Spain celebrated "Bookstore Day" on November 13th as an effort to promote reading habits amongst readers of all ages. This is the fifth year in a row that bookstores offered a 5% discount to customers as an effort to boost sales during difficult economic times.
With the use of Spanish language in American politics gaining recent national media attention, the use of the two languages has sparked debates across political stages, school boardrooms and dinner tables throughout the country.
Comcast recently added support for Spanish to a “talking guide” that was introduced last year to the MSO’s cloud-powered X1 platform for the blind and visually disabled.
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 45 of 2015 (week ending 11/08/2015).
Spanish writer José Ovejero visited The College of New Rochelle on Thursday, November 5, for a series of events sponsored by the Westchester Consortium for International Studies (WCIS), a partnership of the International Studies programs at CNR and Manhattanville College.
The library now offers nearly 300 new fiction and nonfiction Spanish language and bilingual titles, staff announced Monday. Twin Falls’ population is about 13 percent Hispanic and the library has seen an increase in requests for materials in Spanish.
The highest award in Spanish literature recognizes the work of narrator and essayist Fernando del Paso. The award, which consists of a 125,000 Euros prize, will be given to the writer during a ceremony on April of 2016.
Worldreader, a global nonprofit dedicated to improving literacy in the developing world through access to digital books, today announces the addition of three extraordinary titles to its digital library from acclaimed Brazilian author, Paulo Coelho, whose books have sold more than 195 million copies worldwide, have been released in 170 countries, and translated into 80 languages.
600+ Authors at this year's Miami Book Fair represent the best in English and Spanish publishing.
Findings from the 2009-2013 American Community Survey show more than 60 million Americans over the age of five speak a language other than English in their home. Spanish is by far the most common language and is spoken in the home by 37 million people.
