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2 in physics a is for acceleration in education the highest grade in marketing classification in mathematics the hypothenuse in medicine a blood type to everyone aisforknowledge .

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the artmed publishing group is now grupo a in the past recent years artmed editora has gone through significant growth the company took over the brazilian operation of mcgraw-hill education incorporated editora artes medicas expanded the bookman catalog into all the hard sciences social sciences and applied sciences created a new imprint called editora penso exclusively for titles of the human sciences and substantially incremented its volume of yearly published output all this growth has culminated with the creation of grupo a a great knowledge distribution platform and a solid and innovative company a leader of the brazilian publishing market all to select and generate the best content capable of transforming people and society 3

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history grupo a s history begins in 1973 when the artmed publishing company was born initially dedicated to commercializing books in the medical area it soon begins publishing its own titles investing into 4 fields of knowledge such as mental health and education in 1997 a decisive step was taken towards becoming leaders in the scientific technical and professional market in the country the launching of the bookman imprint backgrounded in titles of the hard sciences social sciences and applied sciences from the beginning of year 2000 with the growth of the catalog and the tendency to innovate artmed started taking the path of intensive investment in qualification of management and corporate governance and the establishment of strategic partnerships a phase of great triumphs that resulted with the entry of bndespar and the crp in the board of shareholders of the company with the incorporation of editora artes medicas and with the celebration of the partnership with mcgraw-hill education one of the three major publishing groups of the world as a result of this evolution as from 2010 artmed has become grupo a a change which has occurred due to the new entrepreneurial levels achieved and the need to consolidate the operation of the several publishing companies that comprise its portfolio.

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mission to transform people through knowledge to be the best knowledge business and distribution vision platform for national authors international publishers and scientific institutions · ethics · pioneership and innovation values · impartiality in the selection of contents · rentability as a measure of success · respect for knowledge to establish ethical transparent and longlasting relationships with the entire target audience by way of · the best cost/benefit ratio for the customer policy · recognition and valuation of authors · constant personal and professional growth and fair payment to collaborators · being the best and most complete business option for sales channels · stimulating national scientific production · credibility to international partners 5

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structure a complete structure totally dedicated to knowledge with its headquarters in the city of porto alegre grupo a counts with agile and efficient distribution in the entire national territory and portugal this process is made viable through a broad network of offices reps and local divulgation teams grupo a counts with a team of international standard in publishing production which includes a careful selection of titles management of the stages of content production translation reviewing composition and printing of books prospection of great talents in the market for special projects and personalized care with the national author in addition the commercial and marketing structure work on the planning of special actions for the divulgation of titles and authors and offers direct customer care 6

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fortaleza brazil salvador brasilia sao paulo logistic warehouse belo horizonte sao paulo curitiba rio de janeiro portugal lisbon porto alegre porto alegre logistic warehouse 7

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production management grupo a invests heavily in management qualification of all its processes by the utilization of state-of-the-art technology to guarantee total control and swiftness in the several stages of production the publishing team is devided into areas of knowledge guaranteeing familiarization with the contents worked on and of the respective audiences under the coordination of experienced product managers these teams manage their projects allying an almost artisan care with each text to the most modern tools available in translation reviewing workflow and control of deadlines and costs respect for knowledge familiarity with modern technology and professionalism characterize the editors of grupo a and who also count with a great group of external professionals all experts in their areas to develop prime stages of the publishing production process these talents have their work oriented and standardized by way of constant training and are guided by manuals that establish outlines for the production of originais text composition and for the design of the products 8

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incentive to national production grupo a is a brazilian company that incentivates and gives full support for the development of national production in addition to the publishing structure that is placed at the national author s disposal an innovative software has been developed for management of the process of collective works this software orquestra allies an absolutely new technology with the expertise of the production team facilitating the exchange between the several collaborators of each work thereby broadening the volume and quality of publications by brazilian authors this workflow tool controls and handles the reception of texts and versions bringing security swiftness and intelligence to these processes 9

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products grupo a has a complete portfolio in the scientific technical and professional segment allying several consecrated options of textbooks in the areas it publishes to the most innovative works for professionals for this a strong network of partners is fundamental grupo a is proud to publish the most important national and foreign authors and to have an excellent relationship with the main international publishers and great brazilian scientific institutions partnerships with brazilian scientific institutions sources of contents and consultancy partnerships with international publishers benjamin cummings 10

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12 grupo a s portfolio is among the largest in brazil in the area of the biosciences the publishing companies biosciences that comprise grupo a were pioneer in the introduction of topics such as molecular biology neuroscience evidence-based medicine diagnosis in psychiatry and in nursing artmed is the most important national publisher in the biological sciences publishing the main world-references in the several areas of this segment in addition it is one of the largest medical publishers in the country with a catalog that includes consecrated books and works with the most up-todate information in topics such as basic science medical specialties nursing sports and physical education pharmacy physiotherapy and rehabilitation speech therapy dentistry and veterinary medicine the bmj group publisher of the british medical association has chosen grupo a as the publisher of the bmj brasil the localized version of the british medical journal the international periodical is published since 1840 and now is brought by grupo a with contents adapted to the interests and needs of the brazilian professional the association with mcgraw-hill education brought to grupo a the classical titles such as the harrison ­ the main textbook in internal medicine in the world the goodman ­ essential in pharmacology and the entire current series in the several medical specialties since 1964 editora artes medicas has published titles in the health area investing principally in dentistry and in national scientific production being the publisher of atualização terapêutica de prado for 50 years a classical in national medicine a publishing company that values the national author distributing translated titles into the international market artes medicas united with grupo a in 2010 and has made the offer of titles in the biosciences even more complete artmed in partnership with editorial medica panamericana has created the semcad and the sescad ­ distant continued education programs with the aim of updating the professional of biomedical science these programs have their contents developed by allied scientific institutions and are practical tools for professional certification or recertification.

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14 hard sciences social sciences and applied sciences in this segment grupo a publishes titles in engineering architecture and construction mathematics and statistics physics chemistry geoscience business administration hospital management economics computing and information technology media and visual communications in the limelight are partnerships with the most important international publishing groups wharton business school insead business press microsoft press o reilly media and adobe press under the bookman imprint grupo a has acquired solid recognition and expressive adoptions with titles such as the anton of calculus the atkins of chemistry the classical feynman of physics the mintzberg of strategy and books by prahalad and porter on management it is also this innovative imprint that has been pioneer in until-then unpublished areas such as geology astronomy and architecture and in emerging fields such as design fashion and photography the mcgraw-hill catalog came to complement bookman s contents offer with much synergy today grupo a presents the strongest and most complete portfolio in titles in engineering economics administration and computing science.

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