Articles and information about publishing in the U.S. and abroad, Spanish-language books publishers and editors, Who's Who in Publishing, publishing trends, literary awards, and more from Críticas
F&G Editores—Empowering the People By David Unger, 10/15/2007
When you first meet Raúl Figueroa, you’re struck by the intensity emanating from his brown eyes. He is a serious man on a serious quest—to play a key role in making Guatemalans more literate by publishing books that will help them comprehend what is going on in their country. More
Translation Summit Addresses World Lit and the U.S. Market
By Aída Bardales - 11/15/2007
On November 8, book professionals from the United States and abroad met at the Miami Dade Wolfson Campus for the first Translation Market, presented by the Miami Book Fair International (MBFI) and BookExpo America (BEA), and sponsored by Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, and Críticas.
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New York's Lectorum Bookstore at Risk
By Laura K. Galos - 08/15/2007
Just a few years shy of its 50th anniversary in the Spanish-language book business, Librería Lectorum may soon disappear from its 14th Street location in New York City.
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Who’s Who in U.S. Spanish-language Publishing—The Christian and Spirituality Market, Part II
By Raya Kuzyk - 07/15/2007
This past May, Críticas looked at how U.S. publishers responded to the call for a greater number and variation of Spanish-language religious and spiritual books. Beyond the publishers, however, the Spanish-speaking community relies mainly on the libraries, online retailers, and small bookstores outside the mainstream that most ably service their particular needs.
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Never-ending Imagination
By Jonathan Mindes, Críticas - 06/15/2007
Consider, for just one storytime moment, what you think a children’s book can do. That might just be enough to convince you of OQO Editora’s singular concept: picture books as art books, stories as “never-ending tales,” books as beautiful objects, all with kids directly informing a rich creative process.
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Multicultural Link Bruce Jensen, Online Reference Librarian, OCLC's QuestionPoint, Multicultural Support Librarian, Kutztown University January 28, 2009 Thanks for eight wonderful years
In early 2001 some of us were thrilled to hear of the launch of a major new magazine ... More
Multicultural Link Bruce Jensen, Online Reference Librarian, OCLC's QuestionPoint, Multicultural Support Librarian, Kutztown University October 17, 2008 New graphics and PSAs to promote bibliotecas
The American Library Association and Spanish-language broadcasting colossus Univision... 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.
A place of refuge
In this issue’s cover story, Pulitzer prize-winning author Junot Díaz recounts how the library helped him discover a world he wouldn’t have known otherwise and how for him, as an immigrant child, the library was a place—and a concept—he never could have imagined. Some Hispanics, like Díaz, who was newly arrived from the Dominican Republic, will dig right in and...
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