The ACT Publishing Group is a dynamic group of companies founded in 1990. Since then it has become recognised as Russia's leading publishing house, releasing more than 40,000 titles from all genres. The company, which has won numerous literary competitions and been awarded prestigious, including the Russian Booker, Big Book, and Manuscript of the Year, has also established relationships with many foreign literary agencies, thereby allowing its readers access to some of the best literature in translation.
Among the non-Russian authors to be published by ACT are: Michael Weller, Dan Brown, John Grisham, Stephen King,
A. Bertram Chandler, Douglas Coupland, Johanna Lindsey,
Colleen McCullough, Judith McNaught, Stephenie Meyer, Wilbur Smith, Bertris Small, Nicholas Charles Sparks, Danielle Steele, JRR Tolkien, John Fowles, and Sidney Sheldon.
ACT publishes Russian literature, foreign classics and modern fiction,
including detective and action genres, sentimental prose, science fiction and fantasy, children's titles, business books,
manuals and textbooks, reference,
encyclopedias, dictionaries
scientific and popular publications, art books, atlases and maps. Under various brand names it also produces stationery, colouring books, toys, books, puzzle, puzzles, board games and puzzles, guidebooks, calenders, and electronic books.
Among the magazines and journals published by the company are
Fishing in Russia, Spinning Traveller, Fly Fishing, Hunting, Big Business, Clocks, J & W, Estetica, Friend: Magazine for Cat Lovers, Friend: Magazine for Dog Lovers, Bakugan, Ben 10, Pixie, and
Magic Adventure Winx Club. ACT also publishes catalogues like
Watches, Toys for Boys, Jewellery, and
SPA.