Author Archives: Emily Williams

Reading Unfiltered

By Emily Williams A couple of different recent posts (Hugh McGuire in TOC <http://toc.oreilly.com/2010/06/sifting-through-all-these-book.html> and Nathan Bransford in HuffPo <http://simplissimo.com.br/blog/nova-lei-de-direitos-autorais-pode-impor-limites-ao-uso-de-drm-nos-e-books/>) have made me realize that the hive mind is circling  … 

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Wikileaks Reveals U.S. Diplomats Pressured Spain to Adopt Harsh (and Unproven) Anti-Piracy Laws

By Emily Williams The Public Knowledge blog responds to Wikileaks’ revelations that had been reported by El País, namely that Spain’s proposed piracy law that drew such  … 

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B&N’s NOOKBooks en Español Gives US Retailer Unique Position in Global E-book Market

  By Emily Williams There has been a lot of talk about digital content in Spanish-language publishing over the past three years, and publishers have  … 

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Could the US Co-opt Global E-book Sales?

By Emily Williams and Edward Nawotka Todays’ lead story looks at the aggressive development of US retailer Barnes & Noble’s Spanish-language e-bookstore and it’s broad  … 

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Amazon Launches Italian Site Amazon.it

By Emily Williams Amazon announced today the launch of Amazon.it, the first time the company enters the Italian market with a dedicated portal. According to  … 

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In Spain, Two Special Alliances Form to Tackle E-Books Head On

By Emily Williams In Spain, a pair of intriguing publishing alliances promises to bring unique digital content to Spanish readers. The first is ​​​​​​​​​​​​Unebook, a digital  … 

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Spain’s Prisa Group “Gets a Hand from a Homeless Billionaire”​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

By Emily Williams We’ve written before ​about the financial troubles plaguing the Prisa Group, owner of Santillana, one of Spain’s largest publishers.  ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​The Economist, in  … 

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Anagrama’s Premio Herralde Goes to Colombian Writer Antonio Ungar

By Emily Williams Publisher Anagrama announced this week that the 2010 winner of the house’s prestigious Herralde Novel Prize (worth €18,000) is Colombian writer Antonio Ungar for his  … 

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The Future of Rights: Standards and Shared Metadata

By Emily Williams The paper book is an object of beauty and simplicity. This neat package has allowed books to conceal for many years the  … 

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TYPA’s Gabriela Adamo Talks Argentine Lit at Home and Abroad

By Matías Fernández (translated from the Spanish by Emily Williams) Gabriela Adamo worked for a number of years as a literary editor for the celebrated  … 

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