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.”
The 80th iteration of Spain’s flagship Feria del Libro de Madrid has announced dates in both June and September, attempting to get ahead of the new year’s pandemic-driven uncertainties.
A visit by Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano, queen of Spain, to bookstalls in the 2019 Feria del Libro de Madrid. Traditionally, the royal family opens the fair each year with a walkthrough of the grounds. Image: FLM
Taking ‘the Utmost Responsibility’ for Safety
As many of the biggest book fairs, festivals, and trade shows in the world enter the new year trying to gauge how the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic will affect these signal events in world publishing, the 80th edition of the Feria del Libro Madrid is hedging its bets by staking out two sets of dates.