The fact that more people in Brazil can read has meant that various public policies and initiatives have had to be put in place. These include the Book Law, Law 10.753/2003, which established regulations for the publication and sale of books in the country. Despite this movement, data indicates that the reading scene in Brazil has seen a significant decline in recent years. A 2024 study called Retratos da Leitura no Brasil (Portraits of Reading in Brazil) shows that more people in Brazil do not read than do. Considering this, this article aims to explore how editorial work in universities can contribute to changing this situation. We present Editora UniRV’s experience of expanding its readership by promoting its publishing products. The work carried out by this university publishing house in Goiás, especially in recent years, has fostered the formation and promotion of new authors, and has also made its books and instructional manuals vital resources for research and teaching in schools, organisations, and professional training courses. This demonstrates the potential of university publishing to democratise access to books and reading.
Morais et al. (Thu,) studied this question.