Recently, the Ministry of Culture of Spain, through its Observatory (Observatorio del libro y la lectura), compiled a list of websites and blogs of note on books and the book industry. If you’d like to keep yourself informed on a daily basis but don’t speak Spanish, it’s worth using Google Translate to give yourself a flavor of what’s going on.
This is the short list, but you can check the long list too.
365 días de libros
Blog of the Library of the Campus de Colmenarejo, Universidad Carlos III, Madrid
Libraries / Reading
Actualidad editorial
Self-defined as an observatory of trends and news on publishing. It focuses on analysis of the industry. Spanish and global focus.
Industry / New Technologies
Anatomía de la edición
Developed by Alberto Vicente and Silvano Gozzer, this portal is very data-driven.
Industry / Books / New Technologies
Anatomiteca
Blog of Anatomía de la edición that offers tools and resources for publishers.
Industry / Books / New Technologies
Banco del Libro
Private association, belonging to the Venezuelan chapter of IBBY (International Board on Books for Young People).
Promotion of Reading / Children and YA literature
Beat, Observatori de l’edició digital
Catalan Web focused on TICs applied to the book industry.
Industry / New Technologies
Bibliogtecarios
Founded in 2010 by Julian Marquina, a blog focused on subjects of interest for librarians and documentalists.
Libraries / Tools / New Technologies / Reading
Blog de la BNE
Blog of the Biblioteca Nacional de España
Libraries / Books
Dosdoce.com
Portal managed by Communication expert Javier Celaya.
Book Industry / Cultural Industries / Books / New Technologies
El documentalista enredado
Blog on metadata edited by documentalist Marcos Ros-Martin.
Books / Metadata / New Technologies
El ojo fisgón
Blog by Colombian editor Martín Gómez, about new trends in the Spanish book market.
Industry / Books / Reading
Infolibro
Professional portal created by CEGAL (Spanish booksellers), FGEE (Spanish publishers) and FANDE (Spanish )
Industry / Books / New Technologies
LecturaLab
German Sanchez Ruiperez Endowment web magazine, globally analysis trends in reading, publishing, libraries, etc.
Industry / Books / Promotion of Reading
Libros y Bitios
Jose Antonio Millán, philology doctor and publisher, writes on books, reading history, reading experience, digital and traditional publishing, etc.
Industry / Books/ Reading / Editorial / New Technologies
LibrosAr
CAL (Argentine Book Chamber of Commerce) focused this portal on news about the industry.
Publishing / Bookselling / Books
Libros en la nube
Blog led by former publisher Julieta Lionetti, with thoughts, news analysis, etc. on new trends in the book industry. Spanish and global focus.
Industry / Trends / New Technologies
Los futuros del libro
Blog conducted by professor Joaquin Rodriguez on books, editors, publishers and readers at the beginning of XXI Century.
Books / Reading / Publishing
Me gusta escribir
Random House Mondadori social platform where writers and readers meet.
Social Platform / Books
Portal del Llibre
The Associació d’Editors del País Valencià promotion site, with interesting information about industry trends.
Industry / Books
Soybits
Trends on the digital transition
New Technologies / Books