Federación de Gremios Editores de España

The Federación de Gremios Editores de España (FGEE) — in Catalan, Federació de Gremis d'Editors d'Espanya — is a private-law organization created in 1978 and headquartered in Madrid. Its stated purpose is the representation and defense of Spain's publishing sector. It is a federation rather than a single publisher: its members are regional and sectoral publishers' guilds and associations from across Spain. According to the Catalan Wikipedia entry, the FGEE currently groups the Asociación de Editores de Andalucía, the Gremio de Editores de Castilla y León, the Gremi d'Editors de Catalunya, the Gremio de Editores de Euskadi, the Asociación Galega de Editores, the Asociación de Editores de Madrid, the Associació d'Editors del País Valencià, the Associació d'Editors en Llengua Catalana (AELLC), and the Asociación Nacional de Editores de Libros de Texto y Material de Enseñanza (ANELE). Through these member bodies it speaks for a broad cross-section of Spanish publishing, including trade, educational, and Catalan-language publishing. A central part of the FGEE's activity is promoting the participation of Spanish publishers in international book fairs and supporting the editing and dissemination of promotional material for publishers and their books. Its official website highlights the Liber international book fair, organized with a program of buyers, agents, and prescribers from many countries, as well as news and documents relating to the fair. The federation also has a public-facing cultural role. Since 1995 its board has awarded the Premio Boixareu Ginesta to the bookseller of the year, recognizing booksellers and bookshops that play a relevant role in developing and fostering literary culture and in consolidating the book chain in their respective areas. Its official site also reports Liber awards, including the Premio Liber to a prominent Hispanic-American author and prizes for cultural programming and bookselling. Since January 2019 the president of the FGEE has been Miguel Barrero Maján. The organization operates as a private entity, not a listed company, and functions as the collective voice of Spain's publishing guilds in dealings with public authorities, international fairs, and the wider book trade.

The Federación de Gremios Editores de España was created in 1978 as a private-law entity, according to its official website. It was established to represent and defend the Spanish publishing sector, and it is headquartered in Madrid. From its foundation it has functioned as a federation of publishers' guilds rather than as a single publishing house, bringing together regional and sectoral associations from across Spain. Over the following decades the federation became the collective voice of Spanish publishing in dealings with public authorities and in the international promotion of Spanish books. Its official site describes its role in promoting the participation of Spanish publishers in international book fairs and in the editing and dissemination of promotional material for publishers and books. The Catalan Wikipedia entry likewise states that the FGEE's objective is the representation and defense of the Spanish publishing sector and that it promotes the participation of Spanish publishers in international book fairs and the dissemination of promotional material. A significant development in its public cultural profile came in 1995, when its board began awarding the Premio Boixareu Ginesta to the bookseller of the year. The prize distinguishes booksellers and bookshops that play a relevant role in developing and fostering literary culture and in consolidating the book chain in their respective areas. The federation's membership has grown to include a broad set of regional and sectoral guilds. According to the Catalan Wikipedia entry, its current members include the Asociación de Editores de Andalucía, the Gremio de Editores de Castilla y León, the Gremi d'Editors de Catalunya, the Gremio de Editores de Euskadi, the Asociación Galega de Editores, the Asociación de Editores de Madrid, the Associació d'Editors del País Valencià, the Associació d'Editors en Llengua Catalana (AELLC), and the Asociación Nacional de Editores de Libros de Texto y Material de Enseñanza (ANELE). This membership reflects the linguistic and regional diversity of Spanish publishing, including Catalan-language and Basque publishers alongside national educational publishers. In January 2019 Miguel Barrero Maján became president of the FGEE. Under his presidency the federation has continued to organize and promote the Liber international book fair, which its website presents as a major meeting point for the Spanish-language book trade, with programs for buyers, agents, and prescribers from dozens of countries. The site also reports the federation's awards, including the Premio Liber to a prominent Hispanic-American author and prizes recognizing cultural programming and bookselling. Today the FGEE remains a private, non-listed organization. It acts as the institutional representative of Spain's publishing guilds, coordinating their interests, promoting Spanish books abroad, and recognizing achievement across the book chain through its awards.

• 2026

  Liber 2026 invites 700 key buyers, agents and prescribers from 70 countries to Barcelona.

• 2019

  Miguel Barrero Maján becomes president in January.

• 1995

  The board begins awarding the Premio Boixareu Ginesta to the bookseller of the year.

• 1978

  Federación de Gremios Editores de España created as a private-law entity.

Collective representative body and advocacy federation for Spain's book publishing guilds and associations.

• Liber international book fair

  International book fair promoted by the FGEE, with programs for buyers, agents, and prescribers from many countries.

• Premio Boixareu Ginesta al librero del año

  Award given since 1995 by the FGEE board to the bookseller of the year.

• Premio Liber

  Award recognizing a prominent Hispanic-American author and other contributions to the book sector.

1. 1Federación Gremio de Editores – official websitefederacioneditores.org
2. 2Federació de Gremis d'Editors d'Espanya – Catalan Wikipediaca.wikipedia.org
3. 3Federación de Gremios Editores de España – Wikidatawikidata.org