September 15 to October 15 is National Hispanic Heritage Month
Spanish Mountaineer's Book Preempted in France. Summits of My Life by Kilian Jornet, a professional mountaineer, has just been preempted by French publisher Arthaud (which is part of Flammarion).Ara Llibres will publish the book in Spanish and Catalan in October, and Ella Sher Agency controls rights on their behalf.
The Tejano Association for Historical Preservation has selected Nicolás Kanellos, founding director of Arte Público Press and the University of Houston Brown Foundation Professor of Hispanic Studies, as the recipient of its award for excellence in literary preservation.
Journalist and writer Carmela Díaz has just published her latest novel, Amor es la respuesta (Love is the Answer), a novel with a wonderfully documented historical setting, a plot in which historical characters intervene, and considerable doses of suspense.
This book is nothing short of a canon of the best literature of our time, through the voices of its creators. Xavi Ayén, one of the greatest international journalists dedicated to literature, has chosen eighty of the foremost authors in the globe, seventeen of which are Nobel Price winners.
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 2017 (week ending 8/20/2017)
Between 2013-2016, McDonald's USA distributed 54M books to kids with plans to distribute 20M more books during the upcoming promotion. OAK BROOK, IL--(Marketwired - Aug 17, 2017) - In celebration of National Literacy Month in September, McDonald's USA (NYSE: MCD) is inviting families to celebrate the joy of reading with the launch of the latest Happy Meal Books promotion.
The textbook is still the main bastion of the book industry in Spain, readers turn their backs on romance and erotic novels, and the electronic book continues its slow ascent, according to the latest report from the industry.