Brazilian authors Márcia Leite and Leonardo Chianca have written over 30 childrens’ books each, and are now launching a publishing company, Pulo do Gato
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Tips from Lucia Riff, Brazil’s Top Literary Agent
Brazil’s top literary agent, Lucia Riff, discusses selling buying and selling rights in Brazil and abroad, and market trends in Brazil
Brazil’s E-book Market: Order, But Slow Progress
Digital distribution and retailing is ramping up, but a year after publishers started investing in innovation just 4,000 titles are available in Brazilian Portuguese.
Brazil Commits $7.5m to “The Internationalization of Brazilian Literature”
By the 2013 Frankfurt Book Fair the Brazilian government wants to have funded the translation of 250 Brazilian books into foreign languages.
Idyllic Fernando de Noronha Island Stars in New iPad App
New iPad app published by Bei in Brazil features the Fernando de Noronha island. The app includes video, animation, photos, maps and more.
Nicholas Sparks, US Bestsellers Help Novo Conceito Race to the Front of Brazilian Publishing
Former motorcycle racer Fernando Baracchini only started publishing trade books in 2007, but his publishing house dominates Brazil’s bestseller lists with an array of translated imports. By Maria Fernanda Rodrigues At first, Fernando Baracchini didn’t seem destined for a career in publishing. Though he grew up as scion to the Ribeirão Preto-based book chain Paraler, instead of helping his mother …
Unesp Hits 50,000 Downloads of Free University Press E-books
By Maria Fernanda Rodrigues This post comes from our sister site, PublishNews Brazil: The university press Fundação Editora Unesp joined the digital era by going beyond merely digitizing its books: in March 2010, it released a free digital collection of unpublished papers and thesis written by its teachers and students. During the last year Unesp registered 50,000 downloads of the …
FLIP: Brazil’s Perfect Literary Cocktail
By Maria Fernanda Rodrigues Throughout the year, Brazilian authors travel from one book fair to another, as many cities in Brazil have their own literature festivals and book events. All of them have the same goal: yo instill the pleasure of reading and (of course) sell books. One of these literature festivals, however, goes further than all others: FLIP – …
Brazilian Book Market Grows to Nearly $2bn, Led by Growth in Trade and STM
For expanded coverage of the Brazilian book market, visit our new site and newsletter — PublishNews Brazil — powered by Publishing Perspectives. By Maria Fernanda Rodrigues, PublishNew Brazil The Brazilian publishing market continues to exhibit modest growth. According to the most recent figures released by the Brazilian Book Chamber (CBL) and the Brazilian Publishers Union (SNEL), the total market was …
Brazil’s E-book Market One Year On: Still Crawling
Today’s feature story is the first of a collaboration between PublishNews.com.br and Publishing Perspectives to provide news about the growing Brazilian publishing industry in English. Visit our newly launched site, PublishNewsBrazil.com, to read more and subscribe to the email newsletter. By Maria Fernanda Rodrigues This time last year, Brazil had just one e-bookstore –- Gato Sabido –- which offered a …
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