HarperCollins creates new Spanish-language divisions

HarperCollins is to expand its Spanish-language publishing via the creation of HarperCollins Espanol and HarperCollins Iberica, to serve the Americas and Spain/Portugal respectively. The company will build on its existing structures in the Americas and in Spain and expand the number of Spanish-language titles it publishes. It has made a decisive start by acquiring world Spanish rights to Harper Lee's Go Set a Watchman (Ve y pon un Centinela). Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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