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Spain’s publishing industry: Positioned to fight for the future.

Despite media reports to the contrary, Spain’s publishing industry is robust and diverse, and investing for the future, writes Antonio María Ávila.

Attend Mexican writer Jorge Zepeda's lecture at NY's Cervantes Institute on October 30.

Lecture to take place on Friday, October 30 at 7 pm. General admission: $10 ICNY members: $ 5
In English and Spanish with simultaneous translation.

Get to know this week's list of best selling titles in Spanish for week 42 ending on October 18th, 2015.

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 42 of 2015 (week ending 10/18/2015).

Tekstum Offers “Sentiment” Analytics for the Spanish Market

Tekstum is a new company offering big data analytics for the Spanish market that analyzes everything from social media impact to emotions present in books.

University of New Mexico celebrates 400th anniversary of Don Quixote.

The University’s Department of Spanish and Portuguese, in collaboration with the Latin American and Iberian Institute, is holding readings of the renowned Spanish novel “Don Quixote”, which celebrates its fourth centennial anniversary this year.

Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) releases latest e-newsletter.

Educators across the U.S. attend HACU’s 29th Annual Conference on mid-October, among the highlights of the newsletter.

Wanted: Bilingual teachers for English-Spanish classrooms.

State of Oregon faces teacher shortage as districts add bilingual programs.

Manuel Loureiro, the Spanish Stephen King that is causing commotion in the U.S.

The screenwriters of “The walking dead” have recommended Loureiro’s first novel recognizing his admirable talent for horror narrative.

Bilinguals have better college outcomes, labor advantages: New study shows.

Children of immigrants who can speak, read and write in both English and the language spoken at home have an advantage in the labor market, a new report released Tuesday finds.

Amazon commits $10 Million to translations, prompting questions.

AmazonCrossing, Amazon Publishing’s five year old literary translation imprint, has announced a $10 million commitment over the next five years to increase both the number and diversity of its books in translation.

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