The first edition of Oceano's desk diary was presented to the public in 1984. For three decades, it has accompanied our clients, collaborators and friends.
Oceano's desk diary is a helpful tool that besides allowing an orderly and clear planning of all our professional and personal activities includes very useful information, such as time zones, world currencies, dialling codes and other interesting data.
Agenda Océano also offers a wide sample of our huge list of titles, plus historical and updated information about Grupo Océano.
The image to the right shows different covers of Océano's desk diary in these past three decades of its publishing history.
Editorial Océano has launched Soñario - Dreamery, its first iPad application in the market. It is based on Javier Sáez Castán's children's book Soñario. Diccionario de sueños del Dr.Maravillas [Dreamery. Dr.Wonders' Dictionary of Dreams] edited by Daniel Goldin for OcéanoTravesía., de Javier Sáez Castán y editado por Daniel Goldin, de Océano Travesía.
Did you know that we spend more than the third part of our lives sleeping? Some people think that we lose the time we spend dreaming. Others have dedicated a lifetime to interpret the meaning of dreams. Buy only one person has understood that that time is more valuable to achieve happiness than being awake. That person is Dr.Wonders.
This new multimedia application by OcéanoTravesía-a label with a new concept about how to introduce young people to reading-takes its users to the fabulous world of fairs and magic. Just moving one finger, it is possible to consult an original catalogue where users will find the 144 most recurrent universal dreams and their meanings. Due to its interactivity and its attractive Vintage design, children will enjoy this application while discovering the most incredible dreams.
Dr.Wonders' incredible dream machine combines different images, shaping the rarest and surrealistic dreams one can imagine, plus their also surprising respective interpretations. Besides consulting the dictionary of dreams, Soñario-Dreamery allows users to foresee the future in terms of Money, Love, Work and Health.
Well thought for all family members to enjoy, this multimedia application is available in Spanish and English. Christopher Smith is the narrator of the English version. He was also the reader in the dramatization of the Harry Potter audio-books about the famous magician created by J. K. Rowling.
Spanish version for AppStore:
http://itunes.apple.com/es/app/sonario/id489228957?mt=8
English version for U.S.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sonario/id489228957?l=es&mt=8
Digital-Text, a pioneering publisher of digital textbooks for "School 2.0", has joined Grupo Océano, where more than 50 years of commitment to educational content and a presence in 21 countries meet a growing interest in the possibilities offered by new digital platforms. Digital-Text offers the Group its position on the cutting edge of new educational needs.
More information:
http://www.digital-text.com
Océano Travesía's new venture,El lado oscuro, is a collection of contemporary literature composed of titles that address the classic themes of horror novels while bringing to the table contemporary life situations that appeal to a younger crowd, some of which are indeed not less frightening.
If horror books or stories have maintained a presence through the centuries, it is because they respond to a deep need in the psyche. Daniel Goldin, Publishing Director of the label Océano Travesía, comments that “The book does not scare you, it gives you the opportunity to socialize your fear and objectify it, to place it on an object in a way that you can control it.”
Among the titles used in the launching you will find: Los siete esqueletos decapitados, by Antonio Malpica; Juego Mortal y La niña de las sombras, by Moka (Elvire Murail); Lady, mi vida como perra, by Melvin Burgess; Los muertos sin descanso, by Deborah Noyes; Sed, by M.T. Anderson, o Compañeros de la noche y Estar muerto, by Vivian Vande Velde.
Océano Publishing was present at the 35ª Feria Internacional del Libro de Buenos Aires (International Book Fair in Buenos Aires), considered one of the most important cultural and editorial achievements in Latin America. The Fair, organized by the Fundación El Libro, brings together the main associations and entities in the Argentine publishing circle, serving as a meeting place for authors, editors, booksellers, distributors, educators, librarians, scientists and readers from all over the world. With a total surface of 45.500 m², the Fair contained approximately 1,256 participating exhibitors presenting from 42 different countries, directly and indirectly.
The 35th annual fair took place from the 23rd of April to the 11th of May of 2009 with the slogan “Think with books” and was considered a success by the organization despite the economic context in which it was held. Among those invited to this Fair, some figures, among many others, stand out - figures such as Jean Shinoda Bolen from the United States, Julia Franck from Germany, Michel Lafón from France, and the Swiss Henning Mankell.
Among the different cultural acts and activities celebrated during the Fair, the round table conducted by Daniel Goldin Halfon, Mexican editor and essayist and Publishing Director of the label Océano Travesía, received a lot of attention. It was entitled “Bibliotecas y escuelas. Retos y posibilidades en la sociedad del conocimiento” (“Libraries and schools. Challenges and opportunities in the knowledge society” ) (See Page). Among other topics of note, Goldin picked apart the keys to education at present and in the future, through the study of school performance and its relation to the quality of teaching staff as well as their constant turnover. He also referred to the time the instructor dedicates directly to each student and to the necessary allocation of resources for the schools and libraries as a fundamental key to the success of future education programs.
The round table conducted by the French anthropologist, Michèle Petit, also called attention to itself, “La lectura en tiempos de crisis” (“Reading in times of crisis”) (See Page). In this encounter, Petit analyzed the inestimable value of literature as a space for encounter and self-awareness in times of crisis as well as in any other difficult context.
More information on the Fair organization can be found on the official web page: http://www.el-libro.org.ar
The Océano Group was present at the 26th annual Salón LIBER, International Book Fair, celebrated on the grounds of the Gran Via de Fira in Barcelona.
El Salón, sponsored by the Spanish Publisher's Guild, is considered a major event for Spain’s publishing industry, This year it received input from 700 publishers and companies, of which 300 were direct exhibits from 16 different countries. According to data from the organization, this year closed with a number approximating 12,000 professional visits, 8% more than the previous fair.
For more information, visit: http://www.liberbcn.com/
The presence of the Océano Group at the Frankfurter Buchmesse or Frankfurt Book Fair, the largest and most important in the world, is a demonstration of the Group's international projection.
7,000 exhibitors coming from some 100 countries and more than a thousand writers make this year, the 60th annual show, a significant publishing and business accomplishment.
The guest of honor, Turkey, contributed with the organization of some 300 acts and the invitation of another 250 authors such as Orhan Pamuk, Nobel laureate in Literature 2006, who inaugurated the demonstration.
For more information, visit: http://www.book-fair.com/en/
The new publishing project called Travesía, of the Océano label, which editor and author Daniel Goldin directs, intends to boost the production of publications for kids and teens to facilitate the cultivation of reading through learning activities.
Primeras travesías (First voyages), Colección 3D (3D Collection), Álbumes (Albums), Pequeñas guías Océano (Little Océano Guides) and Palabras para jugar (Words for Play), as well as El conocimiento es una aventura (Knowledge is an Adventure) and Ágora Travesía (Ágora Voyage),each one with various titles, are the collections with which this publishing project is beginning. The Project stand on the premise that the children of today will not establish borders between the desire for understanding and the pleasure of playing, nor between visual and textual language.
New books directed toward the youngest readers from the label Océano Travesía are already available, titles such as: "Dos ratones, una rata y un queso" or the series "Cómo descubrió el hombre..."
The government of Spain has awarded the Gold Medal of Merit in Fine Arts to the president of the Océano Group, Josep Lluis Monreal, in recognition of its career in global publishing and for its contributions to the cultivation of reading and the spread of knowledge and culture.
This award, presented by the King of Spain, Juan Carlos I the 6th of October in Córdoba, is given to people or entities that have excelled in the field of artistic creation and have provided noteworthy services or have notoriously cultivated culture in the Spanish language.