Publishers
There are two major Polish science fiction and fantasy monthly magazines. The oldest one is Nowa Fantastyka (NF) published first in 1982 (then Fantastyka, renamed Nowa Fantastyka in 1990). The more recent one, founded in 2001, is Science Fiction, which publishes mainly new Polish works and much fewer translations then NF. As of 2006, both had a circulation of about 8,000–15,000. Prominent magazines that are no longer published include Fenix (1990–2001), SFinks (1994–2002) and Magia i Miecz (1993–2002). Several are published online in ezine form, the most prominent being Fahrenheit and Esensja.
There are two major Polish publishing houses specializing in Polish science fiction and fantasy, Fabryka Słów and Runa. superNOWA, once a dominant publishing house on that field, has now lost much of its position. MAG and Solaris publish mostly translations, and in what is seen as boom for the Polish science fiction and fantasy market, mainstream publishing houses are increasingly publishing such works as well. A book with a circulation of over 10,000 is considered a bestseller in Poland.
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