The deal teams Simon & Schuster’s bilingual imprint, Primero Sueño Press, with one of the biggest independent publishers in Spain and Latin America across several initiatives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial has promoted Larry Downs to VP and publisher of its religious division, which has seen significant growth in sales of Bibles and related titles in the U.S. and Latin America. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-12-13 05:00:00 UTC ]
The outgoing IPA president reflects on her two-year tenure and her new project promoting reading in Latin America. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-10-17 04:00:00 UTC ]
Daniel Noboa, the president of Ecuador, might have saved himself a lot of trouble, if he had only read more Latin American literature. Perhaps he would not have ordered the police to storm the Mexican embassy to arrest former Vice President Jorge Glas, who had been granted asylum there. That... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-05-06 08:58:43 UTC ]
The key to audiobooks' future in Latin America, some say, is 'localized' dialects — and more enthusiasm from publishers. The post As Bogotá’s Book Fair Closes: Audiobooks and Localization appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2024-05-02 23:49:50 UTC ]
A Frankfurt Book Fair panel on independent comics publishers highlighted the innovative ways publishers get their books to readers. The post From Asia to Latin America: Independent Comics Publishers in Frankfurt appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2023-10-24 11:10:56 UTC ]
Open letter rebukes LitProm decision to cancel award ceremony for Adania Shibli due to ‘war started by Hamas’Israel-Hamas war: latest news and live updatesSeveral prominent authors and publishers from around the world have accused the Frankfurt Book Fair of “shutting down” Palestinian voices,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-10-15 18:11:54 UTC ]
Colombian author’s En Agosto Now Vemos (We’ll See Each Other in August) had been just a rumour but now fans will get to read itRumours had long circulated that an entire literary masterpiece, never seen by the public, could still be lying in a dusty safe held by the late author’s family or under... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-04-28 21:10:15 UTC ]
Hay Festival is the world’s leading festival of ideas across literature, bringing readers and some of the brightest thinkers of our time together to inspire, examine and entertain. This international celebration of literature, music, and the arts is set to take place in the stunning Welsh... Continue reading >> [ Source: British Council global | 2023-04-11 14:44:07 UTC ]
The president of the International Publishers Association stresses the need to develop women's roles in world publishing. The post IPA’s Al Qasimi in Latin America: Empowerment for Women appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2022-05-12 01:34:36 UTC ]
Lit Lists Earlier this spring, the editors of WLT invited twenty-one writers to nominate one book, published since the year 2000, that has had a major influence on their own work, along with a brief statement explaining their choice. Now it’s your turn... Continue reading >> [ Source: World Literature Today | 2021-03-31 20:04:23 UTC ]
While the Guadalajara International Book Fair is is a regional rights hub, the biggest player missing is the Latin American literary agent. The post Rights Perspectives From Guadalajara as a ‘Gateway to Latin America’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2019-12-19 10:30:30 UTC ]
Hay Festival international director Cristina Fuentes La Roche has been awarded an honorary OBE, in recognition of her services to education and culture in Latin America. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-11-08 09:31:58 UTC ]
The president of the International Publishers Association takes a cultural road trip across Latin America. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-11-01 04:00:00 UTC ]
Literary Agent Jesseca Salky opens her own literary management company in New York, and Toronto's Wattpad announces a deal with Wise in Rio. The post Industry Notes: Jesseca Salky Opens New Agency; Wattpad Partners in Latin America appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2019-09-26 06:37:07 UTC ]
It’s 2019, so naturally every person in advertising feels the need to casually drop buzzwords into every conversation they have. All “thought leaders" do everything “holistically,” for example, as if that means anything to anyone. But what’s buzzier than all the buzz right now? Arguably,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2019-09-06 17:46:10 UTC ]
Marie Arana argues that the clash of civilizations still resonates, hundreds of years later. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2019-08-23 12:26:14 UTC ]
The number-one market for audiobooks in Spanish published by companies in Spain and Latin America used to be the U.S., but that has changed in recent years. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
The predictions made by publishers responding to Dosdoce's new survey see the number of Spanish-language audiobook titles surpassing 10,000 this year, narration dialects starting to favor Latin American markets. The post New Report Forecasts Spanish-Language Audiobook Surge in Spain and Latin... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2019-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
At the Guadalajara International Book Fair, Anagrama director Jorge Herralde spoke as both a champion of Latin American work and a survivor in publishing. The post Jorge Herralde of Spain’s Anagrama on Latin America and Being Adaptable appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]