Annually, it publishes approximately 200 new titles, which are sold in bookstores, department stores and book clubs.
In May 2001 Gummerus Publishers acquired an independent, smaller publishing firm by the name of Ajatus Kustannusosakeyhtiö, and Ajatus Kirjat remains an editorially independent non-fiction entity within the main publishing firm.
[1] Karl Jacob Gummerus, (April 13, 1840 Kokkola – March 20, 1898 Helsinki) begin to publish Kyläkirjasto reader in 1872.
It is estimated that the Gummerus Oy publishing company actually started then in Jyväskylä.
[2] Karl and his wife Gustava wanted to bring knowledge and joy to folk.