Buenos Aires-based online bookseller BajaLibros has gained traction thanks toAmazon.com's failure to launch in the region, as well as restrictions on imports.
Buenos Aires-based online bookseller BajaLibros has gained traction thanks toAmazon.com's failure to launch in the region, as well as restrictions on imports.
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 19 of 2014 (week ending 5/11/2014).
More than 450,000 people visited? the 2014 edition of the fair, and sales rose to about $11,6 million, according to Enrique González, president of Cámara Colombiana del Libro, organizer of the event, saying that this was the “best [Bogotá] Book Fair in history”.
More than 1.2 million people attended the largest publishing event in South America, that ended Sunday, according to organizer Fundación El Libro.
Writers from different countries from Latin America and from Spain who have become assimilated yet still share similarities and reveal in their writings a Miami that is much more complex than is generally thought.
The new imprint, a partnership between Open Road Media and Barcelona Digital Editions, will make both translations of English titles into Spanish and original Spanish works available as ebooks.
With presence in all Latin-American countries, Edaf has a catalogue of over 800 titles that reflects US best sellers in fiction and non-fiction as well as classic titles. Their books will be available for distribution throughout the United States starting June 15th.
As part of the Bilingual Poetry Reading, Instituto Cervantes New York presents poets Ann Lauterbach (US), Marta López-Luaces (Spain), Jeannette Lozano (Mexico) and Don Share (US), tomorrow, May 9 at 7:00 pm
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 18 of 2014 (week ending 5/4/2014).
Aracely Alvarado, a resident of Dinuba, California, often made up stories and songs in Spanish to help her students learn their numbers, letters, shapes and sizes. After another teacher suggested she perform at parties, her stage persona, Akuarella, was born. Now, she publishes children’s books and sells her songs on iTunes.
