Publishing in Tough Times
By Aída Bardales - 05/15/2008
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.
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New Year, New Look!
By Aída Bardales - 01/15/2008
As technology evolves, so does Críticas. In keeping up with the times, we’ve kicked off 2008 with a brand new look for our award-winning website, Criticasmagazine.com.
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Make Guadalajara a Priority
By Aída Bardales - 12/15/2007
For those of us immersed in the world of Spanish-language books, regardless of which market we serve or where we are based, FIL is definitely the place to be. For U.S. book buyers in particular, it’s of interest because there you can get your hands on books that have not yet made it to the United States; for editors, it’s a place to meet authors, familiarize oneself with what is working in the rest of the Spanish-speaking book world.
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Oprah’s (Re)discovery
By Aída Bardales - 11/15/2007
Last month, Oprah Winfrey announced her book club’s next big read, Gabriel García Márquez’s Love in the Time of Cholera (El amor en los tiempos del cólera). Her selection conveniently coincides with the November release of the film version of this classic love story, originally published by Editorial Oveja Negra in 1985 and translated into English in 1988 by Knopf.
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Our Books, Our Authors
By Aída Bardales - 10/01/2007
Most of the better-known literary prizes in Latin America and Spain are awarded by the major publishing houses: Premio Alfaguara, Premio Planeta, Premio La Otra Orilla, Premio Anagrama, and others.
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Let’s Create Readers!
By Aída Bardales - 09/01/2007
Last month, an extraordinary event took place in Colombia: a generation of authors under 40 met in Bogotá, the so-called World Book Capital, to talk publicly together about books and literature and culture. For a literature lover like me, it was complete torture to have to read about Bogotá39 in many Latin American papers and only experience the occasion vicariously through a friend who was there.
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Where Are the books?
By Aída Bardales - 08/15/2007
The rumor has been buzzing for a while, but it was finally reported by a local paper, the Daily News, last month: our Librería Lectorum may soon be closing its doors.
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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
Playing the Angel
After making fans wait seven painstaking years, Ruiz Zafón returns with El juego del ángel, a prequel to his global best seller La sombra del viento.
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.
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