It can be easier to get Portugal’s books into Latin American via Spanish translations than to sell them in the original Portuguese-language editions in Brazil.
Reuters’ International Survey: Don’t Bet the Farm on News Video
A strong reading culture frequently has a tendency to robust news consumption, as well. The Reuters Institute’s new Digital News Report has many revelations to offer, from 26 countries.
Portugal’s Book Market: A Few Words With Patricia Seibel
While taking stock of lagging literacy rates and persistent economic challenges, literary agent Patricia Seibel still sees quality and a loyalty to literary fiction as hallmarks of Portugal’s resilient market.
Showcasing Brazil’s Young and Unique Publishing Talent
PublishNews’ Carlo Carrenho profiles the six fascinating winners of a new prize honoring Brazil’s top young publishing talent.
International Publishing Leaders Seek Answers at Yale
Half a dozen publishers who attended this year’s Yale Publishing Course shared their international publishing challenges. Do you have answers for them?
Kobo Launches in Portugal Through FNAC Partnership
Through a cooperation with bookseller FNAC Portugal, Kobo has launched its e-book platform in Portugal. It will sell devices through FNAC stores and website.
Lonely Planet’s Ranking of the World’s Greatest Bookshops
By Edward Nawotka Lonely Planet has put out a top ten list of the world’s greatest bookshops, which is led by San Francisco’s City Lights Books. The top three are rounded-out by Librería El Ateneo Grand Splendid in Buenos Aires and Livraria Lello in Porto. Also on the list, are several stores which we’ve covered here, including London’s Daunt Books, Shakespeare & Co. in …
Book Review: The Elephant’s Journey by José Saramago
By Gwendolyn Dawson José Saramago’s novel The Elephant’s Journey, published after his death earlier this year, borrows its action from an actual historical event: the gift of an elephant by the king of Portugal to the Archduke of Austria in 1551 and the elephant’s subsequent journey to its new home. Filled with charm and whimsy, it reads like an adult …
“The Best Tool Available”: Portugal’s José Rodrigues dos Santos on Truth vs. Fiction
• José Rodrigues dos Santos, one of Portugal’s best known journalists and novelists, discusses the relationship between truth and fiction. • “If I was doing journalism, I should tell the truth, right?” he posits, only to reveal that sometimes fiction is, indeed, “the best tool available” — the proverbial lie that tells the actual truth. By José Rodrigues dos Santos LISBON: …
Saramago Dumps German Publisher Over Disputed Blog
By Siobhan O’Leary Portuguese Nobel Prize winner and international bestseller José Saramago, who has been published in German by Rowohlt Verlag to this point, is moving houses to Hoffmann und Campe. In a statement to the Boersenblatt, Rowohlt spokeswoman Regina Steinicke revealed that the split resulted from a disagreement over the publication of Saramago’s blog in printed form under Rowohlt …
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