The book business activities are managed through two divisions: Trade, which publishes novels and essays through the following publishers: Edizioni Mondadori, Giulio Einaudi editore, Edizioni Piemme and Sperling & Kupfer; and Educational, that groups all the internally developed book production, school texts and training manuals in general published under numerous Mondadori Education brands), art books and illustrated books published by Mondadori Electa, a company operating also in the organisation of cultural initiatives and management of exhibitions and monuments (including the Colosseum).