From the Los Angeles Review of Books: Focusing on one region at a time, UK independent house Peter Owen is translating titles in groups of three at a time.
Spain’s Hay Festival Segovia Announces Its September Program
Coming in September, the Spanish iteration of the Hay Festival at Segovia events features a focus on cities and current events. Tickets now are on sale.
Agency Rights Roundup: Barcelona’s VicLit Agency and Its Latin American Novels
Focusing on debut Latin American talent, Victor Hurtado’s agency’s rights sales are promoting new voices from the Spanish-language markets.
Startups: The Spanish Bookstage Rights Platform Closes This Month
Less than two years after launch, an online rights-trading platform for the Spanish-language markets is shuttering. And a veteran observer has questions.
Bookwire’s Spanish Markets Footprint: Selling More Ebooks ‘In the Jet Stream’
‘Global vision, local service’ is how Bookwire has pushed deep into its Latin American expansion after success in Germany and Spain.
Dosdoce and Bookwire Chart ‘Soaring’ Ebook Sales in the Spanish Markets
Citing a 110-percent jump in sales in Latin America and 41 percent growth in Spain, a new report sees digital as a key to the Spanish markets’ turnaround.
Industry Notes: International Rights at Diversion Books; Australian Teens Quizzed on Their Reading
An agency in Spain picks up New York’s Diversion Books foreign rights. An Australian study of teen reading finds conflicting input on digital vs. print.
Barcelona’s Pontas Agency at 25: Selling Rights Directly Into All Markets
‘Agents like us are acting in areas that used to be the publishers’ territories,’ says Anna Soler-Pont, reflecting on 25 years of her Pontas Agency.
Barcelona’s Schavelzon Heads to BookExpo With Spanish-Language Titles on Offer
Amid growing interest in Spanish and Latin American writers among US publishers, Barcelona-based agency Schavelzon Graham will be at BookExpo.
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Is Acquiring Spain’s Ediciones B
Penguin Random House widens its footprint in Spanish-language markets with the acquisition of Ediciones B, which is based in Spain and has imprints across Latin America.