“Self-publishing in Spanish is just exploding, and we are seeing it this year more than ever before”, said Jon Malinowski, president of the Combined Book Exhibit at the Guadalajara International Book Fair "FIL".

A substantial U.S. publishing contingent attended this year’s Guadalajara International Book Fair (FIL) in Mexico, which ran from November 28 to December 6. The American Collective Stand (ACS), which represented numerous publishers at FIL, had a 40% increase in the number of participants this year over 2014.

Jon Malinowski, president of Combined Book Exhibit, the parent company of ACS, says he had to turn away some publishers because he ran out of booths. The American Psychological Association, Fox Chapel, Highlights for Children, Simon & Schuster, Sterling, and World Book all participated in ACS this year. Malinowski also notes that the greatest growth in attendance for ACS was from self-published authors: “Self-publishing in Spanish is just exploding, and we are seeing it this year more than ever before.”

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