Edoardo
Co-founder · Editorial
Chooses the titles, works with the authors, and reads too late at night. Before Nava he spent ten years in trade publishing.
About
Nava was founded in 2019 by two stubborn readers convinced that a book should earn the space it takes up.
We started in a room with two desks and a pile of manuscripts no one else wanted. We were looking for books that felt necessary, not just sellable — and we wanted them printed well, on paper that lasts.
Today we publish a few dozen titles a year across nine series. We still read every manuscript to the end, and still say no almost every time. That's how the catalog stays curated.
Publish less, but better. Treat every book as a gift-quality object: good to hold, made to stay on the shelf.
Two partners, no marketing department.
Co-founder · Editorial
Chooses the titles, works with the authors, and reads too late at night. Before Nava he spent ten years in trade publishing.
Co-founder · Production & design
Looks after paper, print and covers. A former typesetter, he's convinced the white of a page matters as much as the text.
Better ten right books than a hundred random ones.
No shareholders to answer to but our readers.
Print and binding from presses we know by name.