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 12 of 2013 (week ending 3/24/2013).
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 12 of 2013 (week ending 3/24/2013).
The Hispanic Information and Telecommunications Network has picked Spain's Zinkia, creator of the popular kiddie cartoon character Pocoyo, to take part in an educational project aimed at Latino kids in the United States.
Casa del Lector and Germán Sanchez Ruiperez Foundation came together to create “Diálogos de lectura”, a series of training courses for reading professionals, reports dosdoce.com.
BookMachine is a website that serves as a meeting place for publishing professionals to network. It is also a platform dedicated to create events in a relaxed atmosphere to discuss the industry and meet people in person with the same concerns, interests or proposals about the changes taking place in the publishing world.
The current director of LéaLA, the largest Spanish-language book fair in the U.S., was named to lead the Guadalajara Book Fair and will start her new role April 1st. She is succeeding Nubia Macías, who resigned last week after a tenure of 10 years.
The movie, based on Benito Pérez Galdós' novel, will be available at Días de Cine Reading Club until March 31st, 2013. This initiative is sponsored by the America Reads Spanish program and the American Library Association to promote literature and the Spanish language in American libraries and universities.
So far, over 600 librarian are among the “people shaping the future of Libraries”. Library Journal presents every each of them. Discover who the Change Agents are, the Innovators, the Marketers, the Advocates, the Community and the Tech Leaders. Or see what librarian from your home state has made the list.
The conference on the future of publishing, organized by Bookrepublic, focuses on changes in the reading experience and the relationship between author, publisher and reader in the new digital era.
The new head of the Spanish Confederation of Unions and Associations of Booksellers, was elected last week. CEGAL gathers 1,600 bookstores located in Spain.
The 54-year-old-Spanish author won the prestigious award for his novel “La invención del amor."
