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U.S. Libraries and Anti-Immigrant Sentiment—How Librarians Are Coping with Discrimination To Better Serve Hispanic Communities
By Loida García-Febo & Aída Bardales, 10/1/2007
Last summer, controversy ensued in Lawrence, GA, when the Gwinnett County Public Library board decided to cut $3000 from the annual budget designated for Spanish-language adult fiction. According to one board member, the decision was based on the premise that the library didn’t need to cater to illegal aliens. 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. More
Random House To Distribute Colombia’s Intermedio Editores
By Aída Bardales - 11/15/2007
Random House Spanish has added another Colombian publisher to its U.S. distribution list. More
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. More
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. More
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. More
Who’s Who in U.S. Spanish-language Publishing—The Christian and Spirituality Market
By Raya Kuzyk - 05/01/2007
The Census Bureau predicts that in just 43 years, Hispanics, the fastest-growing minority group in the United States, will account for a quarter of the country’s population. More
Who's Who in U.S. Spanish-Language Publishing—High Demand, Short Supply, and the Market's Savvy Buyers
By Raya Kuzyk - 11/15/2006
Managing Spanish-language Collection Development. More
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