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LeáLA attracted 100,000 visitors and keeps growing

Marisol Shultz, director of the Spanish book fair of Los Angeles, estimated that the number of visitors to the cultural event has triplicated since it started just three years ago, El Sol de Tijuana reports.

Spanish story-time in Oregon library to benefit from book donation

The Aloha Community Library, in Aloha, Oregon, is hosting a Spanish story-time on Saturdays, since late April. With the addition of Spanish books on its collection, library officials hope to see the program grow, reports Oregon Live.

Días de Cine Reading Club presents 'El maestro de esgrima' until May 26th

The movie, based on Arturo Pérez-Reverte's novel, will be available at Días de Cine Reading Club until May 26th, 2013. This initiative is sponsored by the America Reads Spanish program and the American Library Association to promote literature and the Spanish language in American libraries and universities.

U.S. readers are embracing books from overseas

According to the University of Rochester’s translation database, 413 translated works of fiction and poetry were released in 2012, up from 370 the previous year. The growth in translations, combined with new opportunities afforded by digital, are showing new ways for international titles to enter the U.S. Market, Publishers Weekly reports.

Report suggests that dual language in early education is best for young English-language learners

Young ELLs who are still developing oral and literacy skills in their home languages benefit most in early-childhood programs that regularly expose them to both languages, writes Lesli A. Maxwell on her “Learning the language” blog.

LeáLA, the Spanish Book Fair of Los Angeles, starts today

This year's guest of honor at the largest Hispanic book fair in the country, is Tijuana, a city emblematic of today’s vibrant border region and explosion of cultures. LéaLA is a free event open to everyone from May-17 to 9, 2013, at the Los Angeles Convention Center.

'Larousse Concise Dictionary: Spanish-English/English-Spanish' published by Larousse Kingfisher Chambers is #1 best selling title in Spanish in the US for week 19

Nielsen BookScan, part of the Nielsen Company (US) LLC, and America Reads Spanish (ARS) present the free, weekly list of the Spanish bestseller titles in the US Market for week 19 of 2013 (week ending 5/12/2013).

Lorito Books heads to L.A.

In its latest newsletter, Lorito Books features its presence in LéaLA this weekend, the importance of summer reading, and The Bookies, a Denver's bookstore for kids.

Trade publishing and ebooks sales grew in 2012

Trade publishing grew by nearly 7%, ebooks expanded nearly 45%, according to BookStats industry survey for 2012. This is U.S. publishing’s most comprehensive annual survey now available.