Monday, May 06, 2013

Book Fair Fights to Put Colombia Firmly on the Literary Map



The Bogota International Book Fair convenes nearly the entire Colombian publishing industry and focuses on bringing the region's books and authors to the public.
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Do extravagant stands at book fairs make a difference? Are they a mere splurge, or might they spark the interest of an investor or catch the eye of an author or agent?
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More News from PP:
The German Book Office's May Book of the Month is A Short History of Nuclear Folly by Rudolph Herzog, son of famous filmmaker Werner Herzog.
Phillip Boehm has won the 2013 Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator’s Prize 2013 for his translation of Gregor von Rezzori’s An Ermine in Czernopol (NYRB).
Saraiva gets a new CEO, the Ministry of Culture moves oversite of book policies back to Brasilia, and a university press finds success with free ebooks by its professors.
From the Archives:
Publisher Blanca Rosa Roca says rampant piracy and inflated ebook prices are keeping Spain’s ebook market from really taking off — but change is on its way.

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