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“Amazon eyes Latin American expansion,” says Reuters, carrying the story TNPS...
Yesterday Reuters ran the headline “Amazon eyes Latam expansion,” explaining that, having already established itself in Mexico and Brazil, Amazon was now looking at further expansion in Latin America....
View ArticleStorytel confirms Latin America ambitions. Mexico launch this year
Storytel has confirmed its plans to launch in Latin America, with Mexico first in line. As revealed here on TNPS a month ago, Storytel has been talking with publishers across Latin America –...
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40% of Argentines read a book last year. Only 7% read an ebook. But the...
Four out of ten Argentines have read one or more books in the past twelve months, according to a new study by the Universidad Argentina de la Empresa, but only 7% of those chose to read digitally. At...
View Article“The mystery of a million book lovers in the modern age.” The BBC shows...
In a modern world where, supposedly, no-one reads books anymore because we are all bingeing on Netflix, perhaps we should not be so surprised that the BBC, once the bastion of fact-checked reporting...
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Millions head for Latin American book fairs in the shadow of Frankfurt
Frankfurt is well-known as the world’s biggest trade fair for books, and rightly grabs all the media attention during its short course, but meanwhile the rest of the world carries on with its own...
View ArticleFILVEN sees record visitor attendance. 643,000 turn out for an 11-day book...
Even as EU sanctions against the Venezuelan government were renewed for a further year the 14th Venezuela International Book Fair got underway this month, and whether thanks to indifference to the...
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Argentina’s 2nd FIL de la Costa is underway
The second edition of Feria del Libro de la Costa is taking place on Argentina’s Atlantic coast. PublishNewsES reports nearly fifty major publishers are alongside booksellers and authors and a range of...
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StreetLib completes January tranche of global expansion. 21 countries on 6...
When StreetLib launched The New Publishing Standard in September 2017 we made clear the function of the journal was to stimulate debate about the much-neglected global book markets. It was not a...
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Libranda values global Spanish-language ebook market at minimum $84 million...
The latest report from ebook and audiobook distributor Libranda indicates global Spanish-language ebook sales up 10% YOY, with sales in Spain up 8% YOY in 2018. It is the ninth year in a row for rising...
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Cuba’s inaugural Havana Biennial of Poetry set for May 27
Cuban poets will be joined be poets from 25 countries for the first Havana Biennial of Poetry, which will take place in the Martinez Villena room of UNEAC (Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba) on May...
View ArticleArgentina’s Buenos Aires Int. Book Fair postponed. PRH sets the ball rolling...
The announcement that Penguin Random House has pulled out of book Expo America will surprise no-one. There are only three surprises here: That it didn’t happen sooner. That other big exhibitors...
View ArticlePeru’s Lima Int. Book Fair the latest coronavirus casualty to head online as...
The announcement this past week that the Lima International Book Fair would not be going ahead in July was just one more reminder of how global the pandemic is, and that no country’s publishing...
View ArticleStart the Day Global: Argentina, Qatar, Greece, Israel, Sri Lanka
Publishing news in brief from around the world. Greece / Qatar Greece will participate in the Doha International Book Fair in January 2022. In return, Qatar will attend the 2022 Thessaloniki...
View ArticleArgentina marks 40 years of democracy this year, and the Buenos Aires...
FILBA typically attracts 1.2 million visitors, so by far the largest book event in South America, but last year Spain’s Madrid Book Fair pulled in no fewer than 3 million. If you’re old enough to...
View ArticleArgentina – Buenos Aires Int. Book Fair Professional Conferences April 25-27
With over one million visitors expected, there won’t be much space for publishers and other industry professionals to get together for some quality chat time. Which is were the “Professional Days” or...
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