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  Libranda Expects 10,000 E-books Available by End of 2011

  3659 readers By Edward Nawotka Speaking as part of the Tools of Change event at the Frankfurt Book Fair earlier this month Arantza Larrauri, director of Spanish e-book distribution company Libranda, noted that the company now has more than 5,000 e-book titles. She said many as 10,000 could be on sale by the end of the year. This article

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  Spain’s Libranda Grows Up: E-reader, Library Lending Planned

  1214 readersThe company has partnered with Overdrive, now offers library lending and plans to launch an e-reader. by Julieta Lionetti Arantza Larrauri, executive director of Libranda — the e-distribution platform owned by Spain’s Big Three—would prefer not having the word “distribution” attached to the company. “We are not intermediaries; we offer services. Digital would be unattainable for most medium

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  Tools of Change: Managing the digital market in two shores of the ocean – the Spanish case

  2502 readersMatilde Sanz, Grupo Santillana Leading Spanish and Portuguese- language media group. Presence in 22 countries, primarily publish in education, trade and language teaching. Will cover the trade business because that is the most advanced. Not to many sources of ebook sales statistics in Europe and South America. In Germany ebook sales small but have tripled

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  Ediciones B and Planeta Launch New E-book Imprints

  3124 readersBy Andres Hax On November 15, Spanish publisher Ediciones B launched a new digital imprint, B de Books. The publisher says it will keep prices competitive, with e-books ranging from 1.99 to 9.99 Euros. Some 300 titles will be available to start and B de Books has signed agreements with several major digital distribution platforms, including

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  Digital now more than 10% of Random House UK sales

  2544 readers According to The Bookseller: E-book sales now account for over 10% of Random House Group UK sales, as worldwide earnings for parent company Random House surged despite a dip in sales. … [CEO Gail] Rebuck called for e-book sales to be included in BookScan figures, as e-book sales now account for over 10% of RHG

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  Is Libranda Just a Disappointment or a Dead-End?

  746 readersEditorial by Bernat Ruiz Domènech From its inception, the founders of Libranda — the Big Three, plus four other publishers — conceived of the platform as a way to spearhead the distribution of digital editions for books published in Spain. You might expect that these publishers would be the principal providers of new titles, but the

• Thomas Nelson Brings Back Two of Its Old Imprints, Nelson Books and W Publishing Group

  233 readers[Press Release] Nelson Books and W Publishing Group are restored Thomas Nelson brings back well-known, nonfiction imprints For the first time in six years, Thomas Nelson will be releasing nonfiction trade books under two distinct imprints. Announced this week at the HarperCollins Christian Publishing Spring 2013 sales conference, Thomas Nelson will publish adult nonfiction titles under the Nelson

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  Why Spanish Publishing is the Next Digital Battleground

  1891 readersInternational digital players are targeting the 500 million strong Spanish-language market. It’s scary stuff for Spanish-language publishers, who need to prepare. Editorial by Javier Celay Javier Celaya A dramatic shift is happening in the Spanish-language publishing sector. In the last few months, the three largest publishing houses — Random House Mondadori, Grupo Planeta and Santillana — have taken

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  Will Collaborative E-book Distribution Platforms Last?

  2549 readersSpain’s Libranda, Italy’s E-digita, France’s Eden Livres, Brazil’s DLD — they’ll all last only as long as publishers need them. By Edward Nawotka Several markets have seen collaborative e-book distribution platforms launch within the last year: Libranda launched Spain; in Italy Rizzoli, Feltrinelli and Gruppo Gems developed the E-digita platform; a French group comprised of Gallimard, Flammarion and

• New Distribution Deals for Inscribe Digital

  411 readers PRESS RELEASE: INSCRIBE DIGITAL ANNOUNCES NEW DISTRIBUTION DEALS WITH LEADING PUBLISHING HOUSES AND LITERARY AGENCIES New Deals Represent Nearly 6,000 New Titles in Total (SAN FRANCISCO, CA)       INscribe Digital Executive Vice President/General Manager Anne Kubek announced today a new slate of distribution deals inked by the company. So far this year, the company has signed dozens of deals with