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AST () is one of the largest
book publishing
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companies in Russia
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, headed by Oleg Bartenev (Олег Бартенев). It owns a bookstores chain "Bukva" (, lit. ''A Letter
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'').
Among AST partners are publishing companies Astrel, Zebra E, Molodaya Gvardiya, CenterCom, bookstores Moscow
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and Biblio Globus and online shops, such as Ozon.ru. It also owns comic book and manga
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publisher Comics Factory
Comics Factory (, ''Fabrika komiksov'') is a comics imprint of major Russian book publisher AST. It serves as a translator and the licensor of European graphic novels, Japanese manga, Korean manhwa, Taiwan and Hong Kong manhua, Original English-l ...
.
History
The company was established in 1990 by Andrey Gertsev, Sergei Derevianko and Tatiana Derevianko as "Creative Cooperative Association AST" (). AST is an abbreviation meaning Andrey–Sergei–Tatiana. In 1993 the company was divided into AST itself, headed by Andrey Gertsev, and AST-PRESS. As of 2007, AST and its rival (later parent company)Eksmo
Eksmo Publishing House was founded in 1991. At first the company worked in the field of wholesale trade in books, since 1993 it started independent publishing activities.
In 2012, the publishing house became part of the structure of the publish ...
together published approximately 30% of all Russian books. In 2008 AST purchased Avanta+.
On April 19, 2012, the commercial subdivision of AST "Pyaty okean" filed for bankruptcy, as their debts exceeded 7.5 billion roubles. Eksmo stated that they had plans for AST purchase. In June 2012 , the general director of Eksmo, reported that Eksmo gained control on several subdivisions of AST, with an exception of "Bukva" bookstores chain.
Book series
* ''Alchemy Spirit'' ( * ''Alternative'' () — works of detection and fantasy * ''Classics of Historical Thought'' () * ''Dragon Age'' ( * ''Exclusive Classic'' () * ''Higher Intelligence'' ( * ''Horror'' () * ''The Hunger Games Trilogy'' ( * ''Intelligent Detective'' () * ''Legend of the Seeker'' ( * ''Library of Classics'' ( * ''Library of World Fiction'' () * ''Opening'' ( - nonfiction books * ''Revelations of Guardian Angels'' ( * ''Stars of World Philosophy'' (References
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* Book publishing companies of Russia Publishing companies established in 1990 Russian speculative fiction publishers {{publish-company-stub