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Nuevas Referencias, a blog for librarians and bibliophiles

Artist, librarian and curator Patricia Figueroa is publishing this bilingual blog featuring interviews with new Spanish-speaking authors.

“Cincuenta Sombras de Grey / Fifty Shades of Grey” by E.L. James and published by Vintage Books is #1 best selling title in Spanish in the US for week 39

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 39 of 2012 (week ending 09/30/2012).

October 5th ARS' events at LIBER 2012

America Reads Spanish presents the roundtable “How to sell books in Spanish in the U.S.: most demanded subjects and market description” at 10:15 a.m., as part of LIBER 2012 events.

Looking into the future of Spanish book publishing

The Spanish newspaper El País has profiled a new initiative in the Spanish publishing world: "The laboratory of the Book". This group of experts has published a book entitled, "The Great Transformation, Panorama of the book sector in Spain 2012-2015.” Their goal is to analyze and make sense of the challenges facing the industry today.

Elissa Miller wins the V ARS Librarian of the Year Prize at LIBER 2012

Miller, a librarian of District of Columbia Public Library System, is the new Librarian of the Year. The award was announced October 3rd, as part of the events at LIBER 2012, International Book Fair in Barcelona.

Call for presentation proposals for HACU’s 10th International Conference closes October 15th

The Speaker proposals have to address the conference theme: “Creating Global-minded Environments on our Campuses” and can be submitted individually or by groups.

Dual language programs help Hispanic children succeed

NBCLatino.com features an example of how dual language helps the young not only to maintain their primary language and learn a second one, but succeed academically.

Spanish language eBook titles from Santillana USA are now available on Apple's iBookstore

The Spanish publisher started selling its titles on the iBookstore in late 2011, increasing the number of available books rapidly in order to meet a growing demand from Hispanic audiences.

Michael Neale's first novel is a collection of life experiences

In an interview with Tintafresca, the award-winning songwriter and worship leader talks about his novel “El río” (The River), now available in Spanish, and his book-related multimedia show.

ARS is hosting two events at Liber 2012's opening day

America Reads Spanish will announce the winner of the V Librarian of the Year Prize and will host the roundtable “Distribution of Spanish language books in the U.S.: the Bookmasters' case”, October 3r at Liber 2012 in Barcelona.

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