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“Prohibido entrar sin pantalones”, winner of the Bienal de Novela Mario Vargas Llosa 2014 is published

This historical novel by Juan Bonilla is inspired on the life of the Russian provocative and radical poet Vladimir Maiakovski. The book is being published by Planeta.

Imagining Latina/o Studies conference received an overwhelming show of support

The conference was celebrated recently in Chicago and featured more than 100 panels and 500 participants. Adan Griego, Curator for Latin American, Mexican American & Iberian Collections at Stanford University Libraries, writes about the highlights of the conference.

“Chicken Soup for the Soul” ebooks are now available in Spanish

The self-help series, which has sold more than 500 million copies and has been translated into 43 languages, is now available in ebook format to Hispanic readers around the world.

Océano unveils new ebook catalogue for the Spanish-speaking market

Groupo Océano, one of the largest Spanish-language publishers, has launched a line of ebook titles aimed at Latin America.

Laura Esquivel's new book is a manual to live

The Mexican author talks with Tintafresca about her latest book, “Escribiendo la nueva historia” and she explains how this work intends to change the course of life through meditation and written exercises. Also featured in this month's newsletter, authors María Antonieta Collins, Hilda García and Joe Kutchera, plus links to blogs and other industry news.

“Perro Grande - Perro Pequeño / Big Dog - Little Dog” by P. D. Eastman and published by Random House Books For Young Readers is #1 best selling title in Spanish in the US for week 28

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 28 of 2014 (week ending 7/13/2014).

Bolchiro offers high quality bilingual and Spanish classics ebooks

The publishing company gives readers the option to read ebooks in two languages: its original or the Spanish translation, with just a touch on the screen.

Ransom Center releases Spanish plays collections for research

The Harry Ransom Center released one of the largest collections of “comedias sueltas,” individually-printed Spanish plays. The goal is to help researches better understand the history of printing in Spain and also to reveal the interests of everyday Spanish readers during the time period when they were written.

Barcelona-based The Spanish Digital Link opens doors to the Spanish world

The Spanish Digital Link, in partnership with Germany's Bookwire, offers publishing localization services that will help the publishing industry establish a foothold in the 500 million strong global Spanish-language market. It will also offer services such as market research, draft proofreading and other marketing services, including translating social media postings to Facebook and Twitter into Spanish.

HACU congratulates Julian Castro on his senate confirmation as the next Secretary of HUD

The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities’ (HACU) President and CEO Antonio R. Flores issued a statement on the vote by Senate leaders to confirm Julian Castro as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

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