In the meantime, Jaca Book has nevertheless expanded its areas of
interest by building and consolidating an art publishing tradition that includes diverse
disciplinary slants and historical-cultural streams: the History of Western European Art
(from the Middle ages to Contemporary), Byzantine-Slavic Art and the Christian
Eastern worlds,
Non-Western expressive forms (India, Africa, Tibet, China...), Modern and Contemporary
Architecture, the Civilizations studied by Archeology (with particular reference to
the Pre-Colombian world and the Mediterranean); up to the most recent stream of works
destined for a large audience and orientated to express, always by means of art and
image, phenomena and expressions of popular culture (the Pilgrimages, the Story of the Three
Kings, the Nativity, the Iconography of the Saints...)
This art publishing tradition was developed in direct relation with
international publishing. Jaca Book works are regularly published in at
least two or
three foreign languages, by major art publishers from France, Germany, Spain,
United States, Mexico...
Therefore the international co-edition, in unison with the Italian book market, has always
represented the main circulation vehicle of Jaca Book’s art publishing
production.
In spite of this international vocation Jaca Book art catalog remains
susceptible to the interests of a large number of other interlocutors. Jaca Book
offers to banks available and institutions the occasion to have a distinguished product by the solidity of scientific contributions (making use of
contributions made by scholars and internationally famed art historians),
by a refined editorial work and typographic excellence. All of this, united to a variety of
themes and geographic areas covered by the publishing house’s program, contributes to
make out of Jaca Book art book a gift of great value and cultural prominence.
In case one of Jaca Book’s
collections or themes studied should meet image demands or cultural commitments of a
company, it might open itself up to the prospective of a publishing partnership. The
company’s involvement in the works or collections can assume different configurations
according to its communication needs and by the corresponding commitment spent on the
initiative. These are the personalizing of a certain number of copies, special editions
and finally the sponsorship of the whole project and consequently the company’s
visibility at all levels of book diffusion (beginning with the "public" life that
the work has in bookstores and in the national press). All of this can apply to
private companies as well as credit institutions, foundations or
corporations.
The international presence of Jaca
Book’s publishing product can consent, in certain cases, the production of editions
(even limited ones) in foreign languages on projects still in progress. This type of
solution, implying a decision with a certain advance on the book’s production time,
requires the knowledge of the prospective partner on the publishing house’s future
projects. Information on works in progress may be requested, as well as those relating to
different subjects studied in depth from Jaca Book’s catalog and also those relating
to individual countries and languages.
