About us

SALTO Publishing House was founded in 1985 by Saltos Vassilios. His idea was to reveal the world of sports to the public, to create a “museum of printed sports” accessible to both sports people and those who love sports in general.

Prices have always remained affordable, so that knowledge is accessible to both academic and non-academic readers.

We have a tradition since 1974 in typography, which highlighted in the quality of the books we publish and we are the first publishing house in Greece specializing in sports.

We have published 230 titles of sport related books which are translated from foreign textbooks but most of them are the original work of Greek academics.

The name SALTO is the surname of the family, which comes from the ancient Greek word for “jump” and coincided with the logo.

SALTO publications and the sports book center were created in 1985 by Vassilis Saltos who tried to fill the gap that existed in the Greek sports literature. A gap that, until then, was slowing down the research upon the sports science for both students and physical education teachers.

SALTO publications are the first and largest publishing house in Greece with exclusive object that of sports bibliography.

Our impressive publishing production of more than 200 titles confirms it. Most titles are translations of several titles of well-known publishing houses in Europe and America. Finally, SALTO publications remain one of the main suppliers of the Greek Gymnastics Academy for the distribution of free university textbooks.

SALTO Publications, in addition to the publishing field, is now active in organizing scientific conferences and seminars of sports content, most recently the seminar for the preparation of unappointed teachers, held in Athens and Thessaloniki in October 2004.

In our stores you will find all the well-known books of SALTO publications, but also any book of any publishing house, that is related to sports. You will find coaching or technical books on football, basketball, volleyball, handball, tennis, water sports, strength training and bodybuilding, aerobics, martial arts, traditional and modern dance, sports nutrition and books.

Also scientific books on sports, management, sociology, history, sports medicine philosophy, pedagogy or didactics of sports.

2024

Forty years after the founding of the publishing house, with the eyes of the world turned to the bloody historical Palestine, the absence of relevant Greek-language books became noticeable. The clearing of the dangerous fog surrounding the following topic served as an occasion for something we had been wishing for for years: the inauguration of the KALLISTOS Series, which marks the release of the publishing house from the “ties” of sports and its entry into new “fields”. Literature, history, politics, sociology, anthropology permeate the lines of the books in the series.

Sometimes with authors-landmarks in the universe of the art of speech, in the universe of science and intellect, with older or fresh names, sometimes with unknown geniuses, magical pens… in any case, the choices of titles are made with an orientation towards quality.

We do not aspire to fill the shelves of the country with cute, “easy” books. The goal is to fill the gaps in Greek-language bibliography, to shake the ugliest anchors of injustice and, above all, to demolish the maliciously maintained myths that flourish in every aspect of our everyday life – yes, even in the most unexpected and innocent.

So that the world of tyranny may set and a better world may rise!!!

The publishing house soon migrated to the capital, to new offices in the center of Athens, on Averof Street