

The effort translate Turkish books was continued by the agreement to publish Super Diary and Nasruddin Hoja’s book series in Indonesia. Darel and Fredi, an illustrated, religious children’s book from Turkey was also published by PAB. Previously, PAB has published Turkish books such as the works of Fethullah Gulen which contains Islamic philosophy and thoughts. Through the Frankfurt Book Fair, Republika Penerbit attained the rights to publish foreign books in Indonesian. On the otherhand, Buya Hamka’s books will be published by PTS Media, another network of Malaysia’s biggest publishers. It was published by Karangkraf, a network of Malaysia’s biggest publishers. The first book, 4 You Ladies, was an Islamic doctrinal book with illustrations. The company’s participation is in line with PT PAB’s strategy to go international and sell the rights of its published books.ĭuring the event, Republika Penerbit signed a contract with a Belgian agency to sell its rights to Europe and made an agreement to sell its rights to a Malaysian company for the publication of a number of Republika books in Melayu. In October 2015, the company was invited as one of the participants in the Indonesian stands at the Frankfurt Book Fair, Germany. This event is held in bookstores, Islamic Quran schools, office mosques, and universities. Furthermore, the it is also active in holding road shows to launch and promote authors and their books. Republika Penerbit is active as the main participant in numerous exhibitions such as Indonesia’s International Book Fair and Islamic Book Fair. Meanwhile, Habiburrahman El Shirazy’s Api Tauhid received an award from the Instanbul Foundation for Science and Culture, Turkey. In 2015, Tere Liye’s Rindu was deemed as the best adult fiction and won the 2005 Islamic Book Award in the Islamic Book Fair, Jakarta. Ayat-ayat Cinta sold 10.000 in just 4 days and has been reprinted nine times in the period of two months.Ī number of books published by PAB have received awards. Pulang is a best-selling novel which sold 70.000 copies. In 2015, PAB launched several superior books such as Tere Liye’s Pulang, Habiburrahman El Shirazy’s Ayat-ayat Cinta, as well as three of the four tetralogy (Tasawuf Modern, Falsafah Hidup, and Lembaga Hidup) by Buya Hamka.

Some novels published by Republika such as Ayat-Ayat Cinta, Moga Bunda Disayang Allah, Hafalan Shalat Delisa, and the Anak Mamak Series have been adapted into movies. Republika specializes in publishing Islamic reference books, novels, and children stories. From this publisher, phenomenal works such as Ayat-ayat Cinta, Ketika Cinta Bertasbih, Hafalan Shalat Delisa, sembilan jilid Ihya ‘Ulumiddin, Cahaya Abadi Muhammad, dan Rindu is born.Īs a book publishing company, PAB has four brands (imprints) which consist of Republika Penerbit, Mahaka Publishing, Buku Republika, and Alif. Beginning in 2002 as a book publishing division under Harian Republika, a well-known newspaper, PT Pustaka Abdi Bangsa (commonly called PAB or Republika Penerbit) is now listed as one of the top book publishers in Indonesia.
