Spanish poet, writer and translator Marta López-Luaces published her latest book “Los traductores del viento” (Wind translators). The novel reveals the deepest human conflicts intertwined with the social fabric, dealing also with the historical struggle for power between the church and the secular establishment representatives.
In an editorial piece by Publishing Perspectives, Mark Haber, of Brazos Bookstore, an independent bookstore in Houston, writes about the increased number of customers asking for Latin-American and Spanish books, and how his bookstore is now carrying titles both originally written in Spanish and translated into Spanish, to satisfy the demand.
In this edition, Rómulo Parra features “Inquebrantable: Mi Historia, A Mi Manera” (“Unbreakable: My Story, My Way”), the autobiography of late singer Jenni Rivera, number one on the bestseller books for 26 weeks; a review of “El ruido de las cosas al caer,” the suggested five classic books available in digital format, and much more.
James Blake Wiener of the Ancient History Encyclopedia speaks to historian and writer Dr. María Lara Martínez, about her award winning novel on St. Helena, “The Veil of Promise” (El Velo de Promesa).
During 2013 the Spanish newspaper covered the must important news and events of the book industry. In this piece, readers can watch and read reports, interviews, videos, chats and discussion on all of the nine highlights of the book industry in 2013.
msn Latino's Latinzine features Ana Eulate, founder of Cuento de Luz, as a publisher with a mission, a woman that takes whimsical children’s books to places where fairytales aren’t an intrinsic part of childhood. Bullets and hunger are.
El País features a review of some of the books suitable for children five years old and under.
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 52 of 2013 (week ending 12/29/2013).
Monica Brown has written more than a dozen children's picture books with text in both English and Spanish. Raised bilingually by a South American mother and North American father, she says her inspiration comes from her own upbringing.
Marianne Arellano Pazos struggled to teach her daughters the language she learned as a child, and last year, she took her efforts one step further, writing her own stories and recruiting her sister, Diana Arellano, to illustrate them. Together they created a website and published six books through Amazon’s print-on-demand division.
