Ahead of this week’s Readmagine, Dosdoce’s Javier Celaya issues a new report on Spanish-language audiobooks and ebooks in 2022.
In Mexico: FIL Guadalajara’s Raúl Padilla, Dead at 68
Raúl Padilla López, the Guadalajara fair’s founder, was a controversial figure in Mexican culture whose death has been confirmed a suicide.
Audiobooks in Spanish: Dosdoce Hands Publishers a ‘Map’
Dosdoce’s Javier Celaya challenges the Spanish-language publishing industry to expand its share of a fast-widening audio ‘ecosystem.’
At Bologna: Spain’s Publishers Report Growing Children’s Book Exports
FGEE reports that Spain’s exports of children’s books increased by 3.4 percent, to €24.2 million in 2021, with Mexico as a primary market.
Nielsen BookData Opens BookScan Tracking in Colombia
Amid calls for better and more comparable data among publishing markets, Nielsen’s BookData makes a timely expansion in Colombia.
Mexico: MVB América Latina Opens Discounted Access to Metabooks
The pandemic has heightened the need for strong metadata management in the Mexican marketplace, say principals of MVB.
Rights Edition: At Guadalajara, Spanish-Language Publishers Eye the US Market
With more than 62 million Hispanics in the United States, demand for Spanish-language books is on the rise, specialists say.
At Guadalajara, Guest of Honor Sharjah’s Biggest Stand
Guadalajara’s book fair has closed with 806,805 visitors, and Sharjah Book Authority’s guest of honor pavilion drew at least 450,000.
Guadalajara: CANIEM’S Seminar on Accessible Publishing
In this program from the Mexican Publishers Association, IPA’s Karine Pansa calls accessible publishing ‘not only a good decision, but also a good commercial decision.’
Guatemala’s Raúl Figueroa Sarti Fêted at Guadalajara
Raúl Figueroa Sarti, founding director of F&G Editores, receives the Guadalajara International Book Fair’s 2022 Editorial Merit Prize.