
International interest, digitization, and market consolidation are not new phenomenon in Brazil, and many began more than ten years ago, as evidenced by this brief timeline.

This week on PublishNews Brazil: Amazon opens kiosks to sell Kindles in Brazil, Kobo launches two new ereaders, 33% of Brazilians read a book last month.

This week’s issue of PublishNews Brazil covers Brazil’s bestselling books and publishers of 2012, Record’s expansion, and the hike in holiday ebook sales.

Surprisingly, Apple leads Brazil’s ebook sales, but by 2014 Amazon should dominate, with Kobo, Google, Saraiva and others behind. We explain why.

Apple’s Brazilian store is selling more ebooks than Amazon, Kobo and Brazilian retailer Saraiva; Groupo Editoral Record hits 70, and Amazon signs up retail partners.

Amazon closed a deal in Brazil with Bookstore chain Livraria da Vila to sell Kindles through the remainder of 2012 until January 2013.

This week’s issue of PublishNews Brazil looks at disappointment over high ebook prices in Brazil, the booming market for Brazilian lit in Romania, and Frankfurt’s new Sao Paolo staffer.

Through exclusive interviews with Amazon’s David Naggar, author Paolo Coelho, and others, we get behind the scenes of Amazon’s Kindle Store launch in Brazil this week.
PublishNews Brazil: January Bestsellers, Adapting Classics into Video Games
From Brazil: Luis Fernando Verissimo is the sole Brazilian fiction writer on the January bestseller lists; Livro e Game is turning classics into educational video games.