NAKLADATELSTVÍ DOPLNĚK

Bratislavská 48/50, Brno, Tel.: 545 242 455, 731 507 666, E-mail: doplnek@doplnek.cz

ABOUT THE PUBLISHING HOUSE

The publishing house Doplněk was established in Brno by Jan Šabata, who was Managing Director of the publishing house Atlantis at that time. According to the original idea it should have been "a complement" to Atlantis, intended for publishing literature not corresponding directly with its scope of publishing activities. Since 1991 Doplněk has been existing as an independent publishing house, aimed particularly at publishing books from the field of social sciences.

The activities of the publishing house are supported economically especially by textbooks for law students, compensating for mainly non-commercial literature. As to socioscientific literature, the series of historical, psychological and social-ecological publications have been gradually established.

Regional literature, concentrated mainly on the Brno region and its surroundings, was incorporated into the activity of the publishing house quite naturally. In this connection fiction appeared as a new item in the publishing house production, bringing about later also the series of memoirs and translations of contemporary world literature.

The publishing house Doplněk published more than three hundred books during the time of its existence. The most successful books of recent years are, first of all, translations of Norwegian literature, books from the social-ecological series and historical publications. The memoirs of the actress Vlasta Chramostová gained the best acceptance of readers in the time of existence of the publishing house.

The books being published in the publishing house Doplněk are distributed by: Šabata a Šabata, s. r. o.; Kosmas; s. r. o., Aleš Čeněk, s. r. o.; in Slovakia Inform, book wholesale, and Elita, spol. s r. o. (see the section Contacts).