An unpublished text by Borges is translation of a lecture he gave about the character of Don Quixote
Looking at Latin American Culture
The latest issue of Revista Ñ focuses on the culture of Latin America
Lectures from Mexico City E-book Conference Available Online
Watch presentations from the International Symposium on the Electronic Book was held in Mexico City from September 19-21
Do Too Many Latin American Novelists Deny Their Origins?
In an interview, Columbian novelist Marco Tulio Aguilera Garramuño said that Latin American authors deny their heritage.
Introducing Spanish World Book News
Publishing Perspectives and La Fundación El Libro in Argentina are launching a newsletter focused on publishing news in Spanish-speaking countries.
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 platform created by 62 of Spain’s university presses to digitize and sell their content. With the help of digital distributor Publidisa , the group has created a direct-to-consumer website www.unebook.es where titles from the participating publishers …
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 its colorful way, now reports that the group has traded a big chunk of its family ownership in return for a lifeline investment from Liberty Acquisitions, an investment group whose sponsors include Nicolas Berggruen, “an art …
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 novel Tres ataúdes blancos, or Three White Coffins. The novel is set in the fictional Latin American country of Miranda, where by mistake the protagonist is installed as leader of the political opposition. Ungar, …