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PublishNews Brazil: January Bestsellers, Adapting Classics into Video Games

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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.

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Timeline of the Brazilian Publishing Marketplace: 1995-2012

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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.

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Can Brazil Build 39 Libraries Per Day Until 2020?

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Brazil’s is demanding that every school in the country house a library by 2020. To meet that goal, 128,020 libraries will have to be built, or 39 per day.

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PublishNews Brazil: Amazon Opens Kiosks to Sell Kindles in Brazil

Amazon has added retail kiosks as a physical sales channel for Kindles in Brazil.

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.

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PublishNews Brazil: Brazil’s Bestselling Books and Top Publishers of 2012

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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.

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Predicting the Winners and Losers in Brazil’s Ebook War

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

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PublishNews Brazil: iBookstore Outsells Competitors, Record’s Anniversary

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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.

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Bookstore, Electronics Chains to Sell Kindles in Brazil

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

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PublishNews Brazil: Ebook Prices Disappoint, Romania Hot for Brazil

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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.

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Amazon’s Grand Plan for Brazil: “Sell Millions of Kindles,” says Naggar

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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.

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