Spanish-Language Digital Publishing: A New Report
In a batch of new analysis based on Bookwire’s Spanish-language clients, a coda cautions the industry about ‘What We Need To Learn.’
In Segovia, during the ‘pandemic summer’ of 2020, this shot made on August 24. Image – Getty iStockphoto: Javier Gonzalez
A Seventh Report from Bookwire and Dosdoce
By the time you get through the new
Evolution of the Digital Market report for 2021, it may be 2022. But you can’t say that this extensive, 70-page PDF doesn’t offer a lot of information.
Released today (May 18), this is the seventh iteration of the annual assessment from the Frankfurt-based Bookwire‘s Spanish arm and the long-established consultancy Dosdoce in Bilbao. It’s produced by gathering information from at least 840 publishers in Spain and Latin America. Those 840+ publishers are customers of Bookwire, described as “involved in distribution via the Bookwire OS platform.”
European Union Prize for Literature: The 2021 Winners
This year, the European Union Prize for Literature goes to writers from Albania, Armenia, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Iceland, Latvia, Malta, Moldova, the Netherlands, Portugal, Serbia, Slovenia, Sweden, and Tunisia.
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Today (May 18), that program has named 13 authors its new laureates.
Just to refresh your awards-crowded memory, in this instance, participating member-states rotate annually, and the program is financed by the European Commission’s Creative Europe program. A third of the countries compete annually.
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Overall, the European Union Prize reaches 41 nations under the Creative Europe umbrella. Each nation’s shortlist is selected by a national jury. And in the prize announcement, each winning title was named by a representative of its national jury.
Sheikh Zayed Book Award at AIDBF: Its Cultural Program
In four important programs at the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair, the Sheikh Zayed Book Award will present commentary from and conversation with many of its winners, from both 2020 and 2021.
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Award Ceremony on Monday
During the upcoming 30th edition of the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair running Sunday (May 23) through May 29 the Sheikh Zayed Book Award not only will hold its annual ceremony to honor its 2021 winners in eight categories, but will also will produce a cultural program reflective of its 15-year mission on select, recognize, and promote the work of outstanding writers, intellectuals, and publishers as well as young talent whose writing and translation in the humanities objectively enriches Arab intellectual, cultural, literary, and social life.