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Goodbye to the Cemetery of Forgotten Books: Zafón concludes his best selling saga

Carlos Ruiz Zafon closes his tetralogy that began in 2001 with 'The Shadow of the Wind' and continued with 'The Angel's Game' and 'The Prisoner of Heaven' which has sold millions of copies, with this latest book ‘The Labyrinth of the Spirits’.

Blanca Rosa Roca: An Independent Publisher in Spain’s Recovery

‘It seems unlikely that the industry can make up for the 40 percent that has been lost,’ but Blanca Rosa Roca counts herself a survivor in a recession-ravaged marketplace".

Get to know this week's List for the week 32 ending on August 21st, 2016

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 33 of 2016 (week ending 08/21/2016)

Foreign language test system comes to China.

A foreign language test system was introduced in Shanghai yesterday to help people seeking employment with international companies demonstrate their proficiency.

Odilo and Axiell partner to expand digital content offering to libraries

Denver, CO, August 25, 2016 – ODILO, one of the leading digital content providers for libraries, announces their partnership Axiell, the leading supplier of IT systems and services to public libraries in the UK, Ireland, and the Nordic countries.

America Reads Spanish newsletter is available online!

The August issue is now available with exciting news about America Reads Spanish!

Pa negre (Black Bread) to be published for the first time in English

“Pa negre (Black Bread), one of the most acclaimed works by the Catalan writer Emili Teixidor has landed in Canada and the United States courtesy of the publisher Biblioasis, who this July published its first translation into English.

Telling ’21st-Century Stories’: Spain’s Javier Celaya

There is good news’ from the publishing sector in Spain, says The Markets’ visionary speaker Javier Celaya of Dosdoce.com. And it’s ‘radically transforming the cultural sector.’

‘Habits of Culture’ and the Digital Dynamic: Spain’s José Manuel Anta

The impact of digital, the population’s loss of ‘cultural habits’ that support reading, and challenges to the supply chain: Madrid’s José Manuel Anta on the Spanish publishing market’s challenges.

‘Growth Is My Biggest Concern’: Spanish Publisher Luis Solano

We need to work harder and customize our publishing offers in Latin America,’ says Barcelona-based independent publisher Luis Solano. Spain’s publishing market’s challenges, he says, include piracy and a need for new readership.

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