Industry Notes: In Mexico, seven independent publishers form an alliance with an eye to diversity, and Spain’s Liber program honors the 100-year-old Balmes bookstore.

By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson

fter our interview with Klett-Cotta’s Tom Kraushaar about the development of a group of seven German independent publishers, we’ve heard from Mexico about another such group—seven seems to be the magic number—formed in Guadalajara.

The Guadalajara Publishers’ Guild, or Gremio de Editores de Guadalajara (GEG), comprises:

Ediciones Arlequín
Impronta Casa Editora
Literalia
Mantis Editores
Paraíso Perdido
Petra Edciones
Salto Mortal

And with an echo of the discussion we had with Kraushaar about independent publishers putting aside competition to work together on common issues and challenges in publishing, we read in the announcement from these Guadalajara publishers, “With an aim of strengthening ties between the publishing community in Mexico and Latin America, seven publishers from Guadalajara have created the guild to collectively confront the complex world of publishing in favor of diversity.”

Read more here: Publishing Perspectives