all ages, parents and teachers. For children between the ages of 5–11, www.sitiodosmiudos.pt for learning the first numbers, letters and words, while taking the first steps in the Internet; www.edusurfa.pt is a teen site, where topics like cinema, theater, music or books live together with school subjects; for parents, teachers and the whole educational community, www.educare.pt offers a full news coverage of the Portuguese educational reality, and also articles, files and reports signed by some of the most reputed personalities in pedagogy, psychology, pediatrics and other education-related areas.
On e-commerce
, www.wook.pt is a very successful project implemented by Porto Editora. Here can be found all the books, multimedia products and videogames published and released in Portugal. Webboom.pt is the most renowned Portuguese bookstore on-line being frequently distinguished with prizes and positively mentioned in the media.
Porto Editora was founded in 1944 in Porto by a group of teachers within different areas of education.
Since its involvement in Multimedia in 1994, Porto Editora has published dozens of educational CD-ROM
CD-ROM
A CD-ROM is a pre-pressed compact disc that contains data accessible to, but not writable by, a computer for data storage and music playback. The 1985 “Yellow Book” standard developed by Sony and Philips adapted the format to hold any form of binary data....
s and DVD-ROMs, several of which – such as “Diciopédia”, have become well-known, and best-selling multimedia products in Portugal.
At the same time, Porto Editora has been developing a full project for the Internet aiming at a range of different targets: students of all ages, parents and teachers. For children between the ages of 5–11, www.sitiodosmiudos.pt for learning the first numbers, letters and words, while taking the first steps in the Internet; www.edusurfa.pt is a teen site, where topics like cinema, theater, music or books live together with school subjects; for parents, teachers and the whole educational community, www.educare.pt offers a full news coverage of the Portuguese educational reality, and also articles, files and reports signed by some of the most reputed personalities in pedagogy, psychology, pediatrics and other education-related areas.
On e-commerce
Electronic commerce
Electronic commerce, commonly known as e-commerce, eCommerce or e-comm, refers to the buying and selling of products or services over electronic systems such as the Internet and other computer networks. However, the term may refer to more than just buying and selling products online...
, www.wook.pt is a very successful project implemented by Porto Editora. Here can be found all the books, multimedia products and videogames published and released in Portugal. Webboom.pt is the most renowned Portuguese bookstore on-line being frequently distinguished with prizes and positively mentioned in the media.