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Planeta to Close U.S. Office by Judith Rosen, 3/15/2008
With more U.S. publishers taking advantage of the boom in Latino publishing, Spanish and Latin American publishers are finding it harder to compete. Close on the heels of Penguin’s announcement that it is launching Celebra, a line of Latino-interest books in English and Spanish, Planeta, the world’s largest publisher of trade books in Spanish, said that it would close its 15-year-old sales and distribution office in Miami at the end of March. More
Planeta to Close U.S. Office by Judith Rosen - 03/15/2008
With more U.S. publishers taking advantage of the boom in Latino publishing, Spanish and Latin American publishers are finding it harder to compete. Close on the heels of Penguin’s announcement that it is launching Celebra, a line of Latino-interest books in English and Spanish, Planeta, the world’s largest publisher of trade books in Spanish, said that it would close its 15-year-old sales and distribution office in Miami at the end of March.
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Recruiting Latinos into Librarianship By Sylvia L. Pham - 02/15/2007
In many parts of the United States there are few Latino librarians to fill job openings. According to Hispanic Americans: A Statistical Sourcebook (Information Publications, 2005), only 212 of a total of 5113 library science master’s degrees were given to Latinos in 2001 and 2002.
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The Language Debate is About Fear by Matthew Moscato - 09/15/2006
When I think about that strange and wonderful and not so newborn child of the publishing world known as the bilingual book, other inextricably related issues seem to spin ceaselessly about in my thoughts.
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Hispanic Heritage Month—Innovative Programming to Engage Spanish Speakers by Raya Kuzyk - 07/15/2006
“The familiar parking lot ceased to be a place in Blue Island,” says Deb Beasley, children’s services librarian at Blue Island PL, IL, in reference to the library’s Mexican Independence Day celebration last year, which drew a crowd of more than 300. “The sounds, the food, the people…. I felt as though I’d been transported to a town in Mexico.”
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Multicultural Link Bruce Jensen, Automated Systems Librarian, South Texas College; Online Reference Librarian, OCLC's QuestionPoint July 4, 2008 This just in: You can't please everyone
Earlier this week, Críticas somehow found itself in the crosshairs of a notabl... More
Multicultural Link Bruce Jensen, Automated Systems Librarian, South Texas College; Online Reference Librarian, OCLC's QuestionPoint June 28, 2008 Ruében Martínez redux
In case our story a few weeks ago wasn't enough to get all you Anaheim visitors over ... More
Multicultural Link Loida García-Febo, Assistant Coordinator, Special Services/ Queens Library June 27, 2008 Latino Voices Brochure
I've got hold of a master resource to identify books about Latinos and also books for... More
Multicultural Link Bruce Jensen, Automated Systems Librarian, South Texas College; Online Reference Librarian, OCLC's QuestionPoint June 25, 2008 Roxana Benavides in the NY Daily News
Brooklyn must be bursting with pride to see one of its favorite librarians, Roxa... More
Antonio Orlando Rodríguez—No Small Feat
Antonio Orlando Rodríguez, the Cuban novelist who won this year’s Premio Alfaguara de Novela, has been traveling nonstop. His book tour brought him to New York City this past May, where he met with reporters eager to interview him on his latest accomplishment.
Publishing in Tough Times
When I read a recent New York Times article about how the recession is affecting Hispanic immigrants, I wound up thinking about the book business.
Serving Spanish Speakers
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