Estonian Encyclopaedia Publishers () was an
Estonia
Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ...
n
publisher
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which published reference literature (like
encyclopedia
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s,
atlas
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Atlases have traditio ...
es) and
popular science
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literature.
As of 2009, publisher's main shareholders were
Hardo Aasmäe (owned 25.6%), Jüri Ott (owned 20.4%), and
Ãœlo Kaevats (owned 12.0%).
In 2011, the publisher went bankrupt. However, the bankruptcy proceedings got stuck because the owner of the publishing house's last office, Ãœlemiste City, confiscated the property in the company's office and sold it to cover the 9,000-euro rent debt. Bankruptcy administrator Tiina Mitt estimated its value at over 4.3 million euros. The location of sold documents, author contracts and books under editing is unknown. A part of the EE archive was also lost, a criminal investigation was initiated.
Notable publications
*1999 "
100 great Estonians of the 20th century"
*2004 "A ja O"
References
Book publishing companies of Estonia
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